# Tool Change Corrective Action screen

While taking readings through fixtures, trends may be raised. If a trend is raised then the user has to take a corrective action based on the settings done in the Trend Settings screen. In the Corrective Action for Trends screen, if you select the Root Cause as TC – Tool Change, then after the close of the Corrective Action For Trends screen, the Tool Change screen is launched. You can change the tool(s) from this screen by clicking the Add button. Data for Model Code, Machine No. and Operation is retrieved from the Job for which the measurements are being taken. Select the Old Tool Code, enter the quantity produced by the Old Tool Code during the current shift in the Shift Production text box, select the Status for the Old Tool Code and select the new tool code from the New Tool Code drop down list box. If the required New Tool Code is not present in the drop down list box, then you can directly type the code and description for the New Tool Code in the drop down list box and the adjoining textbox respectively. You can save the record by clicking the Save button, or click the Cancel button to cancel the adding of the record. You can close the screen by clicking on the Close button.

If the status of the Old Tool Code has been selected as Reground and the Old Tool Code has already been reground for the optimum no of times as mentioned in the Tool Type screen, then a confirmation message shall be displayed stating that the tool has exceeded the optimum no of reground, do you want to continue with reground.

If the status of the selected New Tool Code is Reground in the Tool Master screen, the Reground Serial No for the tool shall be incremented by one. If there are no records for the new reground no’s expected tool life and alert quantity in the Model Tool Link screen, then you shall be prompted to enter the expected tool life and alert quantity for the reground serial no. The entered expected tool life should be less than or equal to previous reground Serial No from Model Tool Link screen for that Model, Machine No, Operation, Tool Type Code. The alert quantity, should be less than or equal to its corresponding expected tool life just entered for the new tool code, reground serial no. Modify and Delete functionality is not applicable in this form.