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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Youssef A. Hamidieh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Brij B. Seth, Canton, MI (US);
Bhavani Shankar Tata, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method to create frequency derived, pre-characterization templates to be used by a machine operator for determining when a tool breaks in one spindle of a multi-spindle machine tool. The pre-characterization template is created by first impacting the tool or the holder and recording the time domain of the frequency pattern of vibrations. The natural frequencies of the tool/tool holder/spindle vibrations which include the vibration frequencies of the tool braking are recorded. Pre-characterization templates are created using FFT techniques to identify only those frequencies indicative of tool breakage. The machine tool operator then uses the monitoring system with pre-characterization templates during machine tool operation and is notified in real time of the breakage of a tool in a single spindle or a multi-spindle machine.