A piezoelectric sensing module, a piezoelectric sensing module detecting method, and a piezoelectric sensing detection system thereof are disclosed. The piezoelectric sensing module is used for an operating tool. The piezoelectric sensing module includes a piezoelectric sensing film, and the piezoelectric sensing film includes at least a first to a sixth electrodes: wherein the first electrode is disposed between the third and the fourth electrodes, the second electrode is disposed between the fifth and the sixth electrodes; wherein the first and the second electrodes, the third and the fifth electrodes, and the fourth and the sixth electrodes are separated by a certain distance respectively, and a first angle between the first and the second electrodes, a second angle between the third and the fifth electrodes, and a third angle between the fourth and the sixth electrodes each have an included angle of 90 degrees.

A method or device for monitoring a work spindle's tool clamping system of a numerically controlled machine tool with a control device controlling the processing of a workpiece with a tool clamped to the work spindle by a tool interface when a tool is clamped to the work spindle's tool interface holder by a tool interface, wherein the work spindle has a plurality of force sensors on a tool interface holder's bearing areas of the work spindle and force sensors' sensor values of the work spindle are provided on the control device with the tool clamped by means of the tool interface to the work spindle's tool interface holder, including monitoring the work spindle's tool clamping system when the tool is clamped by means of the tool interface to the work spindle's tool interface holder at the control device on the basis of a determined force distribution.

A machine tool which removal-machines a workpiece by means of a tool includes a retaining device (a workpiece spindle and a tailstock) that retains the workpiece, a support device (an in-machine robot) that supports the workpiece, in order to suppress deflection of the workpiece retained by the retaining device, and a control device that controls driving of the support device by force control having a force as a control target. Specifically, a supporting force by the support device and a machining force by a tool are measured, and the driving of the support device is controlled so that the supporting force is equal to the machining force.

A tool state detection system and a method thereof are provided, for instantaneously analyzing a state of a tool by sensing influence of the tool on a machine spindle or working environment during execution of a process, without the need of extra time for detecting the tool, thereby effectively controlling the current quality status of the tool to improve the efficiency of the tool.

A cutting tool includes a body portion having a bar shape extending from a first end to a second end, and a sensor unit arranged on a surface of the body portion. The surface of the body portion includes a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The sensor unit includes a first strain sensor arranged on any of the first surface, the second surface, and the third surface, a board module electrically connected to the first strain sensor, and a wireless communication unit mounted on the board module and transmitting a signal containing information on strain of the body portion detected by the first strain sensor to the outside. The board module includes a first portion arranged on the first surface, a second portion arranged on the second surface, and a connecting portion electrically connecting the first portion to the second portion.

The example embodiments are directed to a system and method for determining the health of a cutting tool used in milling operations or the like. In one example, the method may include receiving operating characteristics of a cutting machine which are captured during an iteration of a cutting operation, generating a signature pattern associated with the cutting machine based on the operating characteristics, the signature pattern representing a unique pattern of the operating characteristics of the cutting machine during the cutting operation, determining health information of a cutting tool of the cutting machine based on the signature pattern and a benchmark signature pattern, and outputting the determined health information of the cutting tool for display on a display device. Accordingly, a cutting tool can be replaced at the optimum time thereby improving productivity and conserving cost.

A positive feed tool may include a motor, a power supply operably coupled to the motor to power the motor, a gear head and a spindle. The gear head may be operably coupled to the motor to be operated responsive to powering of the motor. The gear head may include a drive assembly and a feed assembly. The spindle may be operably coupled to the gear head to enable the spindle to be selectively driven rotationally and fed axially based on operation of the drive assembly and the feed assembly, respectively. The feed assembly may include an electronically controlled variable feed rate oscillator.

A method for sensing a cutting-edge load in a motor-driven machine-tool unit having a stator unit and a rotor unit that is rotatable at least about an axis of rotation. The rotor unit includes a tool receiving unit that is adjustable along the axis of rotation and to which a clamping force can be applied, for fixing and clamping a releasably fixable tool shank of a tool. A tool head of the tool includes at least one individual cutting edge. A tool sensor is provided for sensing the load on the tool, the tool sensor being realized as an individual-cutting-edge sensor for sensing a cutting-edge load on the individual cutting edge.

A method includes sending, by a computing device, control signals to a machine tool to machine a component located on a platform to form a feature in the component, monitoring, by the computing device, while machining the feature into the component with the machine tool, torque forces of the machine tool against the component caused by the machining of the feature into the component via at least one sensor positioned on the platform, evaluating, by the computing device, while machining the feature into the component with the machine tool, a quality of the machine tool based on the monitored torque forces; and, in response to the evaluation of the quality of the machine tool indicating an undesirable quality of the machine tool, sending, by the computing device, control signals to the machine tool to interrupt the machining of the component and replace a machining element of the machine tool.

The present invention relates to a spindle apparatus 100 for use on a numerically controlled machine tool, which spindle apparatus 100 has the following: a spindle housing 1, and a spindle shaft 15 which is mounted in the spindle housing, the spindle apparatus 100 having, furthermore, an electrically earthed section 4 which holds at least one rod element 20 which comprises an electrically conductive material, and the at least one rod element 20 being arranged in such a way that it makes contact with the spindle shaft 15 so as to bear tangentially against an outer circumference of the spindle shaft 15.