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Ad anced managemen and moni o ing unc ions a
he TMA 550AL manu ac u ing cen e, used o
ATR
Moldo an O idiu PhD
Uni e si y o O adea, Facul y o
IMT, Depa men o Mecha onics,
O adea, Romania
o [email protected]
Moga Ioan PhD
Uni e si y o O adea, Facul y o
IMT, Depa men o Mecha onics,
O adea, Romania
imoga@uo adea. o
Géza Husi PhD
Uni e si y o Deb ecen, Facul y o
Enginee ing,
Dp . o Elec ical Enginee ing and
Mecha onics Deb ecen, Hunga y
[email protected]
Abs ac —This pape amiss o make an o e iew o he
managemen and moni o ing unc ions implemen ed a he TMA
550 AL lexible manu ac u ing sys em, unc ions ha a e used o
implemen he au oma ic ool eadjus men unc ion
Keywo ds— lexible cells, ool managemen unc ions, ool
moni o ing unc ion, mo o load moni o ing.
I. INTRODUCTION
The au oma ic ool eadjus men unc ion is abb e ia ed
ATR. This unc ion is speci ic he Flexible Manu ac u ing
Cell le els and Flexible Manu ac u ing Sys em le el and is
ask is o p epa e a new se o ools in he s o age sys em o
he machine o he nex i em o be manu ac u ed while he
cu en i em is being manu ac u ed [1].
F om he poin o iew o he equipmen needed o
pe o m he unc ion ATC he e is a g ea a ie y o solu ions
acco ding o ealiza ion o ATR unc ion. The usual solu ions
depend on he ype o ATC and is based on he le el o
machine used.
The TMA 55AL (Fig. 1) has been upg aded o include an
ATR unc ion. The solu ion used is based on a ool s o age
uni accessible o he ool change o he wo k cen e.
Fig 1. The TMA 55 Al lexible manu ac u ing cell
The ool s o age uni accessible o he ATC is loaded in he
machine using he sys ems APC unc ion, and is based on a
ombs one de ice.
The s eps necessa y o implemen he ATR unc ion a e:
 De e mining he lis o necessa y ools o he nex
piece o be manu ac u ed.
 Making he equipmen and de ices necessa y o
implemen
 Making and in eg a ing he speci ic so wa e
necessa y o he ATR unc ion
II. THE TOOL SELECTION
The ATR unc ion mus ealize he physical ans e o he
ools be ween he cen al s o age uni and he ATC s o age and
also make he necessa y upg ade in he ool lis s (ATC ool lis
and in he lis o ools a ailable a FMS le el).
In o de o be able o ope a e changes in he ool lis o he
ATC which is managed by he Fanuc so wa e on he 310i
CNC he codi ica ion o he ools and all o he in o ma ion
ha a e necessa y o be “deli e ed” wi h he ool mus be
known.
Fanuc 310i CNC equipmen machine allows he ool
selec ion by calling he T add ess. The o m o ool add ess
can be se so ha i includes in o ma ion on he numbe o he
ool and he posi ion o he o se o each ool in he o se
able. The pe mi ed al e na i es a e p esen ed in able 1.
TABLE I. T CODE STRUCTURE ALLOWED BY THE CNC[2]
T code
T code s uc u e
T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Fi s 7 by es indica e he ool
numbe ; he las digi indica es he
numbe o he ool's o se .
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T_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
Fi s 6 by es indica e he ool
numbe , he las digi s indica es he
numbe o he ool's o se .
T_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _
Fi s 5 by es indica e he ool
numbe , he las digi s indica es he
numbe o he ool's o se .
The maximum numbe o by es o add ess o T ools
iden i ie s managed by he equipmen can be se using
pa ame e s (be ween 1 and 8 by es). The e is he possibili y o
au oma ically se ing he numbe by es acco ding o he
a ailable ool o se s. Thus, in he case whe e he numbe o
o se posi ions is be ween 1 and 9 will ha e se en by es o
he T add esses, whe e i he numbe o o se add esses is
om 10-99 T add ess will ha e 6 by es and i he numbe o
posi ions o he o se -s is be ween 100 o 999 he numbe o
by es o add ess T will be 5.
Gi en he maximum numbe o ools ha can be s o ed in
he ATC we ha e op ed o a T code wi h 2 by e wi hou
including o he o se . The TMA 55AL machining cen e
using as add esses in o m o TXX be ween T01 and T99. The
Fanuc equipmen can use he T00 add ess, bu his is no
p esen in he ool lis , he T00 add ess is ese ed o he ool
in he spindle.
Tool managemen unc ion manages he in o ma ion
ega ding ools, including in o ma ion abou he ool o se
ha li e ime o exis ing ools in he ATC. The ATR unc ion
mus upg ade his in o ma ion in o de o ensu e he op imal
use o he ools.
Iden ical ools a ailable in he ATC magazine can be
g ouped in o g oups o ools. Fo each ool is s o ed a numbe
o pa ame e s such as ool numbe , pe mi ed ime o use,
s a us (e.g. ool b eakage condi ions), he cha ac e is ics o he
ool compensa ion (H-leng h, D-diame e , W-wea ), maximum
spindle speed o each ool.
These da a a e gene ically called ool managemen da a.
When a ool numbe is in oked using a code such as T01,
he CNC will look o a ool in he same g oup ha has he
lowes usage ime.
Tool managemen da a s o ed using hese unc ions a e [2]:
 Numbe o ool, T code, da a leng h 4 by es;
 The coun e o he li e ime o ool and he numbe o
uses, 4 by es da a leng h, alues allowed o he li e o
up o 3,599,999 and 0 (999 hou s 59 minu es 59
seconds);
 The maximum use o ools, da a leng h 4 by es, he
maximum alue allowed o use 0 o 3,599,999 s (999
hou s 59 minu es 59 seconds).
