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The “Digital Caliper” — Tool for Added Economic Efficiency in
Regrinding
This is precisely why these two highly-motivated partners fo
cused on both theory and practice in developing the »reGrind«
»pomBasic« regrinding module: they wanted to develop a new
tool for more economic efficiency and process security, to find
a way to “finally make regrinding work more profitable” says
Dieter Müller from ZOLLER.
Thanks to the new »reGrind« software module in the »pomSoft«
software, the »pomBasic« tool inspection device can now
be used in the measuring instrument software as a “digital
caliper” for all wear measurements on cutting tools.
The Functions Are Simple
Before the grinding process, a so-called “digital twin” is created.
Then the tools are measured and checked for wear and tear
using high-resolution image processing. This makes even the
smallest hairline fractures on the tool visible, for example,
allowing it to be removed from service on the machine even be
fore the actual grinding process begins.
If the tool passes the quality test and is rated as eligible for
regrinding, the employee can transfer the services — deter
mined fully automatically — directly to the machine program.
One advantage of the cooperation is that ZOLLER has expanded
data output to control mechanisms by adding a palleting
programmodule. This means that one employee at SPREYER can
complete all programming related to production planning for
the machine entirely using »pomBasic«. The palleting file
created in »pomBasic« is transmitted directly to the machine
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