[tleck]

what is involved with installing spindle orient on an olofsson dual spindle vertical lathe with a fanuc 15 series A control unit, D1 configuration? the drive of the spindles has been setup with synchro belt and pulleys.

[gbowne1]

I have this same setup, although my Series 15 Model A D1 configuration is the for the M, not the T. I am also trying to figure out how to add the spindle orient.

I have the A06B-6059 spindle amplifier.

[tmbruno28]

i think there's a way wicth is not so complicated. You just have to add a A20B_0008_0240 on your 6059 spindle drive series.Your spindle encoder shall go through this pcb before the nc.
after stay the command, you have to ask for orientation on connector CN1(i can give you the wiring) of A20B-1003-0010 and after collect orientation finish signal. You can execute that with an external M fonction.

[gbowne1]

Ok, well thats an interesting concept.

I don't have the 2nd spindle interface or maybe even the serial spindle.

I also have the A06B-6058 servo amps too.

CN1?

What G or M code is Spindle Orient? I don't have my handy list here at the moment.

[zavateandu]

first spindle----M19
second spindle---M39
are universal M codes.

[gbowne1]

I don't see any good A02B-0008-0240 boards online anywhere, not even on eBay. Will it fit in the option slot of my 15M Model A? I have the A02B-0094-B502 with the A20B-1003-0230 13 slot backplane. This is the slot right next to the power supply.

The other installation configuration is the A02B-0094-B501 with the A16B-1100-0310.

I don't have a 2nd spindle so I don't see the M39.

What does Spindle Orient usually do? Tool change? I think I remember seeing a M19 used.

My 18i-MA has both.. but the 2nd spindle was turned off.

Greg

[tleck]

The dual spindle lathe that i am installing the spindle orient on, has two spindles driven by a common drive motor. The spindles are driven via a jackshaft assm. The issue that I have run into is the lack of a position coder, which I am working on installing in a way that it can be driven off of the jackshaft; which turns at a 1:1 ratio to the spindles. The spindle drive is a Fanuc A06B-6059-H222 #H520. The info i need is concerns the parameter settings, and the proper set up needed to make this work.