Machining monitor and a method for monitoring a machining of an object
OwnerEli Yudkevich, Yakov Manasinventors
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Abstract
There may be provided a machining monitor that may include (i) a sensing unit that comprises a thermal sensor, (ii) a processor, (iii) a communication unit, and (iv) a housing. The thermal sensor is configured to (a) thermally sense a sensed region related to the machining during a machining, and while being rotated by a mechanical coupling to a rotation of a cutting tool, and (b) generate thermal detection signals. The processor is configured to determine a temperature parameter related of the sensed region based on the thermal detection signals.
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A machining monitor, comprising:
- a sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit comprises a thermal sensor, a processor, a communication unit and a housing;
- wherein the thermal sensor is configured to (a) perform a contactless thermal sensing of a sensed region of an object during a machining of the object, and while being rotated by a mechanical coupling to a rotation of a cutting tool, and (b) generate thermal detection signals;
- wherein the thermal sensor is mechanically coupled to the housing and wherein the housing is mechanically coupled to a drill chuck that is mechanically coupled to the cutting tool during the machining of the object;
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- wherein the processor is configured to determine a temperature parameter related of the sensed region based on the thermal detection signals.
A machining monitor, comprising:
- a sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit comprises a thermal sensor, a processor, a communication unit and a housing;
- wherein the thermal sensor is configured to (a) perform a contactless thermal sensing of a sensed region of an object during a machining of the object, and while being rotated by a mechanical coupling to a rotation of a cutting tool, and (b) generate thermal detection signals;
- wherein the processor is configured to determine a temperature parameter related of the sensed region based on the thermal detection signals;
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- wherein the thermal sensor, while being rotated, has an annular thermal sensor field of view that ranges between twenty and eighty degrees.
A method for monitoring a machining of an object, the method comprises:
- performing a contactless thermal sensing of a sensed region of the object, wherein the sensing is executed (a) during the machining of the object, (b) by a thermal sensor of a sensing unit of a machining monitor, and (c) while the thermal sensor is rotated by a mechanical coupling to a rotation of a cutting tool;
- wherein the thermal sensor, while being rotated, has a thermal sensor field of view that is spaced apart from the cutting tool and surrounds the cutting tool;
- wherein the thermal sensor is mechanically coupled to a housing of the sensing unit;
- and wherein the housing is mechanically coupled to a drill chuck that is mechanically coupled to the cutting tool during the machining of the object;
- generating by the thermal sensor thermal detection signals indicative of the sensing;
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- determining, by a processor of the machining monitor, a temperature parameter related of the sensed region based on the thermal detection signals.
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