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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
RTLRelay
AelectricalcircuitpresentontheATIMastermodulethatisdrivenbythe
RTLsensorandallowstheToolChangerlockingmechanismtoretractwhen
there is no Tool present.
Sensor Plate
CoverplateforthebacksideoftheMasterplate,sealsthepneumatic
chamberandprovidesmountingpointsfortheLock/Unlockswitches.
Servo Module
Anyofawidevarietyofutilitymodulesthatpasselectricalpowerandservo
signalsthroughtheMasterandToolmodulestotheend-effectorequipped
withaservomotor.
SIP
Sensor InterfacePlate used to adapt the Tool Changer Master to the
customer-suppliedrobot.TheSIPisessentiallyaRobotInterfacePlatethat
containssensorsthatdeterminethestate(Locked/Unlocked/NoTool)ofthe
Master plate.
Soft Start
IsanATIexclusivefeaturethatpulsesthepowerongraduallytopreventthe
largecurrentspikesthatwouldotherwiseoccurduringthecouplingofthe
MasterandTool.Thisresultsinaseriesofmuchsmallercurrentspikesand
preventssignicantvoltagedropsonthenetworkpower.
TeachPlug
Adeviceusedduringtheset-upandintegrationoftherobottooverridethe
TSIcircuit.
Tool-ID
Anindividualorsetofpush-buttonordialswitchesonthecontrol/signal
ToolmodulethatprovidesanuniqueidenticationnumberforeachTool
whenusingmultipleTools.The
Tool-IDalsoprovidestheToolnotpresent
indication.
Tool Plate
ThehalfoftheToolChangertowhichvarioustoolsorend-effectorsare
mounted.
Tool Stand StandthatholdsToolsnotbeingusedbytherobot.
Tool Present
Ahard-connectinput(sourcedfromtheTool)indicatingtheMasterandTool
areelectricallyconnectedtoeachother.
Trip Dog
Aphysicaldeviceusedtoactivateamechanicalswitch,useintheTool
StandInterlockcircuit.
TSI
TheToolStandInterlockfeatureisacustomATIsafetysolutionandcircuit
designedtoonlyallowToolChangerreleasewhileinthestandorstorage
location.
TSIRelay
AelectricalcircuitpresentontheATIToolmodulethatisdrivenbyatool
standlimitswitchinordertoclosetheTSIcircuitandallowToolChanger
release.
Uncoupling ThephysicalactionoftheunlockingtheMasterandToolPlates.SeeUnlock
Unlatch TheoutputsuppliedtotheATIMastermoduletouncoupletheToolChanger.
Unlock
TheunlockairpressureprovidedtotheMasterplatelockingmechanism
forcingthecamtoreleasethelockingballsfromthebearingrace.Allowing
theMasterandToolPlatestobeseparated.
Unlocked
Anoutputsignalprovidedbyaproximitysensor,indicatingthatthecoupling
mechanismisintheUnlockedposition.
Unlock
Port
PneumaticportontheMasterplatethroughwhichairpressureissuppliedto
UnlocktheMasterplatefromtheToolplate.
UnlockSensor
Aproximitysensorthatdetectsthepositionofthepneumaticallyactuated
pistonwhenitisintheunlockedposition.
VLAN VirtualLocalAreaNetwork