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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Dirk Lange, Lüneburg, DE;
Ulrich Mohr, Kassel, DE;
Dirk Lange, Lüneburg, DE;
Ulrich Mohr, Kassel, DE;
ARTIS Gesellschaft fur angewandte Messtechnik mbh, Bispingen-Behringen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus () for testing threads comprising a thread plug gauge () which can be screwed into a thread () tapped by a machine tool, and a connecting member () with which the apparatus () can be exchangeably arranged at a tool spindle () of the tool machine, and wherein a sliding clutch () is arranged between the thread plug gauge () and the connecting member (). The invention relates furthermore to a method in which signals () from one or more signals transmitters which are related to screwing-in the thread plug gauge are acquired, in which a reference curve () of signals related to screwing the thread plug gauge into a reference thread is stored, and in which the reference curve () and/or a curve or magnitude derived therefrom is compared with the signals () and/or a curve or magnitude derived therefrom.