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DS SmartTool™ Intelligent Tool Management System

Precision management of every tool, delivering flawless machining every time

Why Implement a Tool Management System?

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  • Transparent Tool Costs
    Fully track actual tool and insert usage, making costs calculable, traceable, and predictable while avoiding unnecessary waste
  • Automatic Tool Preparation by Work Order
    The system automatically derives tool requirements from work orders, preventing shortages, excess, or omissions—improving efficiency and reducing manual errors
  • Tool Life Visibility
    Real-time monitoring of tool life status enables early warnings, preventing premature tool changes or overuse that leads to scrap and downtime
  • Transparent Inventory Management
    Inventory across the tool room, line-side stock, and vending machines is fully visible, avoiding overstocking and shortage-induced line stoppages
  • Standardized Processes, Independent of Individual Experience
    Checkout, assembly, measurement, and repair reporting are all governed by SOPs, reducing reliance on individual experience and ensuring consistent quality
  • Reduced Misuse, Tool Breakage, and Sudden Downtime
    Real-time monitoring of tool status prevents misuse, breakage, and sudden machine downtime, reducing line-stop losses and hidden costs
  • Supports Procurement and Engineering Decisions
    Records tool life, brand differences, and scrap causes to provide a basis for procurement optimization and engineering improvement, strengthening full lifecycle management (TCO)

DS SmartTool™ Intelligent Tool Management System

The DS Tool Management System is designed for ultra-precision machining. DS SmartTool™ integrates the standard tool list, tool lifecycle, tool pre-setting, smart tool cabinets, smart tool delivery, and real-time monitoring, and combines with the SmartCore™ AI Manufacturing Platform to establish a complete digital tool management process, improving production efficiency and reducing tool costs and risk.

Through AI, robotics, automation control, and digital manufacturing technologies, the entire tool process—from registration and management to machining application—is made intelligent, ensuring machining precision, process consistency, optimized tool life, and full lifecycle traceability.

Precision Measurement

Precision Measurement

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Monitoring

Smart Delivery

Smart Delivery

Error-Proof Traceability

Error-Proof Traceability

Data Integration

Data Integration

Core Features

Standard Tool List

Standard Tool List

Inventory Management

Inventory Management

Life Monitoring

Life Monitoring

Tool Pre-Setting

Tool Pre-Setting

Smart Delivery

Smart Delivery

Data Analytics

Data Analytics

Tool Management System Integration Overview

Integrates Web, APP, and equipment to enable tool process management, improving operational efficiency and data traceability

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Tool Lifecycle Process

From standard tool list creation and tool data collection, to smart delivery, CNC offset compensation, and life analysis, enabling full digital lifecycle management of tools

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Trial Cutting

Trial Cutting

Trial-machine the designated part to establish baseline tool machining data
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Standard Tool List

Standard Tool List

Establish standard tools, machining parameters, and compensation data
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Material Replenishment

Material Replenishment

Derive tool requirements from work orders and provide replenishment recommendations based on inventory and tool life
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Stock-In

Stock-In

Register tools, bind RFID tags, and complete stock-in management
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Checkout

Checkout

Check out tools per work order, with full checkout records
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Tool Assembly and Measurement

Tool Assembly and Measurement

Complete tool assembly and measurement, and establish CNC compensation values
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Smart Tool Delivery

Smart Tool Delivery

Automatically deliver to the designated machine and complete tool verification
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CNC Loading

CNC Loading

Tool identification, automatic compensation, and machining execution
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Life Monitoring

Life Monitoring

Real-time monitoring of tool life and machining status
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Tool Change / Regrinding

Tool Change / Regrinding

Change or regrind tools, remeasure, and return to stock
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Life Data Analysis

Life Data Analysis

Analyze tool life to continuously optimize machining strategy
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Trial Cutting

Perform trial machining on the designated workpiece, measuring tool wear, machining quality, cycle time, and dimensional accuracy, to establish baseline machining data for the tool under specific parts, materials, and machining conditions

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Standard Tool List

Once a work order is created, the system derives the required tool, toolholder, and insert quantities, along with assembly specifications and cutting parameters, from the standard tool list, and combines inventory and tool life data to generate replenishment and procurement recommendations as the basis for subsequent preparation and replenishment planning

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Material Replenishment

The system derives tool requirements for each process from the standard tool list, compares inventory against safety stock thresholds, and automatically generates replenishment and procurement recommendations to ensure machining continuity

  • Tool List-Based Requirement Derivation
    Derive the tool configuration required for each process from the standard tool list, forming a requirement list as the basis for replenishment planning
  • Inventory and Availability Comparison
    Compare inventory, tool life, and safety stock levels in real time to determine tool availability and reduce shortage risk
  • Replenishment and Procurement Recommendations
    Generate procurement recommendations based on requirements and inventory status, establishing an actionable replenishment process
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Stock-In

Tools and inserts can be stocked in at the tool room or smart vending machine; storage location, batch numbers, life baselines, and inventory status are established simultaneously at stock-in, forming the basis for subsequent management

