The condition of your tools determines the quality of the workpieces. Tool monitoring in different forms has therefore long been one of the cornerstones of quality assurance.
Defective or imperfectly prepared tools are a problem for many reasons. They can result in entire batches of defective products, and this waste often goes unnoticed and creeps up on you—something you definitely want to avoid.
Without proper monitoring, a defective tool can also lead to tool breakage or even damage to the machines. This in turn interrupts existing production processes, reduces the number of components manufactured, and shortens the lifetime of your production equipment—all additional costs that an effective operation does not want to incur.
Quality control and wear analysis
That is why you should systematically integrate quality control and wear analysis into your company's workflows. Checking tools and measuring their quality should be part of your daily routine.
It is important that the measurement results are clearly documented and assigned to the individual tools and their storage location. This ensures that a tool that needs to be reground is actually prepared before its next use. This ensures that your machines always work with perfectly prepared tools.
Checking and monitoring the condition of your tools has many advantages. Your drills and cutting tools continue to work at full power and with precision, the production processes in your company remain under control, and you always have an overview of the tool life of your tools – allowing you to ensure that replacements and spare parts are procured in good time if necessary.
Measurement and checks with technology from ZOLLER
ZOLLER measuring and testing devices guarantee reliable and smooth processes for every area of application. They work precisely, with high repeatability, and independently of the operator. With the appropriate solution, we offer you economical and fully automatic measurement of all tool parameters for tool monitoring. So you can be 100% sure that your production is working with flawless tools.
Our measuring and inspection devices transfer the target/actual data of the tools electronically, and depending on the configuration, also wirelessly. Suitable interfaces make it possible to connect to almost all systems involved in the grinding process. ZOLLER devices offer connections to ERP or CAM systems, to warehousing and to systems from machine manufacturers such as NUMROTO, Anca, MTS or the GDX 2.0 interface.
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Systematic checks
Tool monitoring provides you with real-time feedback on the tool condition at the moment of measurement. Is the cutting geometry correct, is there any bluntness, is there a risk of cutting edge breakage? Measurements on your precision tools can avoid damage to workpieces and interruptions to production processes or production sequences.
Of course, the different aspects of tool management and tool control can also be further networked. ZOLLER offers networked solutions for the smart factory, measuring technology 4.0, via a central database.
We have the perfect solution for Inspection & Measuring tools for every step of the manufacturing process—from incoming inspection to production to final inspection. Storage systems and automation concepts are also part of the package, of course.
