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Clean the Tool Lock Pins and Tool Gripper Fingers
Daily: Clean the tool lock pins and tool gripper fingers located on the tool changer arm.
There are 2 tool lock pins on top of the tool changer arm, located near the center. When
the tool changer arm is in the Up position, the tool lock pins plunge down into the tool
changer arm, flush with the top of the arm. They must be free of chips and debris for
proper operation.
Tool gripper fingers are located on each end of the tool changer arm. These fingers
mechanically grip the tool and move the tool to the spindle or tool magazine. They must
be free of chips and debris for proper operation.
ATC Magazine Type
1. Select the MANUAL console key.
2. Select the DIAGNOSTICS F3 softkey.
3. Select the ATC DIAGNOSTCS F7 softkey.
4. Position the arm in the down position for cleaning and press the Emergency
Stop button. To move the arm down,
a. Select the More F7 softkey until the MOVE Z TO T/C HEIGHT F6 softkey
appears on the menu.
b. Select the MOVE Z TO T/C HEIGHT F6 softkey. The Start Cycle button
flashes. Press the Start Cycle button to move Z to the tool change height.
c. Select the ORIENT SPINDLE F1 softkey. The Start Cycle button flashes.
Press the Start Cycle button to orient the spindle.
d. Select the TOOL HOLDER UP/DOWN F2 softkey. The Start Cycle button
flashes. Press the Start Cycle button to move the tool holder down.
e. Select the EXCHANGE ARM 0
°/ 60° F3 softkey. The Start Cycle button
flashes. Press the Start Cycle button to move the arm to 60
°.
f. Select the SPINDLE CLAMP/UNCLAMP F4 softkey. The Start Cycle button
flashes. Press the Start Cycle button to unclamp the spindle.
g. Select the EXCHANGE ARM ROTATE F5 softkey. The Start Cycle button
flashes.
h. Before pressing the Start Cycle button, prepare to press the Emergency
Stop button with the other hand.
Press the Start Cycle button. As soon as the arm is in the DOWN position,
press the Emergency Stop button to prevent the arm from moving back
up.
The machine must be in a calibrated state.
Softkey labels for this menu are machine specific. Please refer to the
Getting Started with WinMax Mill Help, Programming Basics,
Automatic Tool Changer, ATC and Machine Diagnostics section for
more details.
The following step will require the operator to act quickly. Read the
entire step before executing any portion of it.
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