  • Inventory Comparison and Stock-In Control
    Compare tool list requirements against safety stock thresholds and calculate stock-in quantities based on the shortfall, supporting machining needs with minimal inventory
  • Tool List-Based Insert Requirement Derivation
    Calculate the insert model and quantity required for each process based on the standard tool list, forming the basis for stock preparation and cost estimation
  • Insert Batch Number and Cost Traceability
    The system compares checkouts against the standard tool list and derived requirements, preventing incorrect checkout, duplicate checkout, or unnecessary over-issuance, helping control insert consumption costs
  • Reduced Dead Stock and Scrap Risk
    Through the tool list requirement and inventory mechanism, prevent insert expiration or unnecessary scrapping, improving procurement efficiency
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Checkout

Every checkout action is fully recorded with personnel, item, quantity, and batch number, ensuring consumable usage status is traceable

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  • Supports Dual Dispensing Modes: Manual and Vending Machine
    Choose manual dispensing, self-service vending machine checkout, or both in parallel based on site configuration, balancing management flexibility and dispensing efficiency
  • Automatic Checkout Record Creation
    Automatically records the checkout personnel, time, model, batch number, and quantity, providing the basis for cost analysis and abnormal consumption review
  • Real-Time Inventory and Safety Stock Updates
    Inventory is deducted and updated in real time after checkout, continuously compared against safety stock thresholds to ensure uninterrupted production
  • Checkout Control and Replenishment Recommendations
    Checkouts are compared against the standard tool list to prevent incorrect or excess checkout; replenishment recommendations are automatically generated based on inventory shortfalls, helping procurement support machining needs with minimal inventory
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Tool Assembly and Measurement

Assemble tools according to the work order and standard tool list, measure tool length and diameter, and generate CNC-ready compensation data, avoiding manual input errors

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Smart Tool Delivery

The smart tool cart automatically delivers tools per work order, communicating with the CNC in real time via DS SMB. During delivery, the work order, machine, and tool identity are bound and verified, preventing incorrect tool delivery or loading into the wrong pocket

  • Delivery Guided by Tool Delivery Order
    • - Manual Version (Standard)
      The smart tool cart follows the delivery content guided by the tool delivery order, and is pushed by personnel to the designated machine tool or workstation, ensuring delivered tools match the standard tool list and actual requirements, avoiding manual misjudgment
    • - AMR Integration (Optional)
      On top of the standard manually pushed configuration, the system can optionally integrate an AMR based on factory requirements, enabling autonomous travel and unmanned delivery
  • Machine Tool QR Code Confirmation and Matching
    Every machine tool is marked with a unique QR Code; scanning during delivery confirms the target machine's identity, ensuring tools reach the correct machine and avoiding misdelivery or misplacement
  • Machine Status Integration and Tool Comparison
    Through DS SMB machine communication integration, the system tracks machine tool status in real time, and compares tool list requirements against actual machine configuration before delivery and loading, avoiding redundant or unnecessary deliveries
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  • Tool Identity Verification and Status Comparison
    During delivery, tool number, batch number, and remaining life status are compared to ensure the delivered tool's specifications and usage conditions are correct, preventing incorrect, missing, or mixed-up tools
  • Traceable Tool Logistics Flow and Accountability
    Fully records the delivery and return history of tools from the tool room to the machine, binding operator information to establish clear and traceable tool logistics and accountability management
  • Error-Proof Delivery and Real-Time Writeback
    If the delivered tool does not match requirements or its status is abnormal, the system immediately alerts and blocks the incorrect delivery; delivery and return results are written back to the system in real time, ensuring consistent inventory and tool life information
  • Delivery Method
    • - Standard configuration: manually pushed smart tool cart
    • - Optional configuration: AMR autonomous mobile integrated version
  • Tool Identification
    Supports QR Code or RFID, configurable individually or both together as an option
  • Position Sensing and Error-Proofing
    A sensor is installed at every tool position to detect tool insertion/removal in real time, with an immediate buzzer alert for incorrect tool retrieval
  • Operator Management
    Operators can be defined, supporting QR Code or RFID identity lock-in, making all operations traceable
  • Communication and System Integration
    Wi-Fi wireless communication; communicates with the CNC machine tool via DS SMB and synchronizes data with the main system in real time
  • Operation Interface
    Equipped with a tablet PC displaying the tool delivery order, machine, and tool pocket information
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CNC Loading

Before loading, the EDGE BOX compares CNC status, tool ID, tool magazine position, tool life, and work order information in real time; only after confirming correctness and obtaining authorization approval are tool length and diameter compensation values automatically imported, avoiding manual input errors

