Originally Posted by
TEntpeg
....was wondering if anyone has done gang tooling on a TL-1??
The prof said that he would consider doing it if I ran down all the particulars.
Many Thanks.
TEntpeg.
I have a TL with a tool changer but have also used gang tooling to get up to three different tools at a single tool changer position; the particulars are quite simple.
When I have three tools at position #1 in the program one tool is T101 and the offsets for this tool are on line 1 in the tool offset table. The second tool is T111 and the offsets are on line 11 while the third tool is T121 and the offsets are on line 21.
The only reason I use lines 11 and 21 is just to make it easier to remember what tool goes with what offsets; normally I number them in order of use. On occasion I have had multiple tools at different positions and just use the same system; T202, T212, T222 which uses line 2, 12 and 22, etc.
You will be able to use a similar system. Do some experimenting and see what works best for you.
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