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Advanced Haas Mill Programming Techniques Training Manual Page 7
Haas Advanced Tool Life Management
Advanced Tool Management allows several of the same tools to be loaded in the machine. They are
automatically called up when the life of one of them is ended. For example, when the tool life of T1 is used
up, the machine will automatically index to the next identical or back up tool. The machine will not switch
to the new tool in the middle of a program. When the limit of a particular tool is reached the Tool Life
Management will not take effect until the next time the program is run from the beginning.
Advanced Tool Management is accessed by pressing the CURNT COMDS key found under the DISPLAY
section of the keyboard. Press the PAGE UP key until the following screen comes up. It is divided up into
three different windows.
After calling up the Advanced Tool Management page a TOOL GROUP must be set up. Highlight in yellow
<ADD> as above. Key in a four digit number and press the ENTER key. In the above example a TOOL
GROUP 1000 was set up. Using the down then right arrow gives different options for the order that the
tools are used: IN ORDER, NEWEST, or OLDEST. IN ORDER was selected using the right arrow cursor key.
Next the down arrow cursor key is depressed to the DESCRIPTION line. (¼ INCH DRILL) was keyed in and
entered. See below:
Tool
Tool Group Window
Active Tool Label
Tool Life Limits Window
Tool Data Window