Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Function Manual page 968

Grinding-specific tool offset and tool monitoring (W4)
18.2 Tool offset for grinding operations
Tool types for grinding tools
The structure of tool types for grinding tools is as follows:
Figure 18-2
Note
MD20350 $MC_TOOL_GRIND_AUTO_TMON
Through this channel-specific machine data it can be determined, whether for grinding tools
with monitoring (i.e. uneven tool types) the monitoring is already active or not when this tool
is selected.
Examples:
This structure can be used to create the following tool types:
Type
400
401
403
410
411
413
490
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Structure of tool type for grinding tools
Description
Surface grinding wheel
Surface grinding wheel with monitoring with base dimension for GWPS
Surface grinding wheel with monitoring without base dimension for GWPS
Facing wheel
Facing wheel with monitoring with base dimension for GWPS
Facing wheel with monitoring without base dimension for GWPS
Dresser
Function Manual, 01/2008, 6FC5397-1BP10-3BA0
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