Tormach ATC - Automatic Tray Load;Unload; Manual Tray Load;Unload

8.3 Automatic Tray Load/
Unload
ThelehandsideoftheATCcontrolscreencontainsthe
buonsandDROsusedtostoreandretrievetools.
Toloadatoolintothetray:
1. Loadthedesiredtoolintothespindle.
2. EnterthetoolnumberinthetoolDRO(nexttothe
“Store”buon).Donotforgettopress“Enter”aer
typinginthisnumber.

other screens.
3. Clickthe“Store”buon.TheATCwillassignthetoolto
thenearestopenslotandstorethetoolinthatslotin
thetray.Thetoolnumberwillnowbedisplayedonthe
trayimageinthecenterofthescreen.Thespindleis
nowreadyforthenexttooltobestored.
Toretrieveatoolfromthetraytherearetwoopons.You
cantypeTxxM6attheMDIline(wherexxisthedesired
toolnumber)orenterthetoolnumberintheDROnextto
the“Fetch”buonandclick“Fetch”.Thiswillretrievethat
toolfromthetrayandleaveitinthespindle.Italsoleaves
itassignedtothetray.
Toremoveatoolfromthetray,typeinthetoolnumber
intheDROnexttothe“Remove”buon(rememberto
pressenteraertypinginthetoolnumber),thenclick
“Remove”.AertheATCfetchesthetoolyouwillbe
promptedtoremovethetoolfromthespindle.
Toremoveatoolfromthespindle,anddeleteits
assignmentfromthetray,click“Remove”.Youwillbe
promptedtoremovethespindletool.PLEASENOTETHAT
SIMPLYTYPINGANEWTOOLNUMBERINTOTHETOOL
DRODOESNOTREMOVETHETRAYASSIGNMENT.You
mustusethe“Remove”buontodeletethetool’stray
assignment.
“ATCFWD”and“ATCREV”willreturnthespindletoolto
thetray,thenfetchthenext/previoustoolinthetray.
8.4 Manual Tray Load/
Unload
Ifyouwanttoloadorunloadmulpletoolsyoumaynd
itfastertoopenthetoolchangerdoorandloadorunload
themmanually.TheManualLoad/UnloadbuonsandDRO
ontherighthandsideoftheATCControlscreenwillallow
youtobringthetraytoaloadingposion(dooropen),
manuallyinsertordelete,andassignorun-assigntool
numberstotrayposions.
Toloadtoolsmanually:
1. Click“GoToTrayLoadPosion”tomovethespindle
headupandbringtheATCintothedooropen
posion.
2. Insertatoolintoanopenfork
3. TypethetoolnumberintotheDROnexttothe“Insert”
buon.Remembertopressenteraertypinginthe
number.
4. Click“Insert”toassignthetooltotheexposedtray
slot.
5. Click“TrayFWD”or“TrayREV”toadvancetothenext
locaonifyouwanttoloadanothertool.
Tounloadtoolsmanually:
1. Click“GoToTrayLoadPosion”tomovethespindle
headupandbringtheATCintothedooropen
posion.
2. Iftheexposedtoolistheoneyouwanttoremove,
simplyclick“Delete”toun-assignthetoolfromthe
tray.
3. Ifthetoolyouwanttoremoveisnottheexposedtool,
typethetoolnumberintotheDROnexttothe“Insert”
buon.Remembertopressenteraertypinginthe
number.
4. Click“Delete”toun-assignthetool.Thetraywillmove
tothetooltoberemoved.
5. Click“TrayFWD”or“TrayREV”toadvancetothenext
locaonifyouwanttounloadthenextorprevious
tool.
6. Whenyouarenishedloadingorunloadingtools,
callanytool(usingthe“Fetch”buonorwithanM6
commandattheMDIline)orclick“Retract”toreturn
thetraytomachiningposion.
Shortcut:Ifyouclick“Delete”or“Insert”andtheATCis
notintrayloadposion,itwillmovetotrayloadposion
automacally.
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