Tool Life Management - Mitsubishi Electric 700 Series Training Manual

3. Setup Screen

3.5 Tool Life Management

The life management data of the tool usage conditions, etc., is set and displayed.
The tool life management specifications differ for the M and L system.
<M system>
Tool life management I
The usage time or No. of uses of the tool commanded in the program is incremented, and the usage state
of that tool is monitored.
Tool life management II
This method is the same as tool life management I, but with a spare tool selection function added.
A spare tool is selected from the group of tool commands commanded in the program. Tool
compensation (tool length compensation and tool radius compensation) is carried out for the selected
tool.
The tool life management related parameters (basic common parameters) include the following.
# Item
1103 T_Life
T-life manage valid
1104 T_Com2
Tool com 2
(When tool life
management is valid.)
1105 T_sel2
Tool com 2
(When tool life
management is valid.)
Setting
0 This ignores the tool life management data.
1 This controls the tool life management.
0 This treats the program tool command as a group No.
Search for the group No. that matches with the tool No. in the
tool registration data, and select the spare tool from there.
1 This treats the program tool command as a tool No.
0 This selects the tool from the tools in use in the same group,
following the registration No. order.
If there are no "Tools in use", the tools are selected in order of
"Tools not in use", "Normal life tools" and "Abnormal tools",
following the registration No. order.
1 This selects the tool with the maximum remaining life from the
tools in use and not in use in the same group.
When several tools have the same remaining life, the tools are
selected in order of registration No. If there are no "Tools in
use" or "Tools not in use", the tools are selected in order of
"Tools not in use", "Normal life tools" and "Abnormal tools",
following the registration No. order.
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