FORMATION OF SET-UP FAMILIES FOR A MACHINING SYSTEM HAVING A MACHINE TOOL

摘要

The invention relates to a machine tool having a tool magazine for tools, which the machine tool can hold one at a time in order to machine a workpiece. A method for controlling the machine tool comprises steps of detecting workpieces to be machined and grouping detected workpieces into set-up families in such a way that a set-up associated with the set-up family is sufficient for machining the workpieces belonging to the set-up family. The set-up comprises tools, which can be simultaneously loaded in the tool magazine, and the set-up families are formed in such a way that the number of tools that must be loaded in order to machine the detected workpieces is minimized as far as possible.