Kistler Holding Ag

Gunnar Keitzel

Denis Kohler

Christian Gerber

Bülent Tasdelen

Tobias Fimpel

A cutting machine configured for the chip-removing machining of a workpiece includes a plurality of required tools. Each tool can exert a tool force onto the workpiece. The cutting machine includes a tool holder for simultaneously holding all of the tools required for operating on the workpiece. A tool slide moves the tool holder to successively align one of the tools to operate on the workpiece, and the tool and the workpiece are movable for chip-removing machining in each manufacturing step. The tool holder includes at least two single-component force transducers. Each single-component force transducer measures a tool force exerted by one of the tools during the chip-removing machining of the workpiece in a force main connection.

Cutting machine comprising a force transducer, use of such a cutting machine and process of calibrating the force transducer of such a cutting machine

A system for chip-removing machining of a workpiece and for measuring and evaluating force and torque during the chip-removing machining of the workpiece includes a machine tool with a tool for chip-removing machining of the workpiece; a device for measuring force and torque that includes a plurality of piezoelectric transducers generating polarization charges being communicated through a respective measuring channel; and a stationary evaluation unit for evaluating measured value data of the device. The device includes a measuring unit installed in the machine tool and rotates with the tool about an axis of rotation during chip-removing machining. The device includes a control unit that transmits measured values as measured value data in a wireless manner directly to the evaluation unit with a transmission power in the range of 0.1 mW to 10 mW.

System for chip-removing machining of a workpiece and for measuring and evaluating force and torque during chip-removing machining of the workpiece

A method to ascertain a quality of a product formed by a subtractive manufacturing device from a workpiece includes: determining a deflection/test force relation for a deflection of the device; measuring an actually exerted machining force applied by the device to the workpiece; automatically determining a machining force reference for the actually exerted machining force; automatically evaluating whether the actually exerted machining force deviates from the machining force reference. If an actually exerted machining force deviates from the machining force reference, then the method uses the deflection/test force relation to automatically determine for the actually exerted machining force, at least one correction deflection of the device and automatically creating at least one corrected drive control signal to fully or partially reduce the correction deflection.

Method and device to ascertain a quality of a product obtained by subtractive manufacturing

A tool received in a tool holding fixture of a tool holder includes a tool shank defining a recess and a force sensor arranged in the recess. During operation of the tool, the force sensor measures a tool force exerted by the tool shank onto the tool holder. A method for measuring a tool force by using the tool includes the steps of: arranging the force sensor between the tool shank and the tool holding fixture; clamping the force sensor by means of a clamping device of the tool holding fixture; operating the tool; and using the force sensor to measure the tool force exerted by the tool shank onto the tool holder.

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