Siemens SINUMERIK Commissioning Manual page 186

Tool management
6.1 Setting tool management parameters on the HMI
Oversized location type with free half locations for box magazine
In a box magazine, a tool with the size 2 2 2 2 occupies one half location in each direction in
addition to the normal magazine location.
However, with this location type the half location in each corner is not used.
Figure 6-10
Parameter settings for the location type:
● height (h): 4, width (b): 4
● left (l): 1, right (r): 1
● top (t): 1, bottom (b): 1
The half locations not occupied are defined by the parameters left, right, top, bottom as
"FREE".
6.1.6 Example: To assign a hierarchy to location types
Hierarchy of location types
To overcome the inflexible classification of magazine locations according to location type,
locations can be arranged in ascending order, i.e. in a hierarchy. Several such hierarchies
can be set up for TO units but a location type can only belong to one hierarchy. Not allowed
are: e.g. A < B and A < C or A < E and B < E.
This hierarchy ensures that a tool that only requires a "small" location type can also be
placed in a "larger" location type if no "small" locations are free.
If a tool is to be inserted in the magazine, the location type decides which locations are
available. If there is a hierarchy for this location, the locations are allocated in accordance
with this hierarchy.
Application case
Let us assume, for example, that a tool of location type A is to be stored in the tool-holding
magazine or a location search is to take place for a location of type A.
The following location hierarchy shall apply for this example: A < B < C.
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Oversized location type with free half locations for box magazine
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