Tooling list (option 93)

Application

In the Tooling list table, the control displays information about all the tools called within an NC program. Before starting the program, you can check, for example, whether all tools are contained in the magazine.

Requirements

Description of function

When you select an NC program in Program Run operating mode, the control will automatically create the Tooling list table. The control displays the table in the Tooling list application in Tables operating mode. The control lists all the tools called within the active NC program and all the tools called within called NC programs in chronological order. You cannot modify the table.

The Tooling list table provides the following parameters:

Parameter

Meaning

T

Number of the tool used, including an index as needed

Indexed tool

May differ from the programmed tool (e.g., when a replacement tool is used)

TOOL INFO

  • The control displays the following tool information:
  • OK: Tool is in order
  • Locked: Tool is locked
  • Not found: Tool is not defined in the pocket table
  • Pocket table tool_p.tch

  • T no. missing: Tool is not defined in the tool management
  • Tool carrier management

T PROG

Number or name of the programmed tool, including an index as needed

Indexed tool

M3/M4 TIME

Tool usage time from the TIME column of the tool usage file (in seconds)

Time during which the tool is cutting a workpiece (excluding rapid traverse movements)

Tool usage file

MAGAZINE

In this column, the control writes whether the tool is currently in the magazine or in the spindle.

This column remains empty if the tool is a zero tool or not defined in the pocket table.

Pocket table tool_p.tch