Creating And Loading The Configuration File - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE sl Commissioning Manual

11/2006
8.3.3

Creating and loading the configuration file

Examples
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SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual CNC: ShopMill – 11/2006 Edition
A configuration file must be created and loaded in the NCK for the startup of the
tool management.
Create a new configuration file for tool management or adapt the examples
given in the Toolbox.
Note
Make sure that you adapt the data in the configuration file to match the
machine data for tool management.
The configuration file must include the following settings:
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Define the type of search strategy
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Define the real magazine
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Define buffer magazine
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Define load magazine
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Define locations for the real magazine
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Define locations for the buffer magazine
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Define the spindle assignment
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Define the locations for the load magazine
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Define the distances for the real magazine
Transfer the configuration file to the NCK.
The following examples are contained in the toolbox under \ShopMill_Turn:
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TM_WO_GR.8X0 (configuration without dual gripper, e.g. for a disk–type
magazine) containing the following:
– 1 real magazine with 30 locations
– 1 spindle
– 2 load points
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TM_W_GR.8X0 (configuration with dual gripper, e.g. for a chain magazine)
containing the following:
– 1 real magazine with 30 locations
– 1 spindle
– 2 grippers
– 2 load points
If necessary, adapt the configuration files in the lines typed in bold print.
8 Tool Management
8.3 Startup in NCK
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