Method for detecting the position of a tool mounted on a toolholder in a machining module
AssigneeWatchoutcorp SA
InventorsPhilippe Jacot, Sébastien Laporte
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Abstract
A material removing machining module for a machine tool including: a part support intended to receive a part to be machined, a control unit of the part support adapted to control and to modify the position of the part support in the machining module, a toolholder intended to receive a tool having an end portion used for machining the part; a control unit of the toolholder adapted to control and to modify the position of the toolholder in the machining module, a unit for detecting the profile of the tool mounted on the toolholder, which includes an optical system mounted on the toolholder for determining the profile of said end portion of the tool mounted on the toolholder.
Claims4
Method for detecting the position of a tool mounted on a toolholder in a machining module including a part support and a toolholder, including the following steps:
- i) providing a detection unit in the machining module, said detection unit including an optical system for determining the profile of said end portion of the tool mounted on the toolholder, wherein said optical system is mounted on the part support,
- ii) loading the tool into the toolholder,
- iii) positioning the toolholder relative to the part support in a measuring operational position,
- iv) activating said detection unit, and
- v) via the optical system, determining the position of the tool in the machining module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.