Roland DWX-51D, User Manual

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Starting Milling
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2. Milling
Automatically Switching Out the Worn Milling Bur (Intelligent Tool Control)
During milling, the milling bur wears out and may need to be replaced.
If you want to have the worn milling bur switched out automatically during milling, use Intelligent Tool Control.
If you use Intelligent Tool Control, you can configure the settings to use two stockers as a single set and alternately use two
milling burs of the same type. If one milling bur reaches its replacement time, this function makes it possible to automatically
switch to the other milling bur. Therefore, milling can be continued for a long time without any loss in milling quality.
Procedure
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Click indicated by to select the stocker com-
bination pattern.
The details of the stocker combination pattern se-
lected with B are displayed in the areas indicated by
and .
In the initial settings, the milling bur is not automatically
switched out.
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Load a milling bur in the stocker that you have set as the second stocker. This milling bur must be
the same type as that in the corresponding stocker.
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Click [OK] to close the "Stocker settings" dialog box.
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On the "Milling bur management" dialog box, set the milling burs in the stockers.
If no milling burs are set in the stockers, it will not be possible to switch milling burs automatically.
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P. 12""Milling bur management" Dialog Box"
Milling Bur Replacement Time
When both milling burs are new
The milling bur with the smaller stocker number in the combination is used first.
Example: If Intelligent Tool Control is set to the combination of stocker 1 and stocker 6, stocker 1 is used.
When at least one milling bur has been used but neither milling bur has reached its replacement time
The milling bur with the longer work time is given priority when determining which milling bur to use.
When at least one milling bur has reached its replacement time
The milling bur with the shorter work time is given priority when determining which milling bur to use.
When using CAM to select the stocker number, selecting the stocker number set as the second
milling bur in Intelligent Tool Control will result in an error.
Example: When Pattern 3 is selected for
Using CAM to select stocker 6, 7, or 8 which is being set as the second milling bur will result in an error.