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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Brian Lammering, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Robert Weston, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Kurt P. Zierhut, Camarillo, CA (US);

Wayne Reilly, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Lammering, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Robert Weston, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Kurt P. Zierhut, Camarillo, CA (US);

Wayne Reilly, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Haas Automation, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4163 (2013.01); G05B 2219/41115 (2013.01); G05B 2219/41256 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45044 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cut optimization system controls chatter in a machine tool during a cutting operation. A microphone is configured to capture acoustic noise emitted by the machine tool during the cutting operation and to generate an AC signal corresponding to the captured acoustic noise. A filter is configured to attenuate frequencies of the AC signal outside of a frequency band and a rectifier is configured to rectify the filtered AC signal into a DC component. A controller is configured to compare the DC component with a threshold value and, if the DC component is greater than the threshold, cyclically vary the rotational speed of a spindle in the machine tool from a commanded speed.


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