Tool Management: Your Advantages
Find out how tool management from ZOLLER immediately increases your productivity. Processes run faster and more reliably with tool data—including crash protection for your machines.
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»zidCode 4.0« – Internet of Tools
IoT usually stands for Internet of Things. We would like to call it the "Internet of Tools", because you can use the »zidCode 4.0« IoT platform to network your cutting tools with the processes in your production. Thanks to its many output formats, »zidCode 4.0« is compatible with many control systems.
With »zidCode 4.0«, you meet all the requirements for making tool data such as tool life available at all levels of production and digitally recording the entire life cycle of a tool.
Augmented reality · 3D
»zidCode 4.0« at full size – on your shop floor
With augmented reality, the unit appears true to scale exactly where it will work: walk around it and check space and access before you order. On a computer, rotate and zoom the CAD model right here.
- Width
- 0.40 m
- Depth
- 0.49 m
- Height
- 1.42 m
- Footprint
- 0.20 m²
Overall dimensions of the CAD model in this configuration – may vary depending on equipment.
Open on your phone or tablet
Scan the QR code and place the unit at full size in your room – on iPhone, iPad or an Android device with ARCore.
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Drag to rotate»z.DMI« Technology
For efficient production
ZOLLER »z.DMI« Technology enables the direct transfer of tool data to the tool memory of the machine control and back to the z.One Database.
- Simple operation thanks to automated processes
- Process reliability through centralization of data
- Cost savings through management of tool life data
Ready for automation
Because »zidCode 4.0« reliably covers the dynamic management of tool data, you are ideally prepared for many technical expansions.
For example,»zidCode 4.0« is the ideal basis for quickly integrating ZOLLER automation solutions into your production at a later date. With ZOLLER, you stay at the cutting edge of technology.
Minimize search times
Find your tools easily with »zidCode 4.0«.
Our expert tip from the ZOLLER Smart Factory: »zidCode 4.0« is the networked communication platform that records, manages and provides tool data in a closed process. Quick and easy.
Equipment
| Barcode reader 1D/2D per CNC machine |
| »zidCode 4.0« unit including »zidCode 4.0« software package |
| USB stick (documentation, instructions, training videos) |
| Cable kit (Ethernet, power cable) |
| »zidCode« software module for installation on existing ZOLLER presetting and measuring machine |
| Windows services for installation on a server or PC: ZOLLER WebService and »zidCode service« |
Prerequisites
| CNC machines with network connection and power access directly at the machine |
| ZOLLER presetting and measuring machine with image processing »pilot 4.0« from version 1.18.7 |
| Post-processor in »pilot 4.0« |
| Labeling of tool holders with ZOLLER »idLabel« or ZOLLER »idChip« |
Hardware
| »idLabelPrinter« for printing the »idLabels« |
| »idLabel labels« 1000 pieces |
| ZOLLER »idChip« |
| Wireless radio scanner |
| »zidCode 4.0 technology« in the »zidCode housing« |
Software
| ZOLLER »z.DMI technology«(OKUMA, MAKINO, FANUC, HEIDENHAIN, Matsuura, Mazak, SIEMENS) |
