Sliding Envelope Adjustment
Scopes of Application of the Sliding Envelope
- Drill bit breakage detection in multi-spindle drill heads via effective power measurement
- Monitoring from the first workpiece with an initially rough limit distance which successively decreases from workpiece to workpiece (in combination with the "averaged curve")
- Turning with great allowance deviations (Recalculation of the envelope at each workpiece rotation based on the measurement curve of the previous rotation)
Application example multi-spindle drill head:
Allows for breakage monitoring of several drill bits driven by a common motor via effective power measurement.
Original problem: Changes in measured value height due to the breakage of a single drill bit are smaller than changes due to the wear of all drill bits. Thus, fixed envelops are not violated.
Solution: Sliding adjustment of the envelope limits from workpiece to workpiece to the changes in measurement curve height due to tool wear. This allows for a much smaller distance between envelope and measurement curve.
The envelope follows, at a percentage distance (e.g. ± 5 %), an "averaged measurement curve" obtained by averaging across the last workpieces.