Tool management
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Multiple load points - tool in magazine location
If you have configured several loading points for a magazine, then the "Loading Point
Selection" window appears after pressing the "Delete tool" softkey.
Select the required load point and press the "OK" softkey to unload and delete the tool.
Loading and unloading tools
You can load and unload tools to and from a magazine via the tool list. When a tool is
loaded, it is taken to a magazine location. When it is unloaded, it is removed from the
magazine and stored in the tool list.
When you are loading a tool, the application automatically suggests an empty location. You
may also directly specify an empty magazine location.
You can unload tools from the magazine that you are not using at present. HMI then
automatically saves the tool data in the tool list in the NC memory outside the magazine.
Should you want to use the tool again later, simply load the tool with the tool data into the
corresponding magazine location again. Then the same tool data does not have to be
entered more than once.
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Place the cursor on the tool that you want to load into the magazine (if
the tools are sorted according to magazine location number you will find
it at the end of the tool list).
Press the "Load" softkey.
The "Load to… " window opens.
The "... location" field is pre
-assigned with the number of the first empty
Press the "OK" softkey to load the tool into the suggested location.
Enter the location number you require and press the "OK" softkey.
Press the "Spindle" softkey.
The tool is loaded into the specified magazine location or spindle.
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