Siemens Sinumerik 840D Operating Turning page 283

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Place the cursor in the tool list at the position where

the new tool should be stored.

For this, you can select an empty magazine location

or the NC tool memory outside of the magazine.

You may also place the cursor on an existing tool in

the NC tool memory region.

Data from the displayed tool will not be overwritten.

Press the VSK 1.2 "New tool"

The "New tool - favorites" window opens.

If you want to create a tool that is not in the

"Favorites" list, press the VSK 2 "Cutters 100-199",

VSK 3 "Drill 200-299" or the VSK 5 "Spec. tool 700-

The corresponding tool window opens.

Select the tool by placing the cursor on the corre-

sponding tool type.

Press the VSK 8 "OK" to create the new tool.

The tool is added to the tool list with a predefined

name. If the cursor is located on an empty magazine

location in the tool list, then the tool is loaded to this

magazine location.

Multiple loading points:

If you have configured several loading points for a magazine, then the

"Select loading point" window appears when a tool is created directly in an

empty magazine location or when the "Load" softkey is pressed.

Select the required load point and confirm with the VSK 8 "OK" or abort

with pressing the VSK 7 "Cancel".

Additional data:

If configured proper, the "New tool" window opens after the required tool

has been selected and confirmed with the VSK 8 "OK".

You can define the following data in this window:

Tool location type

Size of tool

(See section 3.4 in this module)

For further informations see the commissioning manual of the Sinumerik

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