scope:

Specifies certain standard test conditions for assessing the conventional length of the operating times spent by the machine during the execution of functions different from metal cutting. Considers two types of such operating times, and namely those taken by the functions of: - automatic tool change - automatic pallet change. The purpose of these methods is to permit the comparison of the performance of different machining centres of similar size and features. The data obtained may also be used for the declaration of the conventional change times in the technical literature in a uniform and comparable way, as well as for their verification on a machine, both when new and during its working life.