Programming instructions

NC Programming 17VRS Tool Corrections
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DOK-MTC200-NC**PRO*V17-ANW1-EN-P
5.2 Setup Lists
Purpose of the Setup Lists
The setup list is used to define the presence of all tools required for the
machining operation as well as whether and how they can be used for the
machining steps which are to be performed. The setup list is also used
with the automatic tool check to ensure that the tools are available and
ready to use.
Thus, a setup list must be created when the NC-program is written for
each process which has a tool management and which uses tools to
perform a machining operation (see also Tool Data Management in the
user interface description).
A setup list is not necessary unless the machine builder specifies that it is
necessary in the SPS program.
Data in the Setup List
A setup list includes all the required tools. Each tool used in an NC-pro-
gram must be entered in the appropriate setup list.
Each tool entry contains
•
the basic tool data and
•
the edge data
which means that the number of edge records which need to be filled out
is equal to the number of edges declared in the basic tool data.
The table below shows the value ranges for the individual data in the
setup list and the corresponding units.