Integrated System for Monitoring the Tool State Using Temperature Measuring by Natural Thermocouple Method

Abstract:

The intensive developments of intelligent manufacturing systems in the last decades open the large possibilities of more accurate monitoring of the metal cutting process. One of the most important factors of the process is the tool state given by the rate of the tool wear, which is the result of a lot of influences of almost all cutting parameters. The modern tool monitoring systems relieved that the accuracy of the results increases when using a combination of surveyed signals such as: vibrations, power consumption, acoustic emission, forces or tool temperature. Combining the output signals in a monitoring function using the neural network method gives the best results when using on-line monitoring. Considering the tool temperature as an important factor in the tool wear process and adding it to the acoustic emission and force measuring the accuracy of the results seems to improve significantly. The present paper describes an integrated monitoring system with integration of the cutting temperature, the calibration device for work piece-tool thermocouple, and the block diagram for on-line survey measuring using LabView platform.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1036)
• Pages: 274-279
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1036.274
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Marinela Inţă, Achim Muntean
• Keywords: LabView Software, Monitoring, Natural Thermocouple, Tool Wear

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