Tool management
12.8 Magazine
Turning
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Tools are displayed with their magazine-related data in the magazine list. Here, you can take
specific actions relating to the magazines and the magazine locations.
Individual magazine locations can be location-coded or disabled for existing tools.
Location
BS
* If activated in magazine
Magazine/location number
• The magazine location numbers
The magazine number is specified first, followed by the location num-
ber in the magazine.
If there is only one magazine, only the location number is displayed.
• Load position in the load magazine
The following icons can also be displayed for other magazine types (e.g.
for a chain):
• Spindle location as an icon
• Locations for gripper 1 and gripper 2 (applies only when a spindle
with dual gripper is used) as icons
Type Tool type
Depending on the tool type (represented by an icon), certain tool offset
data is enabled.
The icon identifies the
position of the tool; this was selected when the tool
was created.
You have the option of changing the tool position or the tool type using
the <Select> key.
Tool name The tool is identified by the name and number of the replacement tool
(ST). You can enter the name as text or number.
: The maximum length of tool names is 31 ASCII characters. The
number of characters is reduced for Asian characters or Unicode charac-
ters. The following special characters are not permitted: | # ".
Number of the replacement tool.
Disabling of the magazine location.
Display of magazine location type.
Display of tool location type.
Ü Marking a tool as oversized. The tool occupies two half locations left, two
half locations right, one half location top and one half location bottom in a
P Fixed location coding.
The tool is permanently assigned to this magazine location.