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Scan for tools and comments added to the Scan dialog box. Previously only tools or only comments was possible to read. Scan for comments is included in the Scan for tools line as a check box - tick it on or off according to your needs. Help file added - compiled CNC_Scan_help.chm file should be in the same directory as CNC_Scan.exe file. |
CNC_Scan is a program which reads selected text files and prints the search results in the text window or chosen text editor. The main purpose of the program is to give the up-to-date summary of the tools used on a particular machining center(s). This is crucial on systems running in unmanned mode like Flexible Machining Centers or centers with palette pool. The reason is that each tool magazine can accommodate only certain number of tools and we should get away with these existing tools without a need of changing them in between operations. OK, we need a database with all the parts and tools used, their descriptions, dimensions, etc. Than we know what tools are used for a particular part and machining center. This is easy to say but hard to achieve. Due to design changes, introduction of new parts and many other reasons we have to change machining part programs, change tools accordingly, etc - this is the daily life as every machine shop forman, CNC programmer and operator knows it. And we work under pressure, we need the parts now, the manager or a customer is waiting. But after the manager or a customer is satisfied we have to change the database to reflect the changes we've just made. If we do not do it now, tomorrow we forget, isn't it and the database is out-of-date!
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