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Tooling
A tool is not an item and not a machine: its life is measured in cuts, and it is reground rather than replaced.
Where to find it
- Module: Manufacturing
- Group: Design
- Section: Design & Documents
- Screen: Tooling
Address in the console: /mfg/tools
List · 9 columns · 14 fields on its form · 2 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Tool | Code | tool_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | tool_type |
| Work center | Code | work_center_code |
| Rated | Number | life_rated |
| Used | Number | life_used |
| Used % | Number | life_used_pct |
| Regrinds | Number | regrind_count |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name required | Text | ||
| Type required | Choice | cutting, forming, mold, die, fixture, jig, gauge, probe, end_effector, pallet, other | |
| Item | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Where it is kept | Text | ||
| Life measured in | Choice | cycles, parts, minutes, hours, meters, shots | |
| Rated life | Number | ||
| Life used | Number | ||
| Regrinds so far | Number | ||
| Regrind limit | Number | ||
| Replacement cost | Number | ||
| Calibrated as gauge | Choice | Looked up from existing records | A tool that measures is calibrated like any other instrument. |
| Status | Choice | available, in_use, regrind, repair, quarantine, scrapped | |
| Notes | Long text |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.