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Monitoring the Machine
By providing real-time process monitoring in
machining operations, the Artis CTM V6 from
Marposs ( marposs.com ) helps not only safe-
guard but optimize the operations, thereby
helping protect the equipment while produc-
ing parts that meet the specifcations. The CTM
is integrated with the machine control; inputs
are provided by measuring transducers of vari-
ous types. For example, a digital torque adap-
tor is used to collect drive data to evaluate the
torque of the spindle and the feed axis. Other
possible inputs are via sensors that measure
strain and force, power, vibration, acceleration,
and acoustic emissions. For gear hobbing, for
example, by determining wear, tool life can be
extended compared with the fxed-interval ap-
proach to hob changes. By monitoring coolant
fow, operations including deep-hole drilling
can be performed more reliably. There are vari-
ous integration methods ofered for the CTM,
from those without feldbus connections all the
way to branched Ethernet architectures such as
PROFINET, Ethernet/IP and Modbus.
p The Artis CTM V6 from
Marposs ofers process
monitoring in machining
operations to help optimize
the process.
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