Re: [Emc-users] Holding current for a tool changer

2013-10-01 Thread Sven Wesley
2013/10/1 andy pugh > On 1 October 2013 02:46, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > It has a pneumatic cylinder that locks the carousel when a TC occours, > but > > there's nothing that holds the arm itself. > > I wonder why the arm isn't deployed pneumatically, it would seem easier. > > > . I > > have an i

Re: [Emc-users] Holding current for a tool changer

2013-10-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 October 2013 02:46, Sven Wesley wrote: > It has a pneumatic cylinder that locks the carousel when a TC occours, but > there's nothing that holds the arm itself. I wonder why the arm isn't deployed pneumatically, it would seem easier. > . I > have an idea that the end switch tells the contr

[Emc-users] Holding current for a tool changer

2013-09-30 Thread Sven Wesley
I bought this tool changer from a guy who slaughtered a VMC. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5550/10027456456_2434844618_c.jpg There is a vid here with the changer before he took it down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Smt54Ehh3k It has a pneumatic cylinder that locks the carousel when a TC occours