A1 Milling Machines

Technology to Monitor Conditions of Milling Machine

To monitor the definite cutting environment in real-time and robotically regulate the supply rate to its highest possible level throughout each operation OMAT’s Adaptive Control System is used. It is being ensured by the system that users are not limited to pre-programmed supply rate by any condition change. As a result of this there is a decrease in cutting cycle times while caring tools from being getting crack.

For the duration of overload situation take for an example situation like initial tool or work piece impact or under a situation when there is an unexpected, unnecessary increase in the stock removal, than the supply rate is robotically reduced to a satisfactory and favorable level, which is determined by the internal expert system. Once the extreme or unnecessary condition passes, the system robotically increases the supply rate to its highest possible level. If the highest allowable spindle load is approached the system automatically detects this circumstance and than stops the machine to protect spindle and machine from being damaged, and at the same time issue a warning alarm to aware the operator about it.

The system can also learn to supervise production run tool wear caused while cutting the first work piece. The system constantly supervises cutting tool condition, during subsequent machining and displays tool wear as a percentage of highest allowable wear. The system alerts the operator to alter the tool for highest tool exploitation, once the job is completed. The system can also find out possible manufacture run tool breakage by detection, while cutting the first work piece. The system straight away stops the machine and issue a “tool breakage” alarm, if the tool breaks during the machining of subsequent work pieces. The real power and supply rate variations are constantly displayed by the system in graphic and digital formats.