Tool management device
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsTetsushi ASADA, Yoshihiro TAKIGUCHI, Atsushi HONGO
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Abstract
A tool management device includes a data storage unit for storing (i) tool information including a location of a tool and (ii) a tool-bench information including at least a correspondence between a machine tool and a tool bench, a tool management unit for changing data in the tool information, and a reception unit for receiving a detachment notification when a tool is detached from the machine tool. If the detachment notification is received, the tool management unit changes the location of the tool in the tool information from (a) the machine tool to (b) the tool bench corresponding to the machine tool in the tool-bench information.
Claims7
A tool management device comprising:
- a data storage unit for storing (i) tool information including a location of a tool and (ii) a tool-bench information including at least a correspondence between a machine tool and a tool bench;
- a tool management unit for changing data in the tool information;
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- a reception unit for receiving a detachment notification when a tool is detached from the machine tool, wherein
- if the detachment notification is received, the tool management unit changes the location of the tool in the tool information from (a) the machine tool to (b) the tool bench corresponding to the machine tool in the tool-bench information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.