IP Library Patent Application 17641579
Patent Application
App. No. 17/641,579

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE DEVICE

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App. No.
17/641,579
Abstract

Communication system and machine device. A communication system consisting of at least one data acquisition device ( 94 ) for acquiring sensor data of at least one machine device provided for cutting machining, preferably in real time, data collection device ( 102 ) for digitizing the collected data, and a data evaluation device ( 122 ) for the collected digitized data.

Claims (20)

1 . A communication system consisting of at least one

data acquisition device ( 94 ) for acquiring sensor data of at least one machine device provided for cutting machining, preferably in real time,

data collection device ( 102 ) for digitizing the collected data, and

data evaluation device ( 122 ) for the collected digitized data.

2 . A machine device, in particular as part of a communication system according to claim 1 , in the form of a tool turret ( 10 ) or a rotary table, having a housing part ( 12 ) and a receiving part ( 14 ), which can be fixed relative thereto in predeterminable angular positions starting from a release position, characterized in that at least one part of at least one information- and/or energy-conveying transmission link ( 28 ) is formed between the parts ( 12 , 14 ) in the fixed to each other state of the parts ( 12 , 14 ) and is interrupted in the release position.

3 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the respective transmission link ( 28 ) is established via a contacting device ( 32 ), which is conceived in a re-releasable form or contactless.

4 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the information-conveying transmission link ( 28 ) is used to transmit sensor data and the power-conveying transmission link ( 28 ) is used to transmit a supply voltage for the respective sensor ( 96 ) or an additional attachment device.

5 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least one of the sensors ( 96 ) listed below is used as sensor data detecting means:

temperature sensor

deformation sensor

pressure sensor

acceleration sensor

vibration sensor,

humidity sensor,

structure-borne sound sensor including microphone.

6 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the respective sensor ( 96 ) is installed in a tool receptacle ( 22 ) for a tool holder ( 24 ), which can be fixed in circumferentially arranged receptacles ( 20 ) on a tool disk ( 16 ) of a tool turret ( 10 ).

7 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the respective sensors ( 96 ) on the tool receptacle ( 22 ) can be connected to parts of the respective transmission link ( 28 ) on the side of the pivotable receiving part ( 14 ) via a further contacting device ( 38 ).

8 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the contacting device ( 32 ) at the stationary housing parts ( 12 ) has an actuator device ( 46 ), which actuates a male-female connector connection ( 44 , 58 ) to the swivel receiving part ( 14 ) in one of its fixed machining positions.

9 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the actuator device ( 46 ) comprises an energizable actuating magnet ( 50 ) or is formed from a re-releasable serration unit ( 74 ), in which under the influence of a medium a planar-sided ratchet teeth ( 76 ) engages with a stationary ( 86 ) and a toothed disk, which is rotatable ( 88 ) relative thereto, and in that in the locking position, in which all the serrations ( 76 , 86 , 88 ) are engaged with each other, the contacting device ( 32 ) is in its closed functional position establishing the transmission link ( 28 ) and is interrupted in the releasing position.

10 . The machine device according to claim 1 , characterized in that a part of the transmission link ( 28 ) is formed by a current-conveying part by components of the ratchet teeth ( 74 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2023
From: ZEITFRACHT GMBH & CO. KGAA
To: KOLIBRI BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 064558/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: BECK, MATTHIAS; STANIEK, MATTHIAS; EWALD, MARIUS; WORCH, MARTIN
To: ZEITFRACHT GMBH & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 059210/0225 →