HEIDENHAIN at TMTS 2024: solutions for greater process reliability in automated manufacturing

The challenge of automation runs deeper than complex production systems with robots and a pallet pool. It’s also about perfectly tuned workflows that ensure reliable processes. HEIDENHAIN offers effective solutions.

HEIDENHAIN is showcasing the TD 110 tool breakage detector for in-process tool inspection. This includes a live demo in conjunction with the StateMonitor machine data collection software. But even if a tool isn’t broken, it still can’t be used if it is too worn or if its cutting teeth are damaged. To detect these issues, HEIDENHAIN also offers the VT 121 vision system and the VTC 1.4 software for tool inspection. Tool inspection, in turn, requires having the correct tool in the machine and a tool table containing the correct data. One way of achieving this is to connect the HEIDENHAIN control to an external tool data management system, a service provided by the HEIDENHAIN Service team.

The TD 110 tool breakage detector from HEIDENHAIN: convenient in-process tool inspection
Automatically detect broken tools in automated processes and prevent damage during subsequent machining operations. The TD 110 increases process reliability without interrupting machining by detecting broken tools passing by on their way to or from the tool magazine, thereby preventing them from being used in the first place. This compact and robust sensor can be added to the workspace of any machine tool in close proximity to the machining table. Its signals are sent to the control via the touch-probe interface. The control then triggers a machine message, NC stop or a reaction defined by the user, such as a message to StateMonitor.
The TD 110 tool breakage detector inspects tools with a diameter of at least 0.4 mm and performs non-contact breakage detection starting with a length change of 2 mm........
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