hurco usa winmax tool & material library overview mike cope august 2007 updated november 2007 by...

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WinMax Tool & Material Library

Overview

Mike CopeAugust 2007

Updated November 2007 by Robert Gorgol

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Tool & Material Library Features

Better Tool Descriptions - There’s no guesswork on how to setup your tools with over 25 predefined tool types, standard tap definitions and custom tool descriptions. Detailed tool geometry lets you create a complete tool description. User and vendor notes make it easy to reorder tooling.

Material Library – Separate Roughing and Finishing feeds and speeds can be defined for any material type. Material types can be configured to the data base to customize the library to fit your shop needs.

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Tool & Material Library

Main Tool Setup screen is similar to UltiMax. Use the More tab to enter advanced tool settings.

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Advanced Tool Settings lets you define more Geometry settings, Feeds and Speeds, Supplier information, and additional Notes.

The tool drawing changes to The tool drawing changes to illustrate the parameter that illustrate the parameter that you are editing.you are editing.

The Diameter Field is carried The Diameter Field is carried over and additional tool over and additional tool geometry can be defined.geometry can be defined.

* Tool Geometry Settings are * Tool Geometry Settings are available only with Tool available only with Tool Library or Graphics OptionLibrary or Graphics Option

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Feed & Speed data can be defined for different materials. Separate values can be defined for Roughing and Finishing Operations. When the tool is used to program a conversational feature, the appropriate set of feeds and speeds will automatically be applied when the tool is selected.

Set Values for Roughing or Set Values for Roughing or Finishing for different Finishing for different materials.materials.

If no Finishing Values are set If no Finishing Values are set the Roughing values are the Roughing values are used for finishing operations.used for finishing operations.

List of Defined Work List of Defined Work Materials.Materials.

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The Supplier Tab lets you setup supplier information for reordering your tooling.

Entering supplier information Entering supplier information makes it easier to reorder makes it easier to reorder tooling.tooling.

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The Tool Database tab displays the types of tools that you may use in your shop. These are “descriptions” of tools and can be used to create instances of “actual” tools when you add them into the machine’s tool library and give them a tool number.

Tool templates can be Tool templates can be organized into a data base organized into a data base and quickly selected when and quickly selected when setting up tools or setting up tools or programming parts.programming parts.

A tool template contains A tool template contains geometric information and geometric information and feed and speed defaults that feed and speed defaults that are automatically imported are automatically imported when a new tool is created when a new tool is created using the template.using the template.

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The Material Database tab displays the list of programmed workpiece materials.

The Material Database The Material Database displays a list of workpiece displays a list of workpiece materials.materials.

Pressing the Select Material Pressing the Select Material For Part Program soft key For Part Program soft key will set the active program to will set the active program to use the selected material.use the selected material.

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Access to Manual and Automatic tools is available by pressing the Manual console button and selecting the F1 Tool Management soft key.

The Manual Console Button The Manual Console Button followed by pressing F1 Tool followed by pressing F1 Tool Management Soft Key Management Soft Key

Tool Management

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You can add a new tool into the Manual tool list by selecting the Insert Tool soft key. This will provide a list of the templates in the Tool Database. The information from the selected template will be used as defaults for the new tool.

Insert Tool lets you create an Insert Tool lets you create an actual tool using one of the actual tool using one of the templates from the Tool & templates from the Tool & Material Database.Material Database.

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Pressing the Create Tool Using Template soft key will add the tool to the Manual Tool list and take you to the Tool Setup screen. Most information is provided in the template, requiring only the zero calibration to complete the setup.

After selecting Insert Tool After selecting Insert Tool you can highlight a tool in you can highlight a tool in the list and press the Create the list and press the Create Tool Using Template soft key Tool Using Template soft key to add the tool to the Manual to add the tool to the Manual Tool list.Tool list.

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When creating Conversational data blocks you can select tools from the machine’s tool library by using the Select Tool From List Soft key.

Select Tool From List will Select Tool From List will display all tools in the display all tools in the Automatic Tool Changer, Automatic Tool Changer, Manual Tool List and Tool & Manual Tool List and Tool & Material Library.Material Library.

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You may also enter the tool number directly into the Tool field. When you do so the list of available tools starting with that number will appear.

You may also select a tool by You may also select a tool by entering the tool number. As entering the tool number. As you type the tool number the you type the tool number the list of tools starting with that list of tools starting with that number appears.number appears.

As you continue to define the As you continue to define the number the list automatically number the list automatically reduces to those that match reduces to those that match the numbers you have typed.the numbers you have typed.

