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Quick Change Installation and Operation Manual
Document #9620-20-A-General TOC and Introduction-08
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Table 1.1—Tool Changer/Utility Coupler and Module Glossary
Term Denition
GigabitEthernet
AtermdescribingvarioustechnologiesfortransmittingEthernetframesat
arateofagigabitpersecondasdenedbytheIEEE802.3-2008standard
generallywithRJ45,X-codedM12,orA-codedM12connectorsoverCAT6
cabling.Typicallyusedinvisionapplications(GigEVision).
High Current Module
Anyofawidevarietyofutilitymodulesthatpasselectricalpowerthrough
theMasterandToolmodulestotheend-effector.
InterfacePlate(IP)
OptionalcustomizedcomponentusedtoadaptaToolChangerorUtility
Couplertotheuser’srobotortooling.
Latch
TheoutputcommandsuppliedtotheATIMastermoduletocoupletheTool
Changer.
Lock
ThelockairpressureprovidedtotheMasterplatelockingmechanism
forcingthecamtopressthelockingballsagainstthebearingrace.This
lockstheMasterandToolPlatestogether.
LockPort
PneumaticportontheMasterplatethroughwhichairpressureissuppliedto
LocktheMasterplatetotheToolplate.
LockSensor
Aproximitysensorthatdetectsthepositionofthepneumaticallyactuated
pistonwhenitisinthelockedormissedtoolposition.
Locked
Anoutputsignalprovidedbyaproximitysensor,indicatingthatthecoupling
mechanismisintheLockedposition.
LockingBalls
Hardenedsteelballbearingsusedinthefail-safelockingmechanism.The

lockingballsareforcedoutwardbythecamagainstthebearingracetopull
the Master and Tool plates together.
LockingMechanism
Manual,pneumaticorelectricaldrivendevicethatdrawstheMasterand
Toolplatestogethersecuringtheminafail-safelockedconditionuntilthe
mechanismisunlocked.Thelockingmechanismconsistsoflockingballs,
cam,ballcage,bearingrace,andeitheranlever,pneumaticcylinderoran
electricmotor.
L/U
Lock/Unlocksensingcapabilityallowsthecustomertodeterminethestate
ofthemasterassemblylockingmechanism.
Master Plate
ThehalfoftheToolChangerthatismountedtoarobot.TheMasterplate
containsthelockingmechanism.
Moment Theappliedforcemultipliedbythedistanceitisfromapoint.
Multibus
Anadvancedcomputerbusarchitecturestandardusedinindustrial
applications.MultibusIisaIEEE-79616-bitstandard,andMultibusIIisa
IEEE-129632-bit/10MHzbus,at40Mbyte/sstandard.
No-Touch™
DesignfeatureofallATIToolChangerproductsthatallowscouplingthe
MasterplateandToolplatewithoutphysicalcontactpriortolocking.
Piston CylinderlocatedintheMasterplatethatactuatesthelockingmechanism.
PneumaticModule
Anyofawidevarietyofutilitymodulesthatpassairorvacuumthroughthe
Master
andToolmodulestotheend-effector.
PROFINET
®
AnEthernet-basedeldbususedinindustrialautomation.
RIP
RobotInterfacePlate–interfaceplatebetweentherobotangeandMaster
plate.
RTL
ProximitysensorsthatdetectwhentheMasterandToolplatesareclose
enoughtoeachotherthatitissafetoinitiatethealatchcommandandlock
the Master and Tool together.