Arrangement for controlling the process of rotary chip removing machining of a workpiece, and a cutting tool for rotary chip removing machining

An arrangement for controlling the process of rotary chip removing machining of a work piece comprising:

• a monitoring system for monitoring the rotary chip removing machining, the monitoring system including at least one surface acoustic wave sensor arranged to be mounted to a cutting tool for rotary chip removing machining of the work piece, the at least one acoustic wave sensor being positioned in close proximity to a region of the cutting tool where at least one parameter of a group of parameters consisting of strain, temperature and pressure is most efficiently detected;
• at least one first antenna arranged to be mounted to the cutting tool, the at least one first antenna being connectable to the at least one surface acoustic wave sensor;
• at least one second antenna, the at least one first antenna being arranged for wireless communication with the at least one second antenna, wherein each surface acoustic wave sensor is arranged to detect at least one parameter of a group of parameters consisting of strain, temperature and pressure, wherein the at least one surface acoustic wave sensor and the at least one first antenna are arranged to transmit the detected at least one parameter to the second antenna in response to an interrogation signal received by the first antenna from the second antenna, wherein the at least one surface acoustic wave sensor and the at least one first antenna are arranged to receive energy from the interrogation signal in order to transmit the detected at least one parameter to the second antenna;
• a processing unit connected to the at least one second antenna, wherein the processing unit is arranged to transmit the interrogation signal and transmission energy to the at least one first antenna and to the at least one surface acoustic wave sensor via the at least one second antenna, wherein the processing unit is arranged to receive the detected at least one parameter via the at least one second antenna;
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• a control system arranged to communicate with the monitoring system, and wherein the control system is arranged to control the rotary chip removing machining of the work piece at least partially based on the detected at least one parameter.