Gear cutting – milling – or planing – Milling – With means to protect operative or machine
Patent
1996-09-09
2000-05-09
Howell, Daniel W.
Gear cutting, milling, or planing
Milling
With means to protect operative or machine
408 67, 408 11, 408 16, 409137, B23Q 1724
Patent
active
060594942
ABSTRACT:
In a machine tool having a workpiece support table and a tool head assembly provided with a tool engageable in a cutting relation with a workpiece positioned on the table for removing particulate material from the workpiece, a system for monitoring the cutting operation of the tool includes a support assembly, a camera for producing video signals representative of the cutting operation of the tool, the camera being mounted on the support assembly such that its focus is on said tool and a cut made thereby, and a machine controller coupled to the machine tool for controlling its operation. The machine controller includes a video monitor connected to the camera for receiving and displaying the video signals representative of the cutting operation of the tool while simultaneously displaying program information.
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Howell Daniel W.
Thermwood Corporation
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