Shrink-clamping cooling device, cooling station and method
AssigneeZoller GmbH & Co. KG Einstell- Und Messgeraete
InventorAlexander Zoller
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Abstract
A shrink-clamping cooling device for a cooling of, in particular previously heated, tool holders comprises at least one cooling element which forms a cooling region for creating a heat-conductive contact with the tool holder that is to be cooled, wherein that the cooling element comprises a contact switch, which is configured to detect at least a laying-in, and in particular a presence and/or a taking-out, of the tool holder that is to be cooled in the cooling region/out of the cooling region.
Claims19
A shrink-clamping cooling device for a cooling of tool holders, with at least one cooling element which forms a cooling region for creating a heat-conductive contact with the tool holder that is to be cooled, wherein the cooling element comprises a contact switch, which is configured to detect at least a laying-in of the tool holder that is to be cooled in the cooling region,
- the shrink-clamping cooling device further comprising a control unit, which is at least configured to detect a laying-in signal of the contact switch indicating the laying-in of the tool holder,
- wherein the control unit is at least configured, when receiving the laying-in signal, to start a counting of a cooling time, or
- wherein the control unit is at least configured, when receiving the laying-in signal, to start a countdown of a cooling time stored in the control unit.
A method for an operation of a shrink-clamping cooling device, with at least one cooling element which forms a cooling region for creating a heat-conductive contact with the tool holder that is to be cooled, wherein the cooling element comprises a contact switch by means of which at least a laying-in of the tool holder that is to be cooled into the cooling region, is detected, wherein following a detection of a laying-in of the tool holder that is to be cooled into the cooling region, a counting of a cooling time or a countdown of a cooling time is started by the contact switch.
A shrink-clamping cooling device for a cooling of tool holders, with at least one cooling element which forms a cooling region for creating a heat-conductive contact with the tool holder that is to be cooled, wherein the cooling element comprises a contact switch, which is configured to detect at least a laying-in of the tool holder that is to be cooled in the cooling region,
- the shrink-clamping cooling device further comprising a control unit, which is at least configured to detect a laying-in signal of the contact switch indicating the laying-in of the tool holder,
- wherein the control unit is at least configured, when receiving the laying-in signal, to activate a cooling function of the cooling element,
- wherein the control unit is at least configured, when receiving the laying-in signal, to switch an illuminated display that signals an active cooling process,
- wherein the control unit is at least configured, when receiving the laying-in signal, to start a countdown of a cooling time stored in the control unit, and
- wherein the control unit is at least configured, when the cooling time has passed, to switch the illuminated display that signals the active cooling process, and/or to deactivate the cooling function of the cooling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.