Programming instructions

NC Programming 17VRS Tool Management Commands
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DOK-MTC200-NC**PRO*V17-ANW1-EN-P
If this command is used consistently, all tools will be returned to the pock-
ets in which they were located before they were used in the machining
process. This keeps the tool storage unit in an orderly condition. This is
desirable, for example, when extra-wide tools always have to be stored in
the same magazine pocket.
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The CNC does not wait until the tool storage unit has completed its
motion. It continues to process the NC-program while the move is be-
ing carried out. If this is not desirable, the MRY command tool storage
ready? can be used to halt execution of the NC-program until the tool
storage motion is completed.
Tool Storage Ready? ‘MRY’
If the last tool storage motion command has not finished processing, the
MRY command temporarily interrupts processing of the NC-program.
MRY
The NC-program does not resume processing until the programmed po-
sition has been reached. This permits the tool storage axis to be synchro-
nized with the NC-program.
Tool Storage Enable for Manual Mode ‘MEN’
The MEN command allows a tool magazine to be traversed manually
while automatic mode is active. For example, this allows a worn tool to be
changed while production continues.
MEN
In order for the tool magazine to run in manual mode, the MEN command
must be active in the NC-program and the SPS must have selected man-
ual mode for the tool storage. If the tool storage mode is changed to
manual after an MEN command has been performed, the CNC continues
to execute the program for this process until the next tool storage motion
or tool change command is encountered. It then issues the corresponding
status message:
“*Waiting for tool storage move cmd to be completed”
When the system changes back to program-controlled mode, the status
message in the diagnostic box is cleared and the remaining commands
are processed to completion.
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All motion and tool change commands programmed in the NC-pro-
gram (generally located in a tool change subroutine) request the tool
storage.
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If a further motion or tool change command follows before the change
to manual mode and after the tool storage system was enabled via
MEM in the NC-program, the tool storage unit cannot be traversed
manually while the program is executing and continuing to the next
MEN, BST, RET or Control-Reset.
Syntax
Syntax