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Postby Battwell » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:57 am

has anyone already written a full tool change macro for a rotary tool changer?-
im converting an old denford mill at the moment. uses 2 pulses to step between tool numbers. driven by a geared cam.
cant remember what that setup is called. (i know its also used on the new chinese machines)
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:13 pm

That’s the one terry
Takes 2 rotations to move from tool to tool.
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Robertspark » Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:32 pm

Impressive (learnt something else today)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_drive
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:39 am

it has a 220v mains single phase motor, geared to the cam wheel
the index wheel is a circle with a chord chopped off. sensor is on for most of the circle- off when it is along the chord. ( sensor parallel to sides of the index wheel)
i have written a bit of code which has it moving .
trying to work out the best way to record the pulses- the index wheel is a circle with a chord chopped off.
i have it working ok in 1 direction but its not right once reversed.
at the moment i have it running while loops recording both high and low transitions- so confirming movement. .
il post the testing code later for you to suggest improvement.
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:25 pm

So far
Works well - until reversed
https://youtu.be/7ea6354u42E
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:36 pm

int carforwardport=2;
int carforwardpin=17;
int carreverseport=2;
int carreversepin=16;



//exec.Setoutpin (carreverseport,carreversepin);
exec.Wait(100);

exec.Setoutpin (carforwardport,carforwardpin);

for (int i=0; i<12; i++)
{


//wait for sensor off = movement
while (AS3.GetLED(4));
{
exec.Wait(10);

if (exec.Ismacrostopped())
{
exec.Clroutpin (carforwardport,carforwardpin);
exec.StopWithDeccel();
return;
}
}
Console.Beep();
exec.AddStatusmessage("off "+ i);
//sensor-off end


//wait for sensor on = next position
while (AS3.GetLED(4));
{
exec.Wait(10);

if (exec.Ismacrostopped())
{
exec.Clroutpin (carforwardport,carforwardpin);
exec.StopWithDeccel();
return;
}
}
exec.AddStatusmessage("on "+ i);
}
//exec.Wait(50);
exec.Clroutpin (carforwardport,carforwardpin);
exec.Clroutpin (carreverseport,carreversepin);
exec.Wait(10);
//sensor-on-position found end

return;
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:28 pm

My next head scratcher is orienting the spindle for atc
The spindle is driven by a dc drive which is a bit hit and miss whether it will start rotating at very low speed.
Il need slow rotation to stop it at the sensor position.
I was thinking about using a while loop to ramp up the spindle analogue output in small steps until the sensor position is seen.
Thoughts of a better way?
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:31 am

yes- it uses bt style holders so the drive dogs must engage in the spindle at the correct orientation. i tried load of things yesterday- but still having a problem with getting the spindle to stop exactly at the right angle.- even ramping up the speed from 0 to very slow- then when pulse is seen killing the pwm to analogue chanel.
there is no spindle brake.
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:48 am

im pretty confident i can add rotary to my already written linear changer code (which i wrote for my big router) - that way everything is saved to profile as it goes.. it was too much work writing that to only use once!
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Re: rotary tool changer- carousel

Postby Battwell » Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:13 pm

original used none of the above :-(
was done with just 1 sensor input, fwd run signal and analog.

by the way- i worked out geneva drive control ok now so no need for any additions to that
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