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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Inventors:
Ulrich Meindl, Waldenbuch, DE;
Boris Regaard, Gerlingen, DE;
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeungmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01M 11/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 26/30 (2014.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/1494 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 26/422 (2013.01); G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for establishing a wear state of a cutting nozzle of a laser processing machine. An actual state of the cutting nozzle shape is established by a three-dimensional evaluation performed by a nozzle shape sensor and an associated controller. The established actual state of the cutting nozzle shape is compared to a desired state of the cutting nozzle shape, and the wear state of the cutting nozzle is established based on a result of the comparison.