I have been slowly working through the process of converting a 1987 Boxford CNC lathe too work with Masso. So far I have had success using the original hardware. But now I'm at the Toolchanger. The original design used a stepper motor. I know I cannot use that with Masso and have found a DC Motor to replace it. But the original turret doesn't have any homeing sensors which the toolchanger logic needs. I am thinking Of making an 8 position Disk and using a Masso optical homing sensor for the tool position feedback. Do you think that will work ?
Help modifying 8 tool lathe turret
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if you are designing your own signals for the tool changer then please use one of the standard ones that are supported. Please use this setup: https://www.masso.com.au/masso-documentation/?section=hercus-pc200-8-tool-turret
With the above, you will need two sensors, one for homing the turret and the other will be used to count the tool number when changing tools.
With the above, you will need two sensors, one for homing the turret and the other will be used to count the tool number when changing tools.