Operating device for a machine tool
AssigneeH.S.D. S.r.l.
InventorsPaolo Giuseppe Fulvio Galli, Stefano Benedettini
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Abstract
An operating device for a machine tool, the operating device comprising at least one spindle or electrospindle, sensor means to measure at least one operating parameter of the operating device and an electronic control unit, which comprises a processing and control unit, data acquisition devices configured to acquire machine data concerning the operation of the machine tool, a memory to store measured values of the operating parameter of the operating device and the machine data, and a communication module, preferably wireless, configured to transmit the measured values and the machine data to a server, which is remotely accessible and comprises a database, and/or to a mobile communication device.
Claims12
An operating device for a machine tool, the operating device comprising at least one spindle or electrospindle, sensor means to measure at least one operating parameter of the operating device and an electronic control unit, which comprises processing and controlling means, storage means to store measured values of said at least one operating parameter of the operating device, and a wireless communication means configured to transmit said measured values to a server, which is remotely accessible, and/or to a mobile communication device;
- wherein said electronic control unit further comprises data acquisition means configured to acquire machine data concerning the operation of the machine tool and a first sensor interface means to connect said sensor means to said processing and controlling means, the storage means are to store said machine data and the wireless communication means are configured to transmit said machine data to the server, which comprises a database for storing said machine data, and/or to the mobile communication device;
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- wherein said machine data comprises additional measured values of at least one operating parameter of the machine tool, said machine tool comprising additional sensor means to measure said at least one operating parameter of the machine tool and said data acquisition means comprising a second sensor interface means to connect said additional sensor means to said processing and controlling means and configured to acquire said additional measured values.
A method to collect operating data of a machine tool, which comprises at least one operating device comprising at least one spindle or electrospindle and provided with an electronic control unit, the electronic control unit comprising a processing and controlling means, the method comprising:
- measuring at least one operating parameter of the operating device via sensor means on board the operating device itself;
- connecting said sensor means to said processing and controlling means via a first sensor interface;
- at least temporarily storing measured values of said at least one operating parameter of the operating device in memory means of the electronic control unit;
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- transmitting said measured values from the electronic control unit to a server, which is remotely accessible, and/or to a mobile communication device;
- wherein the method further comprises:
- by the electronic control unit, acquiring machine data concerning the operation of the machine tool via a data acquisition means;
- at least temporarily storing said machine data in memory means;
- transmitting said machine data from the electronic control unit to the server, which comprises a database;
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- acquiring additional measured values of at least one operating parameter of the machine tool, said machine tool comprising additional sensor means to measure said at least one operating parameter of the machine tool and said data acquisition means comprising a second sensor interface means to connect said additional sensor means to said processing and controlling means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.