NCT Group NCT 990T - Manual (Page 49)

3.6 SETTING Screens
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The length of the tool pot table can be set in parameter MAGAZINE No. 0061. In parameter
MAGAZINE the number of tool pots in the magazine is to be entered. Line 0 of table shows
the code of the tool in spindle, i.e., the spindle is pot No. 0.
In the first column of the table the number of tool position or pot, in the second column the
under address T the number of the tool in pot, while in the third one under address L the width
code of the tool can be found.
Usage of width code
In case of fix access magazine handle, i.e., the tool taken out is taken back into from where it
was taken, the tool width, i.e., how many pots are being occupied is of no interest.
In case of a random access magazine handle position may also have to be ensured for tools,
that are more-than-one tool pot wide. Therefore tool positions, in which extra wide tools can
be placed, should have to be selected. This is why a width code must be given to each tool in
the tool pot table.
This is needed, for in case of a random access magazine handle the returning tool can be taken
to the place of the selected one, should the two tools have the same width code. If however the
width of the two tools differ, the returning tool cannot be taken back in place of the selected
one. In this case the - to the replacement - nearest vacant position, of which the width equals
to that of the returning tool must be searched for.
The following width codes can be entered to the table (under address L):
1 (normal size),
3, 5 or 7.
The tool that has a width of 3 occupies both to the left and to the right 1-1, that of the width of
5 occupies 2-2, while that of the width of 7 reserves 3-3 positions in the magazine. This way
special pots can be selected in the magazine, into which the extra wide tools are placed.
In case of extra wide tools to the pot number, into which the tool is taken also the tool number
and the tool width code must be entered. As for the 1, 2 or 3 pot numbers before and after it,
to the tool number 0, while to the width the appropriate width code is to be entered. If a tool is
taken from the magazine to the spindle in line 0 the tool number and the tool width also has to
be entered, and the tool number is to be deleted in the line, from which the tool was taken.
However the width code must be preserved in the table, for to show the returning tool, that the
pots are reserved for extra wide tools.
For more information on handling the tool pot table turn to the machine tool builder.
Actions of TOOL POT TABLE Screen
The following actions are activated by pressing action menu key :
Clear
all
1
Clear
line
2
Save
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Clear All Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR ALL? can be seen in
the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel actions
in the menu bar, the meaning of which is the usual. With Exec in effect the entire table
is cleared.
Clear Line Action Menu: When pressing the key the question CLEAR THIS LINE? can be
seen in the bottom left part of general displaying area, together with Exec and Cancel