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Machine tool monitoring device

US8575549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2008
Grant dateNov 5, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16P3/144
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine tool monitoring device includes a detection device (32) for detecting the presence of a type of material, in particular human tissue, in a machine tool area (34) via spectral evaluation of radiation (S). The detection device (32) includes a sensor unit (50) having at least one sensitivity range (64) for detecting radiation in a wavelength range (WL2) located at least partially in the infrared spectrum (72).

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