[Jason812]

I tried to search to see if this has been answered previously but I didn't find it. Sorry if this has been answered before. All questions are referring to a Mori SH500, MV40 & MV55 (both have a 16 control), & MV55 (11 & 10 control).

How do I fix the following? I've looked thru the parameter manual and cannot seem to find what I'm looking for.

1) All the machines except the 11 & 10 controlled MV55's will ignore the T comand on the tool change line.

2) The vertical machines with the 11 & 10 control will throw an alarm #0202 (tool command in spindle) if the tool is already in the spindle.

If you look at the examples below, maybe it will be easier to understand what I'm trying to accomplish. My current place of employment has been doing things backwards for 30 years and I'm trying to fix it. Right now if an operator needs to rerun a tool or start running a new program he has to put the tool in the spindle thru MDI. I want to make it where the program has the tool change to put the proper tool in the spindle before it is ran. I'm pretty sure that is how most of the rest of the world is.

What I want to change to:

N1 T1 M06
(*T1=<CTD07L>= #7 CTD)
(MIN LENGTH=STD.)
G0 G40 G80 G90 M08
G54 X1.0 Y-0.25 S1500 M03
G43 Z0.5 H1 T10
G81 Z-0.15 R0.1 F8.0
Y-1.75
X2.75
Y-0.25
G80 M09
G91 G28 Z.0
M01

N2 T10 M06
(*T10=<D0266C>= 17/64 DRILL CARBIDE 8X)
(MIN LENGTH=STD.)

What we currently have (operator has to put tool #1 in spindle thru MDI):

N1 T10
(*T1=<CTD07L>= #7 CTD)
(MIN LENGTH=STD.)
G0 G40 G80 G90 M08
G54 X1.0 Y-0.25 S1500 M03
G43 Z0.5 H1
G81 Z-0.15 R0.1 F8.0
Y-1.75
X2.75
Y-0.25
G80 M09
M06
M01

N2 T22
(*T10=<D0266C>= 17/64 DRILL CARBIDE 8X)
(MIN LENGTH=STD.)

[Mitsui Seiki]

1) All the machines except the 11 & 10 controlled MV55's will ignore the T comand on the tool change line.

Yes,you have it in this line:G43 Z0.5 H1 T10
(I usually put it in this line:G54 X1.0 Y-0.25 S1500 M03 T10)

2) The vertical machines with the 11 & 10 control will throw an alarm #0202 (tool command in spindle) if the tool is already in the spindle.

The control can't read the T command if the same tool is already in the spindle.

[Jason812]

Mitsui Seiki, thanks for the input.

I've played with the machines today and am just going to have to put the tool callout on a different line from the tool change code, it's no big deal. The horizontals will ignore the tool change if the tool is already in the spindle but the verticals with the 16 control will throw the same #0202 alarm as the 11 & 10 controlled machines. Do you know if the vertical machines with the 16 controls can be set the same as the horizontals? I usually give up on the 11 & 10 as they are dinosaurs. We use a home brewed program (similar note pad) that will print the code in a double column so I will leave the tool callout on the G43 line to keep it from being typed over.

N1 T1
M06
(*T1=<CTD07L>= #7 CTD)
(MIN LENGTH=STD.)
G0 G40 G80 G90 M08
G54 X1.0 Y-0.25 S1500 M03
G43 Z0.5 H1 T10

[Mitsui Seiki]

I'm not sure if the verticals can be set the same as the horizontals.
I think it has to do with what kind of tool changer the machine has.