Magazine - Siemens SINUMERIK Series Operating Manual

Tool management

13.8 Magazine

13.8 Magazine
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.
Tool parameters
Column heading
Location
BS
* If activated in magazine
selection
Type
Tool name
ST
D
G
Mag.loc. type
Tool.loc. type
Ü
P
718
Meaning
Magazine/location number
● The magazine location numbers
The magazine number is specified first, followed by the location number
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
Tool type
Depending on the tool type (represented by an icon), certain tool offset
data is enabled.
The tool is identified by the name and the replacement tool number. You
can enter the name as text or number.
Note: 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: | # ".
Replacement tool number (for replacement tool strategy).
Cutting edge number
Disabling of the magazine location.
Display of magazine location type.
Display of tool location type.
Marking of 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 magazine.
Fixed location coding.
The tool is permanently assigned to this magazine location.
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