On-line wear detection of milling tools using a displacement fiber optic sensor

A cost-effective technique for on-line wear monitoring of a milling tool is presented. The tool wear is estimated directly from a fiber optic sensor with high resolution and high bandwidth characteristics. This sensor provides a distance measurement between its probe and the tool profile. The contri...

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Autor: Castillo-Castañeda, E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Journal of Applied Research and Technology
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.localhost:article/616
Acceso en línea:https://jart.icat.unam.mx/index.php/jart/article/view/616
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optical inspection
Wear detection
Tool condition monitoring
Fiber optic sensors
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Sumario:A cost-effective technique for on-line wear monitoring of a milling tool is presented. The tool wear is estimated directly from a fiber optic sensor with high resolution and high bandwidth characteristics. This sensor provides a distance measurement between its probe and the tool profile. The contribution of this work is the application of this sensor to sense on-line wear of a milling tool. Since the light emitted by this sensor comes from a photodiode, it does not produce eye damage, this is safer than laser displacement sensors. This technique senses the tool wear in real time, while the tool is rotating, with an accuracy less than 1 micron. Experimental results are also presented for a four-flank cutting tool rotating at 300 rpm.