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WinMax Mill

Tool Matching

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The Tool Utilities and Settings help automate tool loading and filtering.

When reading part programs When reading part programs into WinMax any tools in the into WinMax any tools in the part program that do not part program that do not have a match in the Auto or have a match in the Auto or Manual list can be Manual list can be automatically copied into the automatically copied into the Manual list.Manual list.

Use Tool Type Checking and Use Tool Type Checking and Filtering to select only tools Filtering to select only tools applicable to the operation applicable to the operation being programmed. being programmed.

(This is a standard feature.)(This is a standard feature.)

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The Tool Utilities and Settings help automate tool loading and filtering.

You can choose to have You can choose to have existing tool zero calibration existing tool zero calibration values overwritten by those values overwritten by those read from the part program. read from the part program. This is similar to the way the This is similar to the way the Ultimax control functioned.Ultimax control functioned.

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Importing programs – Tool Matching

Why do tools need to be matched?

Tool MatchingTool MatchingConversational part programs contain data blocks that describe part features to be machined. Within each data block a roughing and an optional finishing tool is defined that describes the type, geometry and feeds/speeds used to machine the feature.

This is more information than simply assigning a tool number to a data block and makes it possible to check that actual tools on the machine can be used to machine the feature.

The control maintains the tool descriptions for tools located in the Automatic Tool Changer, Manual Tools and Tool Library.

When reading Conversational part programs the control attempts to match the tools described in the data blocks with tools in the Automatic Tool Changer and the Manual Tool list.

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Load any Conversational Part Program. Winmax will automatically match an imported tool to a library tool if it is a unique tool of the same type with a diameter that is within the maximum difference set in Tool Utilities and Settings.

When reading any When reading any Conversational Program, HD3, Conversational Program, HD3, HD5 or the new HWM file HD5 or the new HWM file format, the control will attempt format, the control will attempt to match tools needed to to match tools needed to machine the part with tools on machine the part with tools on the machine.the machine.

How Are How Are

Tools Matched?Tools Matched?

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After loading the part program go to the Tool Review Screen to see tools that have not been matched.

Go to a tool matching screen Go to a tool matching screen and list possible but not exact and list possible but not exact matches.matches.

Add the tool description to the Add the tool description to the Manual Tool list and assign it a Manual Tool list and assign it a tool number.tool number.

If the parameter for If the parameter for automatically loading automatically loading unmatched tools as Manual is unmatched tools as Manual is set to No tools that do not set to No tools that do not match will appear as match will appear as Unmatched in the Tool Review Unmatched in the Tool Review screen.screen.

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In the case that an imported tool has more than one exact type and diameter match in the library, the tool number will be compared to determine the correct match. If none of the library tools match by number, the tool must be manually matched.

If an imported tool has more If an imported tool has more than one exact type and than one exact type and diameter match in the library diameter match in the library and the imported tool number and the imported tool number does not match one of the does not match one of the library tools, the tool must be library tools, the tool must be manually matched.manually matched.

The prompt will inform the The prompt will inform the user that the tool is user that the tool is unmatched because there are unmatched because there are multiple exact matches and multiple exact matches and not because there are no not because there are no matches.matches.

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If you choose to match tools you will be taken to a tool matching screen.

Go to a tool matching screen Go to a tool matching screen and list possible but not exact and list possible but not exact matches.matches.

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The Closest Matches list, like the matching criteria, is based on diameter and type. The list of replacement tools displays the difference between the diameter of the imported tool and the potential replacement from the library.

Highlight one of the possible Highlight one of the possible matches and select Choose As matches and select Choose As Replacement.Replacement.

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If you choose instead to add an unmatched tool as a Manual Tool, the tool will automatically be assigned the next available tool number. You may override this tool number if you like.

You may alternatively add the You may alternatively add the unmatched tool as a manual unmatched tool as a manual tool.tool.

You may enter a different tool You may enter a different tool number if you choose as long number if you choose as long as that number is not already as that number is not already assigned to an existing tool.assigned to an existing tool.

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Summary

Summary

• Automatic Tool Matching simplifies the process of verifying the tools Automatic Tool Matching simplifies the process of verifying the tools required in your Conversational part program.required in your Conversational part program.

• Automatic Tool matching can be overridden to manually select a Automatic Tool matching can be overridden to manually select a replacement tool.replacement tool.

• You may choose to automatically have the control store unmatched You may choose to automatically have the control store unmatched tools in the Manual Tool list map.tools in the Manual Tool list map.

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