METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AN OPERATING MODE OF A MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE TOOL

Abstract

A method for recognizing an operating mode of a machine tool. A machine tool with a sensor for detecting axial accelerations and/or angular accelerations, wherein the machine tool is set up to carry out the proposed method.

Claims

1-9. (canceled)

10. A method for recognizing an operating mode of a machine tool, the method comprising: detecting axial accelerations and angular accelerations using a sensor; and using the detected axial accelerations and angular accelerations as a basis for determining a deflection of the machine tool, wherein the deflection determined is able to be assigned to different operating modes of the machine tool.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising: providing a machine tool with the sensor; the detecting step including: determining axial accelerations along a first, second and third axis of an imaginary coordinate system, determining angular accelerations along the first, second and third axes of the imaginary coordinate system, and determining a first angle of rotation, a second angle of rotation and a third angle of rotation about the first, second and third axes, respectively; and deriving one of the different operating modes of the machine tool via a deflection determined from accelerations of the first, second and third angles of rotation.

12. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising displaying different objects on a display device of the machine tool as a function of the derived operating mode of the machine tool.

13. The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the axial accelerations and angular accelerations are used to determine if a slip clutch release event has occurred.

14. The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the first axis represents an x-axis of the imaginary coordinate system, the second axis represents a y-axis, and the third axis represents a z-axis.

15. The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the sensor is a gyro sensor.

16. A machine tool comprising the sensor for detecting axial accelerations for angular accelerations for carrying out the method as recited in claim 10.

17. The machine tool as recited in claim 10 wherein the machine tool includes a display device.

18. The machine tool as recited in claim 16 wherein the sensor is a gyro sensor.

19. A method for recognizing an operating mode of a machine tool, the method comprising: a) providing a machine tool with a sensor for recording axial accelerations or angular accelerations, b) determining axial accelerations along a first, second and third axis of an imaginary coordinate system, c) determining angular accelerations along the first, second and third axes of the imaginary coordinate system, d) determining a first angle of rotation, a second angle of rotation and a third angle of rotation about the first, second and third axes, respectively, e) deriving an operating mode of the machine tool from accelerations of the first, second and third angles of rotation.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0033] In the figures, identical and similar components are denoted by the same reference signs. In the figures:

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a potential sequence of a preferred embodiment of the proposed method

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] FIG. 1 shows a potential sequence of a preferred embodiment of the proposed method. First, various acceleration values are detected by a sensor. These here can be the accelerations along the three coordinate axes of a coordinate system. In the context of the invention, these accelerations are referred to as “axial accelerations”. They are illustrated in FIG. 1 as accelerations a_x, a_y and a_z. Moreover, angular accelerations can be measured with the sensor. These here can be the angular accelerations about the three coordinate axes of the coordinate system. The angular accelerations are illustrated in FIG. 1 as accelerations w_x, w_y and w_z. The data detected by the sensor can be filtered and evaluated, for example, by a control device of the machine tool. The evaluation includes, for example, the determination of the deflection of the machine tool when switching on the latter, as well as an assignment of this determined deflection to an operating mode of the machine tool. The operating modes of the machine tool can preferably be a manual operation as the first operating mode and a stand operation as the second operating mode. A large deflection of the machine tool at start-up can be interpreted, for example, as the manual operation of the machine tool (shown in FIG. 1 as “Yes”), while a small deflection of the machine tool at start-up can be interpreted as the stand operation of the machine tool (shown in FIG. 1 as “No”).