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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Luciano Riva, Verbania-Intra, IT;
Alberto Marchesi, Gordevio, CH;
Agie SA, Losone, CH;
Abstract
A method and a device for controlling a number of machining processes on a machine tool with the help of a control device ( ) that controls at least one tool for performing said number of machining processes under the direction of a control program, whereby the control program is created using a description of the tools required for performing the machining processes, and whereby the data for describing the tool are hereby divided in memories ( ) of the control device ( ) into: (a) abstract tool data for describing a standard tool (V , V ), and (b) specific tool data for correcting and/or adapting the abstract tool data to the actually used tool (R , R ) or to machine-specific characteristics, whereby the tool description in the control program is obtained by linking the abstract tool data with the specific tool data.