The condition of your tool determines the quality of the workpieces. Tool monitoring, in its various forms, has therefore long been a fundamental part of quality assurance.
Defective or imperfectly prepared tools are a problem for many reasons. They can result in entire batches of defective products; this scrap often goes unnoticed and creeps up gradually—and you certainly want to avoid this scrap.
Without proper monitoring, a defective tool can also lead to tool breakage or even cause damage to the machines. This, in turn, interrupts existing production processes, reduces the number of manufactured components, and shortens the service life of your production equipment—all additional costs that an efficiently operating business cannot afford.
Quality Control and Wear Analysis
That is why you should systematically integrate quality control and wear analysis into your company’s workflows. Inspecting tools and assessing their quality should be part of your daily routine.
It is important that the measurement results are clearly documented and assigned to the individual tools and their storage locations. This ensures that a tool requiring regrinding is actually reconditioned before its next use. This ensures that your machines always operate with perfectly prepared tools.
Checking and monitoring tool condition has many advantages. Your drills and cutting tools continue to operate at full power and precision, production processes in your company remain under control, and you always have an overview of your tools’ service life—allowing you to ensure that replenishments and replacements are procured in a timely manner if necessary.
Measurement and Inspection with ZOLLER Technology
ZOLLER measuring and testing equipment guarantees reliable and smooth processes for every application. These systems operate with precision, repeatability, and independence from the operator. With the right solution, we offer you a cost-effective and fully automated method for measuring all tool parameters as part of your tool monitoring process. This ensures you can be 100% confident that your production is running with flawless tools.
Our measuring and testing devices transmit the target and actual data of the tools electronically, and wirelessly depending on the configuration. Suitable interfaces enable connection to virtually all systems involved in the grinding process. ZOLLER devices offer connections to ERP or CAM systems, to inventory management, and to systems from machine manufacturers such as NUMROTO, Anca, MTS, or the GDX 2.0 interface.
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Systematic monitoring
Tool monitoring provides real-time feedback on the tool’s condition at the moment of measurement. Is the cutting edge geometry correct? Is there any wear? Is there a risk of the cutting edge breaking? By measuring your precision tools, you can prevent damage to workpieces and avoid interruptions in manufacturing or production processes.
Of course, the various aspects of tool management and tool inspection can also be further integrated. ZOLLER offers networked solutions for the Smart Factory and Measurement Technology 4.0 via a central database.
We offer the perfect solution for inspecting and measuring tools at every stage of production—from incoming inspection through manufacturing to final inspection. Storage systems and automation concepts are, of course, also part of this.