System and method for presetting tooling
First Claim
1. A machine tooling system, comprising:
- a tooling machine having a plurality of adjustable cutting units installed therein at various locations on the tooling machine, each of said adjustable cutting units being positionable to contact a workpiece to be tooled and having an identification device attached thereto, each of said identification devices providing location information relating the adjustable cutting unit to which it is attached to a particular location on said tooling machine;
a collet for holding a workpiece to be tooled,a presetter machine for adjusting said adjustable cutting units to within prescribed specifications when said adjustable cutting units are detached from said tooling machine; and
a cutting unit identification subsystem for storing said location information provided by said identification devices.
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Abstract
A machine tooling system is provided, comprising a tooling machine having a plurality of adjustable cutting units installed at various locations therein, a collet for holding a workpiece to be tooled, and a presetter machine for adjusting the adjustable cutting units to within prescribed specifications when the adjustable cutting units are detached from the tooling machine. Each of the adjustable cutting units may be precisely positioned to contact the workpiece to be tooled, and each is provided with an identification device attached thereto. The identification devices provide (i) location information identifying a particular location on the tooling machining for which the cutting unit is precisely adjusted and (ii) adjustment information including the adjustment parameters at which the adjustable cutting unit is preset. A cutting unit identification subsystem reads and stores the location information and the adjustment information provided by the identification devices.
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16 Claims
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1. A machine tooling system, comprising:
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a tooling machine having a plurality of adjustable cutting units installed therein at various locations on the tooling machine, each of said adjustable cutting units being positionable to contact a workpiece to be tooled and having an identification device attached thereto, each of said identification devices providing location information relating the adjustable cutting unit to which it is attached to a particular location on said tooling machine; a collet for holding a workpiece to be tooled, a presetter machine for adjusting said adjustable cutting units to within prescribed specifications when said adjustable cutting units are detached from said tooling machine; and a cutting unit identification subsystem for storing said location information provided by said identification devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of presetting adjustable blade cartridges in a tooling machine having a plurality of adjustable blade cartridges installed therein at various locations on the tooling machine, the method comprising the steps of:
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attaching an identification device to one of said plurality of adjustable cutting units; installing said adjustable cutting unit in one of said various locations the tooling machine; manually adjusting said adjustable cutting unit so that a workpiece tooled by said blade cartridge is within prescribed specifications; removing said adjustable cutting unit from said tooling machine and installing said adjustable cutting unit in a presetting machine; and registering in said identification device location information relating to the particular location on said tooling machine from which said adjustable cutting unit was removed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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