Apparatus and method for measuring small increases in machine tool drive motor power

An apparatus and method for measuring the electrical load on a motor driven tool operating in a cycle having idle and cutting or machining states. The electrical power is continuously measured and an average power value is established during the idle state of at least one cycle and used as an offset...

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Hauptverfasser:	DZOMBAK IVAN, KLINE WILLIAM A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS MEASURING MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PHYSICS REGULATING TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus and method for measuring the electrical load on a motor driven tool operating in a cycle having idle and cutting or machining states. The electrical power is continuously measured and an average power value is established during the idle state of at least one cycle and used as an offset subtracted from the measured electrical power values to generate an output proportional to the incremental power drawn by the cutting tool during the cutting state. The offset value is recalculated at the start of each new cycle and/or just prior to the commencement of a cutting operation by a tool. At least one filter and/or an amplifier are used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the output signal.