ACOUSTIC SENSORS FOR GRINDING PROCESS MONITORING

"A grinder is a beautiful machine, but it’s kind of blind. Without AE sensors, you have to make a somewhat indeterminate guess of the wheel’s position when it is engaged with the dresser and when the dressing is complete. With AE sensors, that’s not a guess, it’s reality. (...) Grinding machines need the 'eyes' provided by AE sensors in dressing operations" told Giordano Falchieri, product manager in Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Read the Now Hear This article, that first appeared in the April 2008 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine.