Work with camming

In this section, you'll learn how to make a cam move using KINGSTAR cam functions.

Process of making a cam move

The process below shows how to make a cam move in KINGSTAR:

SetCamTable -> SetAxisCam -> motion functions -> AbortCommand

Functions

SetCamTable: selects a cam table by setting the connections to a relevant table.

SetAxisCam: links the axes and starts to cam.

AbortCommand: cancels a command. It detaches the slave axis from the master axis immediately to exit the cam mode.

 

The following are motion functions. For more information about their uses, see Chapter 5.

Keep in mind that cam defines the behavior of a slave axis, not master. The master axis doesn't know a slave axis is attached to itself. After you cam two axes, only the master should be moved.

Start camming

Take the following steps to implement camming: