System information

SECTION TWO - FRONT PANEL OPERATION

and perform an alternate operation, change to a different

tool, etc. The operator can also view the state (or change

the state) of the flag in the CTRL parameters. The

parameter "Tool Load Flag" has two states: Limit

Exceeded or Limit not Exceeded.

Message Only If the Limit is exceeded only the message is displayed.

The message shown appears below:

Sampling is done only in feed moves (G1, G2 and G3). Sampling is not done in rapid moves

(G0). Sampling is only done when the spindle drive is outputting up to speed, a program is

running and the spindle is on. The spindle load needs to stabilize after any change in RPM. This

requires that the software wait approximately 5 seconds after up to speed or any change in the

spindle override. The time is hard-coded (no parameter). The time is based on an 8,000 RPM

two-speed spindle configuration. Different drives, spindles and/or drive parameters may affect

this delay time.

The Limits and the Max load for each tool are shown below in the tool table. If a Limit for a tool

is zero then no tool/spindle monitoring will be done. The High values are not zeroed unless the

operator zeros the values in the tool table. Initially the operator will run a program and then

observe the High values for each tool. For the tools that he wishes to monitor he loads

appropriate limits based on the High values that were obtained from running the program.