Tool verification on milling machine and machining centres

The use of automatic tool breakage check on CNC machines is cost effective, due to scraps  reduction, and has resulted in a significant improvement in production quality.

Conditions:

A broken tool brings to the production of parts with missed manufacturing. The above unconformity turns the workpiece in a scrap or it implies the breakage of next tool involved into the process. Both of the cases mean loss of money.

Solution:

Marposs tool breakage detectors can be used to avoid that broken tools continue to work damaging the piece.  The control is performed automatically on the machine, stopping the process in case of broken tool or changing it with a sister tool. These operations are made possible by synergistic use of Marposs hardware devices and software cycles

Contact or non contact tool breakage detector can be used to solve the problem

Benefits:

• Increased machine productivity
• Reduced rejects and machine down time
• Tools can be inspected between processes