SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF MICROMILLING TOOL WEAR

The wear status of a micro-endmill tool may be inferred by monitoring the chip production rate of the tool in operation. Chips may be extracted from a work area, captured on an adhesive surface, imaged, and counted to determine the chip production rate. When the rate of chip production falls, the fe...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bajaj Anuj K, Sodemann Angela A, Vaughn Jason R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING COUNTING DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL MACHINE TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The wear status of a micro-endmill tool may be inferred by monitoring the chip production rate of the tool in operation. Chips may be extracted from a work area, captured on an adhesive surface, imaged, and counted to determine the chip production rate. When the rate of chip production falls, the feed rate of the micro-endmill may be modified to a level suitable for the current state of tool wear. In this manner, costly and inconvenient work stoppages to evaluate the wear status of a tool are eliminated.