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Operation
96-8000 rev R June 2007
Tool Loading Flowchart
Press POWER UP/RESTART
Wait for Zero Return
Enter Handle
Jog Mode
Any Large or Heavy
tool designations
displayed?
Remove Large and/or
Heavy tool
designations by
scrolling to each “L”
and/or “H” and
pressing SPACE,
WRITE.
Press ORIGIN.
Will you need any
Large or Heavy
tools?
Organize your tools
according to your CNC
program. Determine
numerical positions of
Large tools.
Do you have
additional large tools
to designate?
Insert Tool into the
spindle.
Press ,PAGE UP HOME
to display Offset Tool
Length screen.
Jog Z-Axis to set tool offset.
Press .TOOL OFFSET MESUR
Press .NEXT TOOL
Do you have additonal
tools to load?
Loading the
Side Mount Tool
Changer
Press OFFSET, END
PAGE DOWN to view
the Tool Pocket Table.
Y
N
Y
N
Scroll to the tool
pocket that will hold
a large tool and press
L, WRITE. (Or press H
for a heavy tool )
Y
N
Y
N
END
Press ORIGIN
(from Power On)
A “Large Tool” has a diameter greater than 3"
for 40-taper mills, or greater than 4" for
50-taper mills.
High-speed Toolchangers: A “Heavy Tool” is a
tool weighing 4 or more pounds.
Do not enter a lower case “h” or lower
case “l”(L) in the tool table.