Re: [Emc-users] tool change number stuff

[Stuart S. <st...@gm...>]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Daniel Goller <mo...@gm...> wrote:

> Numbered pots with a lookup table of which pot number currently is holding
> which tool number is majorly useful.
>
> If there are tools in the pots, but the machinist does not know which tool
> number they are, he can get the pot number, look up the tool number and get
> it in MDI.
>
> This is all too common when one shift inherits tools from another.
> The tools could have been in there for a while, a pot/tool reference is a
> great tool to have then.
>
> the whole point of the tool display is to provide a pot tool reference
you position the tool you want at the tool change position
look at the display and voila - the display is showing the proper tool
number regardless of the pot number
I agree this would be useful

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