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Special Functions | Tool carrier management
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12.3 Tool carrier management
Fundamentals
You can create and manage tool carriers using the tool carrier
management. The control factors the tool carriers into the
calculations.
On machines with 3 axes, tool carriers for right-angled angled
heads help processing on tool axes
X
and
Y
, as the control takes
the dimensions of the angle heads into consideration.
Along with software option number 8,
Advanced Function Set
1,
you can tilt the working plane to the angle of the removable angled
heads and thus keep working with the
Z
tool axis.
Along with software option number 40,
Dynamic Collision
Monitoring
, you can monitor every tool carrier and thus prevent
collisions.
You must carry out the following steps so that the control can
factors the tool carriers into the calculations:
Save tool carrier templates
Assign input parameters to tool carriers
Allocate parameterized tool carriers
Save tool carrier templates
Many tool carriers only differ from others in terms of their
dimensions, but their geometric shape is identical. So that you
don’t have to design all your tool carriers yourself, HEIDENHAIN
supplies a range of ready-made tool carrier templates. Tool carrier
templates are 3-D models with fixed geometries but changeable
dimensions.
The tool carrier templates must be saved in
TNC:\system
\Toolkinematics
and have the extension
.cft
.
If the tool carrier templates are not available in your
control, please download the data you require from:
http://www.klartext-portal.com/nc-solutions/en
If you need further tool carrier templates, please contact
your machine manufacturer or third-party vendor.
The tool carrier templates may consist of several sub-
files. If the sub-files are incomplete, the control will
display an error message.
Do not use incomplete tool carrier templates!