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  • Before Loading - Tool Identity and Status Verification
    The CNC and DS system compare tool number, batch number, and remaining life; loading is only permitted after confirming the tool meets the standard tool list and usage conditions, preventing incorrect or non-conforming tools from being loaded
  • After Loading - Automatic Compensation Value Entry
    The system automatically imports the tool length and diameter compensation values measured by the tool presetter into the CNC, eliminating manual re-entry and ensuring the compensation data source is consistent and correct
  • Avoiding Manual Input and Machining Error-Proofing
    All tool usage tasks—requirement derivation, checkout, assembly, measurement, and CNC setup—automatically reference this tool list, ensuring process correctness
  • Machining Parameters - Consistency and Stability
    All tool compensation values and settings are automatically applied following standard processes, ensuring consistency and repeatable precision across different machines and production batches
  • Complete Loading and Compensation History Traceability
    The system fully records every loading action, tool identity, compensation value source, and operator, forming a traceable tool and machining history
  • Deep Bidirectional CNC Data Integration (SMB)
    Machine status and tool-related data are transmitted and synchronized bidirectionally with the CNC via SMB, including tool identity, pocket status, compensation values, and usage conditions, ensuring consistent data between the system and the machine, and serving as a reliable basis for loading decisions, error-proofing control, and machining execution
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Life Monitoring

The system continuously monitors tool wear and remaining life during machining

  • Life Threshold Assessment and Tool Change Decisions
    Based on the tool life rules defined in the standard tool list
  • Tool Change Result Writeback and Status Update
    After a tool change is completed, the system writes back the tool's unloading status, actual usage life, and corresponding work order information, ensuring consistency between CNC and tool management data
  • Real-Time Synchronization of In-CNC Tool Life Data
    Through the DS SMB machine communication mechanism, the system reads the tool's usage hours, machining cycles, and on-machine status from the CNC in real time, serving as the sole basis for life assessment
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Tool Change or Regrinding

After a tool change or regrinding, the tool is remeasured and returned to stock, with the full tool lifecycle recorded

  • Tool Change Decision
    Compares actual usage data to automatically determine whether tool change conditions are met, preventing overuse from causing quality or equipment risk
  • Remeasurement and Restocking After Regrinding
    Reusable tools, after regrinding and remeasurement, have their life and dimensional data updated and are restocked as usable tool resources, supporting subsequent work orders
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Life Data Analysis

Integrates machining data, usage counts, and tool usage records, documenting repair, scrap, and restocking history, to perform life analysis and strategy optimization, establishing data-driven tool management decisions

  • Life Data Aggregation and Analysis
    Automatically aggregates actual tool life, wear status, and tool change records, building a complete life database
  • Life Prediction and Standard Tool List Optimization
    Analyzes tool life patterns through historical data, continuously optimizing standard tool list life settings and improving tool change accuracy
  • Process Improvement and Anomaly Traceability
    For tools with abnormal life, traces back to the corresponding work order, machine, and machining parameters, helping quickly pinpoint issues and improve the process

Smart Tool Management Applications

Standard Tool List Assembly

Standard Tool List Assembly

Complete tool assembly according to the standard tool list, ensuring consistency

Measurement Data Collection

Measurement Data Collection

Collect measurement data such as tool length and diameter, ensuring measurement precision

Tool History Records

Tool History Records

Automatically create tool history records, fully documenting origin and status

Compensation Data Upload

Compensation Data Upload

Upload CNC compensation data, ensuring machining precision

SmartCore™ Synchronization

SmartCore™ Synchronization

Real-time synchronization, ensuring consistent and traceable data

Accurate and Reliable Data

Accurate and Reliable Data

Automated data management, avoiding manual input errors

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Smart Tool Cabinet

A smart tool storage and access control system combined with the SmartCore™ platform, enabling full tool lifecycle management

Inventory Alerts

Inventory Alerts

Real-time inventory and tool history

Secure Access

Secure Access

Access control and identity verification

Automatic Stocktaking

Automatic Stocktaking

Automatic stocktaking and replenishment reminders

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Monitoring

SmartCore™ real-time synchronization

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Smart Tool Cart

Intelligently delivers tools according to work order requirements, ensuring the required tools reach the designated machine at the right time

Automatic Delivery

Automatic Delivery

Automatically delivers to the designated machine

Error-Proofing Mechanism

Error-Proofing Mechanism

Tool identity verification and binding

Task Management

Task Management

Work order task and delivery management

Real-Time Tracking

Real-Time Tracking

SmartCore™ real-time connection

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Tool Assembly and Data Recording

Complete tool assembly according to the standard tool list, collect measurement data such as tool length and diameter, automatically create tool history records, and upload to SmartCore™ as the basis for CNC compensation and machining management

High-Precision Measurement

High-Precision Measurement

Tool measurement and data collection

Compensation Value Output

Compensation Value Output

CNC compensation data upload

Report Generation

Report Generation

Automatic tool history recording

Automatic Upload

Automatic Upload

SmartCore™ real-time synchronization

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CNC Tool Verification

Complete tool assembly according to the standard tool list and collect measurement data such as tool length and diameter; before loading, the tool automatically completes identity identification, compensation verification, and machining confirmation, preventing incorrect tools, missing tools, and compensation errors

Identity Verification

Identity Verification

Tool identity identification

Automatic Compensation

Automatic Compensation

Automatic CNC compensation

Incorrect Tool Protection

Incorrect Tool Protection

Tool data verification

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance

Ensures machining quality

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