DEVICE FOR DETECTING TOOL BREAKAGE IN MACHINE TOOL

WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/104945

A1

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for detecting tool breakage in a machine tool wherein the device makes it possible to efficiently detect tool breakage while also limiting increases in maintenance. A device for detecting tool breakage in a machine tool, which is equipped with a main shaft (14), a tool magazine (16) capable of holding multiple tools (15), and an automatic tool-exchanging device (17) for automatically exchanging tools (15) between the main shaft (14) and the tool magazine (16), is provided with an image recognition unit comprising: an imaging means (19a) for imaging a pre-processing tool (15) that is conveyed from the tool magazine (16) to the main shaft (14) by the automatic tool-exchanging device (17) and the post-processing tool (15) conveyed from the main shaft (14) to the tool magazine (16) by the automatic tool-exchanging device (17); and an image-processing means (19b) for detecting tool breakage by comparing the images of the pre-processing tool (15) and the post-processing tool (15) taken by the imaging means (19a).

TANIZAWA YUSUKE (JP)
YAMAMOTO HIDEAKI (JP)
OISHI HIROSHI (JP)

PCT/JP2014/082778

July 16, 2015

December 11, 2014

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MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)

B23Q17/09; B23Q17/24; B23Q3/155

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MITSUISHI, Toshiro et al. (JP)
Toshiro Mitsuishi (JP)

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