Tool change Station
November 1st 2005 KMT Cutting Systems has launched a new Tool Change Station for the company's range of six-axis robotic cutting box routing systems for finishing polymeric and moulded parts.
The station allows tools to be changed while the routing system is in operation and offers an automatic update of tool parameters when a tool is changed, ensuring very high accuracy is maintained.
Tool administration software allows the system to define a number of tools to be used in various cutting operations, recording their position on the change station, that can carry 6 or 12 tool holders so that, even in the event of tool breakage, the system knows where to go on the station to find a replacement tool.
The normal position for the station is on the outside of the box, where tools are protected from the dust created by the routing process. When a tool is to be changed as part of a cutting program, the routing system automatically rotates the Tool Change Station on a smoothly turning, vertical axis turntable through 180° to present the tool holders in the correct position inside the Box for the robotic routing head to change tools. More articles from KMT Robotic Solutions: | 
