Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Multi tool sector

Hello John.
that is a correct solution. Including there are mini-mills
on the market that work this way.
Your tool rack only has to assure that
the tool can:
a: not spin
b: find itself the right position
c: and follows as the tool gets tightened.
d: checks the correct reach of the defined final positions (in-Out)
e: avoid contamination of the shanks by chips and dust.

Generally you find that the control has some 8 or more
pin outs for to adapt feeders or special equipment, where you can
program a users application on the plc.
If not so you give the tool change order to a relays and start from
there with an own PLC for the changer, which might be a standard
pneumatic dividing head (in US called:Indexer).
I hope that gives you some idea.

Kid, I wish you very good luck. You are on the right way to
engineering.
Sven Peter.

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>
> Just out of interest, would there be any way to make a tool changer for a
> mill using an automatic draw bar and a solenoid? Could you tell the mill
> that to change tools it must move to a certain point, release the draw bar,
> move to another, then re-engage it? Or am I going totally off track? I know
> automatic draw bars are in the $600 region, how much is it to have a proper
> multi tool changer on a mill?
>
> Thanks,
> John H.
>