tool ID chip, so the tool life assigned to each tool can be changed, if necessary.
“The data we can get from the Zoller are having a big positive impact on our machining efficiency and tool cost,” Malone said.
program in the redomatic, Barto said. “Setting up the wipers on face milling cutters, which are generally 20 μm higher than the inserts, and then getting all the wipers adjusted to be the same height are extremely important. This is shown on the
At Cummins, RFID chips are read by the Zoller to provide tool identifica- tion information to the machine tool, including how heavy the tool is which affects how quickly tool change can occur.
“It not only allows us to closely
inspect each cutting edge and pre- cisely set them, but also tracks and reports tool life,” Malone said. “We put the data on each tool automatically into the chip so the machine tool can read the presets, targeted tool life between changes, and any offsets. These data are also stored in the presetter so we can review tool runouts and other details to get a good look at tool usage and relate that back to part quality and machine productivity.”
The Zoller can also automatically graph the runout of a tool, based on a
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