Creating a Position

In the Configuration mode, on the Tightening Positions page, in the Tightening Positions list select an existing workpiece or group/level. Then, at the upper-left corner, select the Add Position button.
Position pop-up window opens.

In the Position tab, enter and select the position parameters:

• ID: enters the unique identifier string of the position.
  All IDs must be globally unique, so that no other group or position may have the same ID.

• X / Y / Z: enters the physical location of the tightening position. This location is normally reused also to enable and to disable volumes and to calculate the image position in the workpiece view.

• P-Set: enters the tightening parameter set, which is selected for this position.

• Disabled: Deactivates this position for tightening, this can be used as a reference point.

• Tools: assigns the necessary tool to the Position. No tools means all tools.

In the Volume tab, enter and select the volume parameters:

Each tightening position has a tolerance that let the tool operate within a so-called Enabling Volume area. A separate tolerance, called Disabling Volume area, is used to no longer allow the tool to operate.

• Enabling Volume parameters: enable the tightening tool within the specified position.

• Disabling Volume parameters: in addition to the Enabling Volume parameters, it is possible to give an upscale volume of the Enabling Volume parameters through the Disabling Volume parameters.

For more information about volumes, see the paragraph Volume Types.

If a workpiece contains two or more positions it is important that volumes do not intersect. If positions contain intersecting volumes of the sphere or cylinder type, yellow warning icons will appear in a position row in Tightening Positions. To resolve this type of problem, edit a Position and in the Volumes tab, edit volume dimensions so that positions do not intersect.

In the Bolt tab, define the image position and bolt display radius in the image.
If these parameters are not specified, the image location is calculated from the workpiece transformation; besides, the radius is 10 by default.

In the Advanced tab, enter and select the advanced parameters:

• Reject Management

  • Retries: selects how many retries are allowed for tightening positions. In the No loosening required/Require loosening dropdown menu, it is possible to configure if loosening is required.

  • Bypass a NOK: selects if a tightening position can be bypassed.

  • Loosening P-set: sets the Pset for loosening.

• Coordinate System

  • Use absolute coordinate: mostly used for home position of tool. If needed, select to refer to a Cartesian System that uses x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis to establish a point some distance from a common origin.

  • Geometry Condition: the geometry condition identifier enables conditional segments in the geometry. Geometry conditions assigned in an individual position requires that the group containing this position is configured in a forced tightening order.

  • Position No.: if configured, sends back to the tightening controller.

• Delay

  • Delay on enter [ms]: the delay in ms before ILG notifies that the tools is inside the volume.

  • Delay on leave [ms]: the delay in ms before ILG notifies that the tools is outside the volume.

At the lower-right corner of the Position pop-up window, select Save.

Repeat the Creating a Position - Manual Creation of the Tightening Positions procedure as many times as many tightening positions are needed.