 Tool s a us, da a leng h one by e, possible alues: 0-
managemen unc ion is no ac i e ool, 1 ool was no
used, he emaining se ice li e 2, 3 se ice li e used,
4 b oken ool.
III. ATC FUNCTION
The ATC unc ion s o es he ools in a s o age uni (Fig. 2)
and also changes he ool in he spindle wi h he eques ed ool
om he magazine using a hyd aulic manipula o (Fig 3).
Fig 2. Tool s o age uni o he machining cen e [3]
A he TMA 55 AL he ATR unc ion is ealized by
using he ATC unc ion o he ans e o he ools om he
s o age uni o he ATC s o age.
Fig 2. Hyd aulic ATC manipula o o he machining cen e [3]
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Fig. 3 Gan cha o he ATC unc ion a he lexible manu ac u ing cen e in he TMA 55AL lexible manu ac u ing cell
Fig. 4 Resou ce usage o he ATC unc ion a he lexible manu ac u ing cen e in he TMA 55AL lexible manu ac u ing cell
Fig. 3 p esen s he 3 Gan cha o he ATC unc ion a he
lexible manu ac u ing cen e in he TMA 55AL lexible
manu ac u ing cell and in Fig. 4 is p esen ed he esou ce
usage o he ATC unc ion a he lexible manu ac u ing
cen e
IV. FUNCTIONING PARAMETERS MONITORING SYSTEM AT THE
FANUC 310 I CNC EQUIPMENT.
The FANUC 310i CNC sys em has an in eg a ed
pa ame e s moni o ing unc ion which among o he op ions
including he spindle mo o pa ame e s moni o ing unc ion.
Using his unc ion a numbe o pa ame e s ela ed o he
spindle mo o can be measu ed ha may con ibu e o he ools
managemen and such be in eg a ing he ATR unc ion in a
concep o ool managemen .
In igu e 5 is shown he sc een o moni o he pa ame e s
o he mo o on he machine.
Fig. 5 Sc een o moni o he pa ame e s o he se o-mo o s (X,Y,Z, B and C
axis and spindle mo o ) [4]
Using his unc ion a da a acquisi ion was ealized o he
pa ame e s ela ed o he spindle mo o . In Fig.6 is p esen ed
he menu o pa ame e se ings o he da a acquisi ion.
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Fig. 6 Sc een pa ame e se ings (pa ame e s o be acqui ed) and pa ame e s o
he DAQ
The da a collec ed using he FANUC CNC was sa ed in a
x ile using a s uc u e speci ic o he equipmen . The ile
was p ocessed using Ma lab o ob ain he da a o he spindle
mo o .
In able 2 a e p esen ed he alues base alues o he
spindle load when wi h no wo k load.
TABLE II. BASE VALUES FOR THE SPINDLE LOAD WHEN WITH NO WORK
LOAD
500
pm
600
pm
700
pm
800
pm
900
pm
1000
pm
1100
pm
1200
pm
2%
4%
5%
7%
8%
9%
10%
12%
Fig. 7 E olu ion o he spindle load (wi h no wo k load)[4]
Al hough hese alues a e low, he e use in moni o ing he
ool wa e ough he moni o ing o he ool wa e is no easible
due o he ansi o y egime o he mo o when he numbe o
o a ion is changed.
In o de o highligh he ansi o y egime a se ies o es
whe e ealized using he same p ocedu e, bu he alues o he
mo o load du ing he change o he o a ion whe e acqui ed.
The ansi ion om one speed o ano he in ol es loading
he engine. The g aph ob ained o a ia ions in speed om
500 pm o 1100 pm wi h inc emen s o 10% is shown in he
igu e 7.
Fig. 7 The g aph ob ained o a ia ions in speed om 500 pm o 1100 pm
wi h inc emen s o 10%[4]
V. CONCLUSION
A new goal o he TMA 55Al is he in eg a ion o he
ATR unc ion wi h he ool managemen unc ion, including
he o ac i a ing he ATR based on da a collec ed ough
means o ool moni o ing echniques. These echniques can
o e in o ma ion ela ed o he ool wa e. The mos accessible
in o ma ion would be he da a collec ed ough he wa e o m
diagnosis unc ion. In e ms o wo kload moni o ing he d i e
mo o o he spindle is obse ed ha a cons an speeds
wo kload is ela i ely small (max.12%), howe e ansi o y
egimes a speed change mus be conside ed because he load
can each 40 %. In his con ex an algo i hm o moni o engine
load condi ion and moni o ing ool spindle mus ake in o
accoun hese ansien s. [4]
Acknowledgmen
“This wo k was pa ially suppo ed by he s a egic g an
POSDRU 107/1.5/S/77265, inside POSDRU Romania 2007-
2013 co- inanced by he Eu opean Social Fund – In es ing in
People.”
Re e ences
[1] Macedon Ganea, Masini unele e si Echipamen e ehnologice pen u
p eluc a ea pieselo p isma ice.I- Module si echipamen e speci ice
celulelo si sis emelo lexibile. Cali a ea si ecep ia masinilo unel e
CNC.: Edi u a Uni e si ății din O adea, 2010.
[2] Fanuc, GE, Ope a ion and main enance handbook B-63947EN/01.
[3] TMA 55 manu ac u ing cen e-Use manual
[4] O idiu Moldo an, "Tool wa e moni o ing echniques and in eg a ion
possibili ies wi h he au oma ic ool eadjus emen unc ion," Annals o
he O adea Uni e si y Fascicle o Managemen and Technological
Enginee ing, ol. XXII, no. 1, pp. 199-202, 2013.