US 10,882,168 B2 · Tool for installing a bit on and/or deinstalling a bit from a bit holder system of a milling machine

Abstract

The invention relates to a tool for installing a bit on and/or deinstalling a bit from a bit holder system of a milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, having at least one initiator with which installation and/or deinstallation of a bit is initiated. Provision is made that the tool comprises a detection device having at least one counting device; and that the detection device is designed to detect a number of bits deinstalled using the tool and/or a number of bits installed using the tool. The invention also relates to a corresponding bit holder system and to a method for monitoring wear. With the tool and the bit holder system, additional information regarding bit changes that have been carried out is made available to a user.

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Dependent claims

A tool for installing a bit on and/or deinstalling a bit from a bit holder system of a milling machine, the tool comprising:

at least one initiator with which installation and/or deinstallation of a bit is initiated;
and
a detection device having at least one counting device, and configured
upon actuation of the at least one initiator, to increment by one a count status of the at least one counting device for the number of deinstalled bits or for the number of installed bits, and
further upon the actuation of the at least one initiator, to read out at least one identifier arranged on either or both of:
the bit holder system onto which the tool is placed, and the bit held by the bit holder system onto which the tool is placed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tool for installing a bit on and/or deinstalling a bit from a bit holder system of a milling machine

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Tool for installing a bit on and/or deinstalling a bit from a bit holder system of a milling machine

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Abstract

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