Cutting Tools Inventory
Cutting Tool Stock + Inventory Management
The cutting tool stock is a 20-kilogram inventory of 200 implements—comprising carbide inserts, cobalt-steel taps, end mills, and diamond drills—designed to support lunar machining operations over a 20-year operational lifetime. Operating with zero power consumption, the inventory utilizes standardized holders and collets suited for automated handling by robotic tool changers. Because remote lunar operations preclude routine terrestrial resupply, in-line probes monitor tool wear to trigger automated replacements. Long-term inventory depletion is mitigated on-site by manufacturing replacement carbide inserts using lunar in-situ resources combined with imported terrestrial tungsten.
Cutting tool stock + inventory management covering carbide inserts, end mills, drills, taps for L1-MFG-MACH operations.
Purpose
Cutting tool stock + inventory management covering carbide inserts, end mills, drills, taps for L1-MFG-MACH operations.
Context
Child of L2-MFG-TOOL within the Lunar Ark system
Principles
- ▸Standardised tool holders + collets
- ▸Per-operation tool selection
- ▸Replacement triggered by tool wear measurements
- ▸L1-MFG production of carbide inserts (ISRU + W from Earth import)
- ▸L1-DVT tracking
Typical implementations
- ▸Industrial tool crib management
- ▸Aerospace tool inventory
- ▸Smart tool tracking (terrestrial)
Lunar considerations
- ▸Tool wear measurement via in-line probe
- ▸Long-life tool stock
- ▸Robotic tool changer via L3-MFG-TOOL-CHG
Specifications
Functional
| primary function | Cutting tool stock + inventory management covering carbide inserts, end mills, drills, taps for L1-MFG-MACH operations. |
| tool count | 200 |
Physical
| mass kg | 20 |
| materials | Carbide inserts, Cobalt-steel taps, Diamond drills |
| vacuum compatibility | True |
Operational
| power consumption w | 0 |
| thermal range c | -40, 70 |
| lifetime years | 20 |
| mtbf hours | 1000000 |
Interfaces
Provides
- Cutting tool inventory
Requires
- Tool production
Cite this entry
Lunar Ark Codex. "Cutting Tools Inventory" (L3-MFG-TOOL-CUT). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://lunarark.com/entry/L3-MFG-TOOL-CUT
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