Patent ID: 7402440

Claim:
A process for operating a proportioning system comprising the steps of: providing a proportioning system, the proportioning system, comprising at least one tool, a programmable electronic storage device disposed on the tool, a proportioning device including a device for releasably mounting the tool, a device for actuating the tool, and a controlling device for actuating the tool and/or for releasably mounting it, and a first contacting device connected to the device for controlling it and disposed on the proportioning device and a second contacting device for contacting disposed on the tool that is connected to the programmable electronic storage device, wherein the first contacting device and second contacting device contact each other when the tool is releasably mounted on the proportioning device, and storing production-related data and/or application-related data, wherein: the production-related data is stored during production and/or application-related data is stored during application in the programmable electronic storage device of the tool, the production-related data and/or application-related data is read from the programmable electronic storage device and is supplied to a controlling device comprised in the proportioning device during application, and the controlling device controls a device comprised in the proportioning device for actuating the tool and/or a device comprised in the proportioning device for releasably mounting the tool on the proportioning device in dependence on the production-related data and/or application-related data and wherein the production-related data and/or application related data are calibration data and/or mechanical correction data.