Patent · US Expired

Tool device

US5906460A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1997
Grant dateMay 25, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/306832
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool device for machining workpieces has a machining tool and at least one sensor oriented toward a machining area of a workpiece to be machined by the machining tool. The at least one sensor senses at least a portion of the machining area and produces sensing signals. At least one processing unit for receiving and processing the sensing signals of the at least one sensor is provided so that an on-line control of the machining process is possible.

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