A cutting tool may include a base body, a tip, a sensor, and a cover. The base body may have a shank portion extending in a first direction, a fixation portion, and a recess opening at an outside surface of the shank portion. The tip may be fixed to the fixation portion and may have a cutting edge. The sensor may be positioned inside the recess. The cover may close the recess. Among peripheral surfaces of the shank portion, a first area may face one side in a second direction that is a direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the cutting edge may be positioned further toward the one side in the second direction from the first area. The entirety of the cover may be positioned further toward the other side in the second direction from the cutting edge.

Tool for machining a workpiece, comprising a cutting insert having at least one cutting edge, a cutting insert holder comprising a cutting insert receptacle for receiving the cutting insert, a clamping element acting as a clamping wedge, which can be fastened in the cutting insert receptacle for clamping the cutting insert in the cutting insert holder, a fastening element for fastening the clamping element in the cutting insert holder and simultaneously clamping the cutting insert in the cutting insert holder, and a sensor configured to generate a measurement signal that is dependent on a force acting on the cutting insert, wherein the clamping element comprises a recess in which the sensor is arranged.

A cutting element (1) for a tool with an electrically conductive track (6) formed at a surface region. The cutting element (1) comprises a HPHT produced polycrystalline diamond body. The conductive track (6) comprises graphite such that the electrically conductive track (6) has an electrical resistance substantially lower than that of the surface region.

The present specification relates to a power drill, comprising a housing in which a motor is arranged, and a front and rear bearing arranged to support an axle assembly adapted to engage a drill attachment, wherein said axle assembly and at least one of said front and said rear bearing further form an additional assembly movably arranged with respect to said housing, said power drill further comprising a force transducer arranged at said front end of said housing and axially supported by said housing, and wherein said additional assembly is axially supported by said force transducer, said force transducer thereby being configured to output a signal representing an axial force acting on said additional assembly. The present specification further relates to a force transducer for such a power drill and a detachable front part for a power drill.

A tool cutting edge measuring device that is mounted on a horizontal lathe and multitasking machine includes contact type sensors and an arm. The sensors are configured to measure cutting edge positions of tools in a machining chamber and the arm is movable between an advance position and a retracted position. The arm advances into the machining chamber at the advance position and retracts from the machining chamber at the retracted position. The arm has distal ends provided with two branching units branched into the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction at the advance position and the sensors are mounted to the respective branching units.

Non-visible objects which differ in their physical properties from their surroundings by association with a variable strength magnetic field may be detected by a suitable array of sensors which can be moved relative to the object in question. By analyzing the signals from the plurality of the sensors in the array, the position of the object can be deduced relative to the array and the array moved to enable a machining guide thereon to be aligned with the non-visible object. The system is of particular value in locating apertures in wing spars when attempting to fix the skin of the wing on to them where it is important to be able to locate the correct point at which to drill a hole through the skin to coincide with the hole in the spar. By defining a magnetic field in the vicinity of the hole to identify the hole magnetically and using an array of magnetic field sensors in a base with an aperture, it is possible to shift the array so that the aperture is precisely aligned with the non-visible hole.

A method includes measuring raw sensor information of a tool over a period of time with a sensor tag coupled to an external surface of the tool. The method also includes determining one or more events of the tool based on the raw sensor information and calculating an aggregate time for each type of event from the one or more events determined over the period of time. The method also includes wirelessly transmitting a history of the one or more events from the sensor tag to a remote computing device. The history comprises the aggregate time for each type of event from the one or more types of events over the period of time.

A cutting tool, a turning machine including the cutting tool, and an associated method are provided. The cutting tool includes a tool, a cutting head, a strain gauge, and an accelerometer. The cutting head is located at the tool bar and has a cutting edge. The strain gauge measures strain at the tool bar. The accelerometer measures acceleration at the tool bar or the cutting head. Deflection of the cutting edge is estimated based on output from the strain gauge and the accelerometer. In some embodiments, the accelerometer is arranged close to the cutting edge, while the strain gauge is arranged where the tool bar is susceptible to the largest strain. In some embodiments, low frequency vibrations of the cutting edge are estimated based on measured strain, high frequency vibrations are estimated based on measured acceleration, and medium frequency vibrations are estimated based on output from both sensor types.

Tool holder comprising a tool receptacle, a machine interface, and a sensor receptacle. The tool receptacle is configured to releasably receive a tool having at least one cutting edge for machining a workpiece. The machine interface is configured to enable the tool holder to be fastened to a machine tool. In the sensor receptacle, a sensor is arranged that is configured to generate a measurement signal that is dependent on a force acting on the tool holder The sensor receptacle is spaced apart from both the tool receptacle and the machine interface, so that the sensor is neither in direct contact with the tool nor in direct contact with the machine tool when the tool is accommodated in the tool receptacle and the tool holder is fastened to the machine tool.

An electric tool includes an output part that comes into contact with a working target to process the working target, a motor that drives the output part, and a sensor that measures capacitance of a metal part comprising the output part. The electric tool detects a foreign object based on a change in the capacitance measured by the sensor.