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US 10,875,139 B2Granted
Machine tool comprising a hardness testing device
AssigneeMAN Energy Solutions SE
InventorsJochen Fischer, Martin Bröll
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Abstract
Machine tool with a workpiece receptacle for receiving a workpiece to be machined and with a tool receptacle for receiving a tool that is needed for machining a workpiece. A hardness measuring device is integrated in the machine tool, and a hardness measurement can be carried out in an automated manner at the workpiece by the hardness measuring device.
Claims9
A machine tool comprising:
- a workpiece receptacle for receiving a workpiece to be machined;
- a tool spindle having a tool receptacle therein;
- one or more tools for machining the workpiece, wherein the tool receptacle is configured to receive the one or more tools for machining the workpiece;
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- an ultrasonic contact impedance hardness measuring device;
- wherein the ultrasonic contact impedance hardness measuring device is configured to be automatically received in the tool receptacle, and
- a hardness measurement of the workpiece via the ultrasonic contact impedance hardness measuring device can be carried out in an automated manner;
- the machine tool further comprising one of a pressure measurer and a force measurer integrated in the tool receptacle, the one of the pressure measurer and the force measurer configured to automatically measure a force with which the ultrasonic contact impedance hardness measuring device is pressed against the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.