Development of Tool Management System 'TOOLMAN-II' for CIMS : -on the Application of Milling Operation

CIMS를 위한 밀링공구관리 시스템 'TOOLMAN-II'의 개발

This paper describes the development of a tool management system of milling operations in CIM environment. The system consists of modules for tool room management, tool purchasing, tool magazine management and tool selection. The tool selection is interactively performed by the aid of the graphic icons of milling cutter. The so-called UNICODE tool coding system is also developed to unify different kinds of codes from different tool manufacturers. The system runs on IBM PC AT.