3.4 Tool group TGROUP

Tool Group refers to a combination of several identical or the same function of the tool. Which Group are a tool attributed to, is decided by the system tool offset table. For example, T1 tool Group number is 5, T2 tool Group numbers is also 5, then T1, T2 tool both belong to the 5th Group. When using TGROUP instruction in the program, you can call the appropriate tool in the Tool Group for processing, and active the tool management system.

The system selects a tool by tool number in the order of small to large from the tool group for processing; The tool is automatically switched to the next tool, when the tool life expires and the system executes the next instruction TGROUP; if all the tools in the tool group have reached the lifetime, the system will alarm, and you can not use the tool group to execute the next program. (See "Turning System Operations Manual" Tool Management)

Instruction format:

TGROUP(x)         ; Call tool in the tool group; x—Corresponding Tool group number

Note:

The instruction must be capital letters, lowercase letters can not be programmed.

Example:

N10 TGROUP(1)                                        ; Use tool in the tool group No.1

N20 M03 S800                                           

N30 G00 X… Z…                                      

……

N100 TGROUP(2)                                       ; Use tool in the tool group No.2

……

N200 M02