Quote Originally Posted by maxtechnics View Post
Hello,
I hope everyone's doing great!
I am in the process of designing a cnc milling machine, and would like to use the SMC5-5 controller.
However, the machine will have an ATC spindle ( JGL-110/4.2R24-30 ) , and I have no idea if the controller is made to support/use toolchangers.
Does anyone know if it is possible to program toolchanges in this controller? Ideally how, would also be awesome to know!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, since I couldn't find any reference to this functionality in the manuals or forums.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Max
Shouldn't somebody with the screen name maxtechnics be telling us?You really need to be asking the supplier of the controller if the potential is there for releasing and re-engaging the tool holder as the rest of it is a matter of moving the spindle to the location of the tool or tool carousel and then to the point where the subsequent operation starts.