Tool condition monitoring system
AssigneeKistler Holding AG
InventorsGeorges Schaffner, Josef Stirnimann, Andreas Kirchheim, Drazen Veselovac, René Schmitz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tool having a tool element which rotates in operation with at least one geometrically defined blade, in particular a material cutting tool element. The tool element is subject to an operating parameter in the operating condition. A measuring device is provided for determination and conversion of the operation parameter into a measured signal. A first measuring device cooperates with a first tool element in the operating condition such that essentially only a first operating parameter for the first tool element may be recorded by the first measuring device.
Claims19
A tool comprising:
- a first material cutting tool element which rotates in operation with at least one geometrically defined blade, said tool element generating a first operating parameter relating directly to the rotation of the tool element in the operating condition,
- a first measuring device being provided for determination and conversion of the first operating parameter generated by the first tool element into a measured signal,
- at least a second tool element separate from the first tool element,
- a second measuring device associated only with the second tool element and cooperating with the second tool element in operating condition in such a manner that essentially only an operating parameter generated by the second tool element may be detected by means of the second measuring device, and
- wherein the first measuring device cooperates with the first tool element in operating condition in such a manner that essentially only the first operating parameter generated by the first tool element may be detected by means of the first measuring device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.