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Editing tool life data
The control counts the tool life in
RT
and the quantity of finished
parts in RZ . When the predefined tool life or the part quantity limit
has been reached, the tool is considered to be worn out.
Setting a limit to tool life:
Press the Dwell soft key
Tool editor
mode of operation opens the
Dwell
MT input field for editing.
Enter the tool life of the cutting edge in the
h:mm:ss format ( h = hours; m = minutes; s =
seconds). You can use the right and left arrow
keys to switch between
h , m and s
Entering the quantity:
Press the Dwell soft key
The Dwell soft key changes to No.pieces .
Tool editor mode of operation opens the
No.pieces MZ
input field for editing.
Enter the limit quantity, i.e. the number of
workpieces that can be machined with one
cutting edge
Setting a new cutting edge:
Insert a new cutting edge
Call the associated data record in the
Tool editor
mode of operation
Press the
New tooth soft key
The tool life or limit quantity is set to
0
and the
diagnostic bits are reset.
Tool life management can be activated / deactivated
in the
lifeTime (601801) machine parameter
Further information: "List of machine parameters",
Page 608
The quantity is added when the end of the program
has been reached
Tool life / quantity monitoring is also continued after a
change of program