I'm slowly making my way to an ATC project only BP conversion, got tool length on the knee, will be fitting a BT30 spindle this weekend, got new tooling etc,
Have read many great threads on here about ATC's but can find nothing on spindle orientation - seems with the BT30 having dogs, without this in place the ATC is a non-starter??
Now, I have an encoder on my spindle as it does rigid tapping, my first thought was can Mach read the Index pulse on this? Maybe that would be a way forwards, i just have no idea, the spindle drive is a standard 3Hp VFD driven AC motor the VFD has an "Inching" input option IIRC.
Whats the way forwards here?