Tool usage file
Application
The control saves information about the tools of an NC program in a tool usage file (e.g., all the required tools and the tool usage times). The control needs this file for the tool usage test.
Related topics
- Using the tool usage test
- Working with a pallet table
- Tool data from the tool table
Requirements
- Generate tool-usage file is enabled by your machine manufacturer
In the machine parameter createUsageFile (no. 118701), the machine manufacturer defines whether the Generate tool-usage file function will be enabled.
- The Generate tool-usage file setting is set to Once or Always
Description of function
The tool usage file provides the following parameters:
Parameter | Meaning |
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NR | Row number in the tool usage file Input: 0...99999 |
TOKEN | In the TOKEN column, the control uses one word to show which information is contained in the respective row:
Input: Text width 17 |
TNR | Tool number If the control has not yet inserted a tool, the column contains the value –1. Input: –1...32767 |
IDX | Tool index Input: 0...9 |
NAME | Tool name Input: Text width 32 |
TIME | Tool usage time in seconds Time during which the tool is cutting a workpiece (excluding rapid traverse movements) Input: 0...9999999 |
WTIME | Total tool usage time in seconds Total time between the tool changes, during which the tool is cutting a workpiece Input: 0...9999999 |
RAD | Sum of the tool radius R and the delta radius DR from the tool table Input: –999999.9999...999999.9999 |
BLOCK | NC block number of the tool call Input: 0...999999999 |
PATH | Path of the NC program, the pallet table, or the tool table Input: Text width 300 |
T | Tool number, including the tool index If the control has not yet inserted a tool, the column contains the value –1. Input: –1...32767.9 |
OVRMAX | Maximum feed-rate override If you only simulate the machining operation, then the control will enter the value 100. Input: 0...32767 |
OVRMIN | Minimum feed rate override If you only simulate the machining operation, then the control will enter the value –1. Input: –1...32767 |
NAMEPRG | Type of tool definition during a tool call:
Input: 0, 1 |
LINENR | Row number of the pallet table in which the NC program is defined Input: –1...99999 |
Note
The control saves the tool usage file as a dependent file (*.dep).
In the settings of the Files operating mode, you can specify whether the control displays dependent files in the file management.