System and method for presetting tooling

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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