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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Sms Group Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Jochen Schmitz, Wassenberg, DE;
Frank D'hone, Cologne, DE;
Tim Küppers, Nettetal, DE;
Helge Dähndel, Mönchengladbach, DE;
SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method for producing a thread on at least one end of at least one metal tube () by machining the metal tube () in at least one CNC-controlled machine tool () comprises an optical measurement of the thread during the thread-cutting process and/or following the thread-cutting process, and the electronic detection and evaluation of the measurement data of the thread profile and/or of a sealing lip () of the thread, and the derivation of control commands for controlling the machine tool () from the measurement data with use of at least one closed-loop control unit coupled to the machine tool (). A corresponding thread-cutting facility is also disclosed.