ELBO CONTROLLI E236+ - Toolset Management; Introduction to Toolsets; Creating and Measuring Toolsets

10. TOOLSET ELBO CONTROLLI srl
Preset E236+
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10. TOOLSET
10.1 INTRODUCTION
E236+ has the possibility to store and manage the measurement carried out in nine different lists: the
"toolset” (S1 ÷ S9); each of which must be associated with a machine origin and can contain a maximum
of 99 tools.
A set of tools is a group of tools needed for a particular piece or machining operation on the assigned
machine.
For example, the piece DRW0123 to be worked needs a rougher, a finishing mill, a bit and a reamer, these
four tools would become a "set" drw0123 in the memory of E236+ and it is possible to use the same
corrector number that the NC will use in its "part-program", in this way it has absolute correspondence of
data and avoids possible errors.
10.2 CREATE AND MEASURE A TOOLSET
It isn’t necessary that the operations of creation and measurement are carried out simultaneously; a toolset
can be created first and then at a second time it is possible to assemble and measure it. In this case refer
also to the next paragraph.
Instead it is essential to have created at least one machine origin other than
the default (M0) to be able to associate the toolset: no toolset can be
associated to the M0 origin.
To define and measure a new tool set proceed as follows:
From the main menu, press the icon
,
if no toolset is memorized, the
warning appears:
Press to continue.
If, instead, there are already toolsets present, a list will appear as shown in
the image beside.
To create a new toolset press , this will automatically be identified
with the letter “S” followed by the first available number from 1 to 9 and
will be associated to the active machine origin and assigned the name “no
name”.
If the M0 machine origin is activated, the list of the memorized machine
origins will appear to select the origin which is associated with the new
toolset.
Selecting one of the machine origins, we are able to create a new toolset,
instead pressing the icon , we cancel the operation.
Once the toolset is generated, it is possible to verify the toolset
characteristics in the top right of the screen: