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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Georg Baier, Munich, DE;
Silvio Becher, Munich, DE;
Lena Hupp, Munich, DE;
Christian Royer, Ottobrunn, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for the computer-aided optimization of tool transports for at least one tool magazine having a number of magazine locations, which is used for a machine tool for the production of one or more workpieces with the aid of the tools provided by a magazine device at a provision location, the method including: a) detecting a quantity of tools, b) determining the space required for each tool, c) detecting a quantity of occupiable magazine locations for each tool, d) detecting a permissible output magazine occupancy e) detecting the permissible target magazine occupancy, f) detecting a quantity of transport durations required for a journey of the magazine device, g) determining a partial quantity of tool transports for which a transport sequence is specifiable so that the tools are movable in the transport sequence, h) optimizing the transport sequence for the partial quantity of tool transports.