TBD
NON-CONTACT TOOL BREAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM
Mechanical parts mass production usually implies very short machining time. Therefore tool check, useful to guarantee high quality products and few waste parts, must be accomplished in few seconds.
In most of these cases we renounce to check the tool wear but we cannot avoid checking tool breakage that, if not performed, will impair the machining of mechanical parts hence causing waste.
TBD allow, in less than a second, breakage detection on solid body concentric tools as: drills, tapping tools, end milling cutters and ball nose cutters.
Benefits
- Fast and reliable tool detection
- Recognition of a wide range of solid body concentric tools
- Easy to install and wire
- Operative mode selection allow to minimise recognition time
- Able to work with spindle speed from 200 to 5000 RPM with 200 or 1000 RPM steps
- Waste reduction and unmanned production
Typical Applications
- Tool presence and breakage detection on:
- Drilling and tapping machines
- Machining centers
- Transfer lines with servo controlled spindle
- Driven tool lathes
