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Tool load sensor and control circuit

US4129789A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 1976
Grant dateDec 12, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 30, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/14
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine control circuit in which the sharpness of a machine tool cutting edge is sensed as a function of the pressure in a hydraulic tool-feed cylinder, and in which the machine is automatically de-activated for tool inspection after a pass is completed when the feed pressure reaches a preselected level.

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