CNC machining center tool change process
Tool installation: The tool is loaded into the tool magazine, and the tool holder is optional. The tool can be placed in any tool rack. It is necessary to note the position of the tool and the number of the tool holder.
The tool holder is installed in a fixed way, and the tool is put into the set of tools. Tool selection in the seat The operation of selecting the specified tool from the tool magazine.
Sequential tool selection: The tool selection method requires that the tools be placed in the tool holder in the order of the process (that is, the order in which the tools are used). Optional tool selection: select the tool according to the tool seat code; code each tool seat in the tool magazine, put the tools corresponding to the tool seat code into the specified tool seat one by one, and use the address T to indicate the tool seat code where the tool is located during programming . The computer will store the selected tool number and the tool storage location or tool seat number in the computer memory or programmable controller memory correspondingly. When the tool storage address changes, the computer memory also changes. The tool magazine is equipped with a position detection device, which can take out and return the tool at will.
Tool change: The tool on the spindle and the tool to be changed in the tool magazine are all optional tool holders. Tool magazine → tool selection → to the tool change position → the manipulator removes the tool → loads the spindle, and at the same time loads the tool removed from the spindle into the tool holder of the tool to be replaced. The tool on the spindle is placed on the fixed tool holder and is to be changed; the tool is an optional tool holder or a fixed tool holder. The tool selection process is the same as above. During tool change, when the tool is removed from the spindle and sent back to the tool magazine, the tool magazine should be turned to the position where the spindle tool is received in advance. The tool on the spindle is an optional tool holder, and the tool to be replaced is a fixed tool holder.
