Associate a Tool with a Work Center

When you click Work centers in the Tool Crib Maintenance (MTM) program you can associate a crib tool with a work center.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Work center

The work centers associated with this tool

Machine no

The machine number at this work center associated with this tool

Usage information

The description of the operation that takes place with this tool at this work center

Date added

The date the tool item was associated with this work center

  1. Select a work center and click Select.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Work center

Required
6 alphanumeric

Enter the work center number or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select a work center from a list.

Machine number

Required
10 alphanumeric

Enter the machine number to use in combination with the work center number.

Tooling description

Optional
40 alphanumeric

Enter a description of the operation that takes place with this tool at this work center.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Accept this association

Click OK. The program prompts: Work center.

Exit without associating this tool

Click Cancel.

Apply these entries

Click Apply.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Associate another work center with this tool

Click Add.

Delete the selected work center

Click Delete. See Delete.

Copy the selected record

Click Copy. See Copy.

Display the selected work center association

Click Select.

Display lines from a work center

Click Restart. The program prompts Work center and Machine number. Enter the work center and machine number of the first line you want to display or leave blank to begin the display with the first work center record.

Print the work center listing

Click Print. See Print.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Exit add mode

Click Exit.

  1. Return to Add Attributes to Tool Crib Items.