Tool insert for a machine, machine, and method for operating a machine
AssigneeBobst Mex SA
InventorsAlexandre De Kalbermatten, Alexandre Volery
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Abstract
A tool insert for a machine, in particular a cutting, punching and/or folding machine, is disclosed. The tool insert (24) has an identification element (38) comprising tool information about the type of the tool insert (24) and/or about the area of application of the tool insert (24). The identification element (38) is machine-readable such that the tool information is transmitted to the machine when the machine reads out the identification element. Further, a machine, a machine system and a method for operating a machine are disclosed.
Claims18
A tool insert for a machine, the tool insert comprising:
- an identification element comprising tool information about a type of the tool insert, and information about an area of application of the tool insert,
- wherein the identification element is machine-readable such that the tool information and the information about the area of application of the tool insert are automatically transmitted from the identification element to the machine when the machine reads the tool information and the information about the area of application of the tool insert which are stored on the identification element, wherein the identification element includes an electronic portion connected to a mounting portion via a bending portion, and the electronic portion is inserted into a slit in a multi-part base plate that extends through several layers of the multi-part base plate, such that the identification element is located inside the multi-part base plate.
A machine comprising:
- a tool holder;
- and
- a reading and/or writing device,
- wherein the reading and/or writing device is configured to automatically read out stored tool information and stored information about an area of application of a tool insert from an identification element of the tool insert and/or to write the tool information on the identification element, wherein a user notification and/or a commissioning message is generated when a predefined time of use of the tool insert is reached, wherein the tool information includes information about one of more of a specific product to be produced, an identification code of a product to be produced, a name of the product to be produced, an identification code of an operational mode of the machine associated with the tool insert, or a name of an operational mode of the machine associated with the tool insert, and wherein one or more machine parameters are set based on the tool information, the one or more machine parameters including one or more of:
- gaps between feeding rolls;
- stacking module to be used;
- or stacking mode.
A machine system comprising:
- a tool insert including an identification element comprising tool information about a type of the tool insert, and information about an area of application of the tool insert;
- a machine comprising:
- a tool holder;
- and
- a reading and/or writing device,
- wherein the tool holder is adapted to receive the tool insert, wherein the identification element is machine-readable such that the tool information and the information about the area of application of the tool insert are automatically transmitted from the identification element to the machine when the machine reads the tool information and the information about the area of application of the tool insert which are stored on the identification element, wherein the tool information includes a previous time of use of the tool insert, and the machine is configured to adapt operational parameters based on the previous time of use of the tool insert,
- wherein the reading and/or writing device is configured to read out the tool information from the identification element of the tool insert and/or to write the tool information on the identification element, and
- wherein a user notification and/or a commissioning message is generated when a predefined time of use of the tool insert is reached, wherein the tool information includes information about one of more of a specific product to be produced, an identification code of a product to be produced, a name of the product to be produced, an identification code of an operational mode of the machine associated with the tool insert, or a name of an operational mode of the machine associated with the tool insert, and wherein one or more machine parameters are set based on the tool information, the one or more machine parameters including one or more of:
- gaps between feeding rolls;
- stacking module to be used;
- or stacking mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.