A real-time tool monitoring system for gear hobbing machines has been developed and implemented in manufacturing plants to accurately detect and track tool wear through data collection and without changing process parameters.
Read the Intelligent Process Monitoring Is Advancing Gear-making Productivity article, written by Jorge Pena, Product Manager of Marposs Monitoring Solutions (metal cutting line) for the North American market, that first appeared in the February 2017 issue of Gear Solutions.