Associate a Tool with a Standard Operation

When you click Tools in the Standard Operation Maintenance (ROM) program, you can associate a tool with a standard operation.

The program displays the operation code followed by a list of tools:

Field Name

Displays

Tool no

Tool numbers associated with this operation

Usage information

Additional information about this tool association

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Associate a tool with the operation

Click Add. See step 2.

Delete a tool from the operation

Highlight the line and click Delete. See Delete.

Copy the selected tool

Highlight the line and click Copy. See Copy.

Display or change tool information

Highlight the line and click Select or double click the line. See step 2.

Print the tool listing

Click Print. See Print.

Return to the operation

Click OK. See Create or Change a Standard Operation.

  1. Enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Operation code

Display only

The operation code you selected

Tool number

Required
24 alphanumeric

Enter a tool number or click the Lookup icon and use the Standard Lookup Options to select a tool from the list.

Time per parent

Conditional
12 numeric in the format 9999999.99999

Enter the amount of time that this operation requires the tool to be used for one parent item or leave blank and use Actions per parent field to specify the number of actions required per parent item.

Actions per parent

Conditional
11 numeric

Enter the number of actions administered to the parent item or leave blank and use the Time per parent field to specify the amount of time that this operation requires the tool to be used per parent item.

Usage information

Optional
80 alphanumeric

Enter additional information about who the tool is used in this operation.

Work center

Display only

The work center that uses this tool

Machine

Display only

The machine that uses this tool

Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Change a field

Move the cursor to the field and make changes. Click Apply to accept the changes or click Cancel to reject them.

Delete the tool from this operation

Click Delete. See Delete.

Return to list of tools

Click OK.