Dressing tool table tooldress.drs (#156 / #4-04-1)
Application
The dressing tool table tooldress.drs contains the parameters specific to dressing tools.
Related topics
- Editing parameters in tool management
- Tool parameters
- Initial dressing
Cycle 1032 GRINDING WHL LENGTH COMPENSATION (#156 / #4-04-1)
- Grinding operations on milling machines
- Tool table for grinding tools
- General parameters, regardless of the technology
Requirements
- Grinding (#156 / #4-04-1) software option
- Dressing tool is defined in the TYP column of tool management
Description of function
The file name of the dressing tool table is tooldress.drs and this table must be stored in the folder TNC:\table.
You define the parameters depending on the following dressing tool types:
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Parameters of the dressing tool table tooldress.drs
The tooldress.drs dressing tool table provides the following parameters:
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T | Row number in the dressing tool table The tool number allows you to identify each tool unambiguously (e.g., for calling a tool). Using TOOL CALL to call a tool You can define an index after the period. The row number must match the tool number in the tool.t tool table. Input: 0.0...32767.9 |
NAME | Name of dressing tool The tool name identifies a tool, for example when calling it. Using TOOL CALL to call a tool You can define an index after a period (i.e., name.index). Input: Text width 32 |
ZL | Tool length 1 Length of the tool in the Z direction, with respect to the tool carrier preset Input: –99999.9999...+99999.9999 |
XL | Tool length 2 Length of the tool in the X direction, with respect to the tool carrier preset Input: –99999.9999...+99999.9999 |
YL | Tool length 3 Length of the tool in the Y direction, with respect to the tool carrier preset Input: –99999.9999...+99999.9999 |
DZL | Tool length oversize 1 Delta value of tool length 1 for tool compensation Is added to the parameter ZL Input: –99999.9999...+99999.9999 |
DXL | Tool length oversize 2 Delta value of tool length 2 for tool compensation Is added to the parameter XL Input: –99999.9999...+99999.9999 |
DYL | Tool length oversize 3 Delta value of tool length 3 for tool compensation Is added to the parameter YL Input: –99999.9999...+99999.9999 |
RS | Tool tip radius Input: 0.0000...99999.9999 |
DRS | Cutter radius oversize Delta value of the cutter radius for tool compensation Is added to the parameter RS Input: –999.9999...+999.9999 |
TO | Tool orientation The control uses the tool orientation to determine the position of the tool's cutting edge. Input: 1...9 |
CUTWIDTH | Width of tool (plate, roll) Tool width of the tool types dressing plate and dressing roll Input: 0.0000...99999.9999 |
TYPE | Type of dressing tool Depending on the selected dressing tool type, the control displays the suitable parameters in the Form workspace of the tool management. Dressing tool types (#156 / #4-04-1) Selection by means of a selection window Input: DRESS_FIX_RADIUS, HORNED, DRESS_ROT_RADIUS, DRESS_FIX_FLAT and DRESS_ROT_FLAT |
N-DRESS | Speed of the tool (dressing spindle) Shaft speed of a dressing spindle or dressing roll Input: 0.0000...99999.9999 |
Notes
- The dressing tool will not be mounted to the spindle. You need to mount the dressing tool manually to a pocket defined by the machine manufacturer. Additionally, you must define the tool in the pocket table.
- When you are dressing a tool, the control hides the tool carrier in the Simulation workspace.
- Geometry values from the tool table tool.t, such as length or radius, are not effective with dressing tools.
- Assign unique tool names!
If you define identical tool names for multiple tools, the control will look for the tool in the following sequence:
- Tool that is in the spindle
- Tool that is in the magazine
- Machine
Refer to your machine manual.
If there are multiple magazines, the machine manufacturer can specify the search sequence of the tools in the magazines.
- Tool that is defined in the tool table but is currently not in the magazine
If the control, for example, finds multiple available tools in the tool magazine, it inserts the tool with the least remaining tool life.
- If you want to archive tool tables, save them with different file names and the corresponding file extension.
- Use the machine parameter unitOfMeasure (no. 101101) to define inches as the unit of measure. This does not automatically change the unit of measure in the tool table!