FA Application Package Tool Wear Diagnosis for Machine Tools
Preliminary survey
- Select the device, machining type, tool for diagnosis
- Determine system configuration, secure installation environment
Equipment installation
- Install, wire up equipment
- Set device parameters (communication means, data collection conditions, etc.), register diagnosis model
- Conduct trial operation check for data collection preparation
- Data collection to determine diagnosis threshold
(data collection including 5 to 10 tool exchanges: Approx. 1 month)
Diagnosis threshold setting
- Confirm adequacy of settings from collection data
- Calculate diagnosis threshold from trend data
- Set calculation threshold
Operation
- Commence operation (check machine condition)
- Tool wear diagnosis, machining abnormality diagnosis, measurement value prediction
- Tool change in line with diagnosis results/alarms
- Revise thresholds
- Optimization of machining programs using a cycle time improvement support function
