TMAC
This adaptive feature adjusts CNC feed rates automatically based on cutting conditions to maintain optimal cutting performance.
What is adaptive feed rate control?
This AutoComp function keeps part size consistent by automatically adjusting tool offsets while cutting.
What is automatic compensation?
This tag technology embedded in tool holders allows ToolConnect to automatically read and write measured tool data.
What is RFID?
This manufacturing mode is enabled when MiConnect runs cells with minimal human involvement.
What is lights-out manufacturing?
This real-time DTect-IT capability detects cutting irregularities before they create scrap or machine damage.
What is in-process monitoring?
TMAC directly interfaces with this machine component to instantly protect the machine from catastrophic conditions.
What is the CNC control?
This Caron system visualizes CMM and in-process measurement data so AutoComp can apply closed-loop corrections.
What is PartView?
This alternate identification method uses printed labels and a scanner to transfer tool data into the CNC.
What is 2D barcode scanning?
These business systems are commonly integrated into MiConnect for job and data management.
What is MES or ERP?
This DTect-IT feature triggers an alarm or machine stop when a signal exceeds its defined threshold.
What is limit monitoring?
This TMAC analysis option enables precise monitoring of cutting forces along a defined cut path, valuable in complex turning operations.
What is signature analysis?
This AutoComp process uses measured part data to automatically adjust future tool offsets.
What is closed-loop feedback?
This ToolConnect feature prevents the wrong tool from being loaded by requiring positive identification before use.
What is tool verification?
This MiConnect feature records every step with a timestamp for traceability.
What is the audit log?
The DTect-IT sensor type most often used to detect chatter, bearing wear, and tool instability.
What is a vibration sensor?
This TMAC data source uses electrical current from the spindle motor to detect cutting load.
What is spindle current sensing?
This AutoComp rule prevents the system from continuing to adjust a tool once its offset has moved too far from where it started.
What is the offset clamp?
This ToolConnect capability records how long a tool has been used to support replacement and maintenance decisions.
What is tool life management?
These reusable components let MiConnect talk to machines, robots, and devices.
What are drivers?
This DTect-IT tool lets users review and trend previously recorded machine and sensor data.
What is the historical data viewer?
This TMAC parameter defines the acceptable deviation from the learned cutting load before an alarm or feed override occurs.
What is the tolerance band?
This PartView feature lets users overlay measured part data on the CAD model to see where errors exist.
What is deviation mapping?
This ToolConnect feature prevents a tool from being used unless its RFID or barcode has been successfully read.
What is positive tool ID enforcement?
In an automated cell, MiConnect acts as this central coordinator.
What is the cell controller?
This DTect-IT feature lets users define a “known-good” machine signature and compare future runs against it.
What is baseline comparison?
This TMAC function scales cutting-load feedback so the same tool can be monitored accurately across different feed rates and depths of cut.
What is load normalization?
This AutoComp method averages multiple CMM measurements before applying a correction.
What is statistical filtering?
This ToolConnect feature ensures a tool cannot be used on the wrong job.
What is job-based tool locking?
This drag-and-drop interface is used to build MiConnect applications without writing code.
What is the visual flow-chart builder?
This DTect-IT analysis method examines vibration frequency content to identify mechanical faults.
What is FFT analysis?