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Control graphics system for gear shaping machines

  • US 5,345,390 A
  • Filed: 03/15/1993
  • Issued: 09/06/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring use of a gear shaper apparatus having a cutting tool rotatable about a spindle axis and reciprocable along said spindle axis, said monitoring system comprising:

  • a) a sensor for measuring an amount of load applied by the cutting tool of the gear shaper apparatus during each of a plurality of workpiece cutting operations in which a plurality of workpieces are cut with the cutting tool;

    b) a memory for storing measurements of load applied by the cutting tool as obtained by the sensor over time during each cutting operation of the gear shaper apparatus for the plurality of workpieces; and

    c) a processor for processing the measurements of load obtained by the sensor and held in the memory to accumulate historical information regarding use of the cutting tool, said accumulated historical information being based on load measurements obtained during the plurality of cutting operations.

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