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8. Removethetoolfromthetray,thenjogtheZaxis
backdownunlthespindleisjustabovethetoolfork.
Visuallycheckthatthetrayislevelandonaparallel
planetotheundersideofthespindle.Youshould
seethesamedistancebetweenthetoolforkandthe
spindlefacearoundtheperimeterofthespindle.
9. Now,pullyourhandaway,andclick“Referencetool
tray”.Itwillreturntothenewlycenteredposion.
Oncetherstslotisoriented,allotherslotswillstop
inthesamerelaveposion.TheATCwillremember
thisosetindenitely,unlitisresetbythesame
procedure.Thisisnowthereferencelocaonforthe
ATC.
We’renowreadytoverifythealignment.First,verifythat
thepowerdrawbarisadjustedcorrectly.Thedrawbar
shouldbeadjustedsothatatoolholderwillfalloutof
thespindlewhenthedrawbarisactuated.Drawbar
adjustmentisdiscussedinthepowerdrawbarinstallaon
manual,includedforreferenceontheATCsoware
installaonCD.
Test the ATC Alignment
1. Click“GoToTrayLoadPosion”ontheATCSetup
screen.
2. PushtheTTStoolholderwithdowelintotheopenslot
inthetooltray.
3. SlowlyjogZdownunltheTTSshouldertouches
thespindlenose.Itshouldslidesmoothlyonthe
TTSshank.Ifitdoesn’t,thetrayismiss-aligned(not
centeredorperpendiculartothespindle),orthecollet
hasn’topenedfarenoughtospringoutforsmooth
entry.


spindle slides down over the tool shank. This must


4. Onceyougetalignedforasmoothdescent,jogZto
theshoulder.Whenthespindleisresngonthetool
shoulder,clickthe“SetToolChangeZ”buononthe
ATCSetupscreen.
5. You’venowsetthetoolchangelocaonoftheZaxis
foralltoolchanges.Thisposionisrememberedas
amachinecoordinate,issavedatshutdown,andis
independentofallworkortoolosetsestablished
duringmachining.AslongasZisreferenced,thetool
changewilloccuratthesameplace.
6. Aersengthetoolchangelocaon,jogtheZaxis
backupoofthetoolshankandremovethetoolfrom
thefork.
Nowchecktheindividualforkalignment.Duringshipping
orassembly,theforksinthetooltraycanshiabito
center.Thetoolholdingforksneedtoalllineupthesame
wayunderthespindle.Jogthespindleupslightly,then
ontheATCControlscreenclicktheTrayFWDbuonto
indexthecarouseltothenexttoolfork.JogZdownto
sothespindleistouchingthetopoftheforkspring.Push
thespringleorrightunlitisroughlycenteredusing
thethumbandindexngertechniqueemployedinstep
7intheprevioussecon(Align tool Tray and Slots).Ifthe
alignmentiso,youmighthavetojogupandloosenthe
nylonboltsatadrst.Jogupandghtenthenylonbolts
atcenterunlsnugbutnotoverlyght.Repeattoalignall
theslots.
Youshouldonlyhavetodothisonce.Atthispointallthe
forkswillalignidencallytothespindleandworkasSLOT
1did.Youmayverifythisbyhingthe“GoToTrayLoad
Posion”buonandadvancingthrougheachofthetool
posions.Withthedrawbaractuated,insertatoolholder
intheslot,jogdowntoToolChangeZbyhingthe“Goto
ChangeZ”buonontheATCscreen.Whennished,click
“GoToTrayLoadPosion”tomovethespindleawayfrom
thetool,thenmanuallyremovethetoolfromthefork.
Yoursystem,oncealignedandveried,isreadyforuse.
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