System and method for operating a cutting machine
AssigneeChetocorporation, S.A.
InventorSergio David Tavares Andre
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Abstract
The technology herein developed arises from the need to monitor and automate the entire deep hole drilling, drilling and milling processes, in cutting machines, in order to not only optimize the relevant task performance but also to increase the useful life of the cutting tools involved. An operating system and method are disclosed that allow controlling the entire deep hole drilling, drilling and milling processes, acting directly and automatically on the control of the cutting parameters, such as for example drilling feed and cooling adjustment, by means of collecting and real-time analyzing of data from sensors arranged in said cutting machine.
Claims14
Method for operating a control operation system of a cutting machine, wherein a central control unit is configured to monitor and control the operation of the cutting machine, automatically and in real-time, the method comprising:
- programming in an interface device of the control operation system an initial parameterization by an operator, according to a type of material intended for drilling;
- starting a drilling process;
- reading and processing data sent from a sensory block of the control operation system;
- if a tip of the cutting tool is left unguided, an intersection is detected, and the following cutting parameters are adjusted:
- drilling feed, acting directly on the cutting machine, in particular on a motor thereof, which coordinates power delivered to a rotating and linear axes;
- cooling the cutting tool, acting directly on a cooling circuit of the cutting machine;
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- vibrating the rotating axis of the cutting machine;
- wherein the adjustment of the drilling feed and the detection of intersection, a cooling control and a vibration control are performed by comparing values collected by a power, pressure or flow rate and vibration sensors, respectively, of the sensory block, with values of the cutting parameters programmed in the initial parameterization carried out by the operator.
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