What do people use for tool database management?
What do people use for tool database management?
(OP)
Hi all,
We currently don't have any formal systems in place to keep track of our tools and backends in our milling workshop. Mainly because it's just never been done and it wasn't too much of a problem in the past, but now we are starting to acquire more and more tools I think it is time to get things organised.
What do other people use for cataloging and keeping track of cutters etc. Walter TDM, excel spreadsheets, Access....???
What also probably complicates things is that we use a couple of CAM systems NX and Openmind (occasionaly Delcam too), we also have Vericut.
Any info or examples of what other people use would be great to start me looking in the right area.
Thank you.
D.
We currently don't have any formal systems in place to keep track of our tools and backends in our milling workshop. Mainly because it's just never been done and it wasn't too much of a problem in the past, but now we are starting to acquire more and more tools I think it is time to get things organised.
What do other people use for cataloging and keeping track of cutters etc. Walter TDM, excel spreadsheets, Access....???
What also probably complicates things is that we use a couple of CAM systems NX and Openmind (occasionaly Delcam too), we also have Vericut.
Any info or examples of what other people use would be great to start me looking in the right area.
Thank you.
D.





RE: What do people use for tool database management?
Is it a database no manage the tools only (Ref., type, tooth#, Diam., Length)
Or a database to manage tools, toolhoder (Ref., Type, tooth#, Diam, length, Balancing, job#, etc.)
Or a db intended to track the tools and replace them once worn,
Or just something as an ERP system to manage your stock.
what level of detail tracking are you looking for? because going to track every insert will be little messy
but if you have a very high volume that will justify going to that level this may be justified.
Regards,
RE: What do people use for tool database management?
Depending on the level of tool management that you are dealing with, there are companies (like MSC) that will bring in a vending machine for tooling with a computer interface that tracks tool usage by operator and by job. Check out the link
http://www1.mscdirect.com/content/solutions/vending.html?cm_re=tpnv-_-sols-_-compad
Regards,
Rich.....
Richard Nornhold, PE
http://www.personna.com
RE: What do people use for tool database management?
At the moment it would just be a database to manage tools, toolholders as at the currently it's a case of going and having a look in the back of the machine or on the shelf to see what we have/what is free. We may eventually want to be and enable the creation of tool lists for each job etc.
Thanks.
D.
RE: What do people use for tool database management?
D.
RE: What do people use for tool database management?
Please check this : http://www.machexhibition.com/ExhibitorLibrary/14/WP_01_AutomatedToolMngt_2.pdf
RE: What do people use for tool database management?
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RE: What do people use for tool database management?
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