A power tool includes a control for the motor of the power tool that senses an operating characteristic of the motor and controls the operation of the power tool based on the sensed characteristic. The sensed characteristic includes variations in reluctance of the motor. A controller may sense changes on load on the motor as a result of interaction between a working element such as a saw blade or drill bit and the work piece. The controlled operation may include variation in speed or torque or both, or may include stopping the motor. Emergency conditions may be sensed by changes in reluctance.

A CNC machine shaping tool is efficiently used by monitoring human audible sound during shaping. A sound information set is created for a tool shaping a workpiece. Shaping sounds are recorded and sliced into short term units. A human operator assigns tool condition labels to each slice. Short term units are combined into mid term units. Noise is reduced by profiling. Mid term sound related features of time and frequency domains are extracted. Dimensionality is reduced by robust principal component analysis. The principal component set is balanced, e.g. by SMOTE. A classifier and principal components are selected. An information set of patterns of values of selected principal components for the tool is created. In an industrial setting, shaping sounds are recorded, noise reduced and select principal component vector values are compared to the tool condition labeled patterns of values in the information set to identify tool condition before deterioration.

A magnetically attachable sensor assembly for sensing cutting tool operation. The magnetically attachable sensor assembly comprises an acoustic and vibration sensing apparatus, or sensor package, disposed in a housing having a portable, magnetic form factor for portability and easy clamping/attachment to a number of different surfaces.

An intelligent detection cutting tool structure includes a cutting tool including a shank, a body and a detection device. The body is connected with the shank and has a cutting edge. The detection device is mounted on the shank and detects abnormal conditions during a working process of the cutting edge, and transmits a signal to a mobile device of an operator. Thus, when the cutting tool is mounted on the working machine to perform the working process, the detection device detects operation of the cutting tool during the working process and transmits the detected information to the mobile device, so that the operator can control the operating situation of the cutting tool, so as to calibrate, repair or replace the cutting tool according to the operating situation of the cutting tool.

A dynamic characteristic calculation apparatus for a machine tool calculates dynamic characteristic of the machine tool executing an interrupted machining by moving a rotational tool relative to a workpiece. The apparatus includes a detector detecting acoustic wave generated by vibration of the rotational tool or detecting magnetic property being variable by the vibration of the rotational tool where said rotational tool is excited to vibrate, and a calculation division calculating a natural frequency f of the one or plural tool tips in a vibration system, in which the one or plural tool tips of said rotational tool is a vibration body, on a basis of a value detected by the detector.

A power tool includes a control for the motor of the power tool that senses an operating characteristic of the motor and controls the operation of the power tool based on the sensed characteristic. The sensed characteristic includes variations in reluctance of the motor. A controller may sense changes on load on the motor as a result of interaction between a working element such as a saw blade or drill bit and the work piece. The controlled operation may include variation in speed or torque or both, or may include stopping the motor. Emergency conditions may be sensed by changes in reluctance.

A method for making safe the use of at least one hand-held power tool includes providing at least one item of safety information using at least one evaluation unit of an electronic safety device. The at least one item of safety information is based on at least one application-specific characteristic quantity. The electronic safety device is configured to be fastened to an extremity of a user using a fastening unit.

The present application provides an on-machine point cloud detection and compensation method for processing complex surfaces, which comprises: step S1, installing a detecting and scanning actuator on an ultrasonic rolling machine tool; step S2, installing a processed workpiece on the chuck which is scanned by the detecting and scanning actuator to obtain the point cloud data of the workpiece in a coordinate system of detecting and scanning actuator, which is converted into the point cloud data of the workpiece in a coordinate system of machine tool; step S3, processing the point cloud data of the workpiece in the coordinate system of machine tool; step S4, obtaining and compensating the shape error feature of the workpiece according to theoretical design data of the processed workpiece and processed point cloud data of the workpiece in the coordinate system of machine tool. The accuracy and efficiency of complex surface strengthening is improved in the present application.

A universal manufacturing vise jaw plate for use on a machine tool with a vise fixture, and configured for real-time operational data collection and analysis. The vise plate comprises a combination of acoustic and vibration sensors with a plate for cutting tool monitoring applications.

An air tool monitoring apparatus includes a housing having a hollow chamber formed therein, and also having an inlet and an outlet formed therein, each of the inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber. The apparatus also includes first and second sensors for sensing condition indicative of tool usage and wear, a battery disposed in the housing, a generator for recharging the battery, and a microprocessor operatively connected to the housing and including a timer, a memory storage module, and a unique identifier. The apparatus may include a baffle for guiding air past the generator. The apparatus further includes a switch for starting and stopping the timer, and a communication device for sending data from the microprocessor to a data collection device. Methods of using the apparatus, along with systems for monitoring and reporting on usage of multiple air tools equipped with the apparatus, are also described.