smart tool holder
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wear detection during the milling process

spike - transparent für dunkle Hintergründe

100% Quality Control

to set the standard in digital machining together with our partners along the value chain

measure cutting force directly on the tool -
find your individual solution

monitoring system
in serial production

machine integrated solution
100% Inline-Quality Control
wear detection per cutting edge during the milling process
wear based automatic tool change
chatter mark detection
drill run detection
enables adaptive feed control

diagnosis system
for the process expert

plug- & play solution
optimising process parameters
increase of productivity & tool life
tool comparison/ optimisation
enables comparison of cooling lubricant / coating

visualisation system
for small lot sizes

vibration detection
wear detection of each cutting edge during the milling process
used for small and medium lot sizes
plug- & play solution
support of the machine operator
visualisation of the relative workload of the tool in %

the smart tool control system spike® has already established itself in these processes

drilling/ countersinking/ reaming

spike® - from a 100% monitoring system to a machine operator-assistant solution

No matter whether you have small or large batch sizes, spike® is the smart tool holder for all user groups in the machinig industry - for monitoring, optimising and assisting the machine operator. spike® offers the ideal solution as a complete integration with a complex machine connection, but also as an assistance system via plug&play. The advantage of the spike® sensor system is that even most sensitive processes can be controlled and analysed in realtime. Additionally it shows the machine operator what the tool does at the moment. Since the end of 2018 spike® can even communicate directly with the machine.

The sensor system spike® is a measuring system which detects the cutting forces and moments directly on the tool. With the bending moment in X- and Y-direction, spike® can detect each cutting edge during the milling process. spike® is often used in machining procedures like milling, drilling, turning, grinding, grating, reaming, threading and FSW.

axial force

torsion

bending moment

temperature

quality control with the patented spike®_polar - automatic tool change before tool breakage

What is spike^®_polar?

The patented spike®_polar provides the opportunity to compare the current state with the target state, which enables to diagnose a worn tool or an unbalance. spike®_polar can even detect chatter marks and also show process fluctuations. Additionaly it doesn´t miss out on dirt stacking on a blade or vibrations, because of the sensitive resolution of the bending moment.

Thereby deviation of dimension- and surface tolerance due to tool wear or fluctuating tool performance can be identified - And that enables to initiate an automatic tool change before a quality problem emerges.

Example 1: wear detection for each cutting edge

Example 2: mistake during drilling

cutting force measurement from the 100% inline monitoring system to the machine operator assistance with the intelligent tool control system spike®

measurement of cutting force in production

Used as a monitoring tool - spike®_easyinline

in the automated serial production

Benefit: "Monitoring system with machine connection"

100% in-process quality control
monitoring of form- and position tolerance
(indirect)
reduction of tool costs (via force-controlled tool change)
prevent machine downtime
adaptive feed control
manless production

Used as a diagnostic tool- spike®_expertline

for optimising processes and tools

Benefit: "diagnostic system for the flexible use from the case"

solve process problems faster
optimise productivity and tool lifetime
product development and optimisation (tool, coating, cooling lubricant, process, machine, …)
R & D (Universities)