Tool Wear Measurements

Tool wear is the gradual failure that cutting tools go through due to regular operation. Replacing tools that have significant wear timely is a necessary task. With our VisionGauge® OnLine machine vision and inspection systems, you can perform tool wear measurements. Our systems are excellent on high magnification conditions, can be fully automated, and have a resolution of 0.1 microns.

Embedded with VisionGauge® OnLine comes our Digital Video Comparator, this tool will allow you to place a CAD file on top of the tool being analyzed. The CAD file will be automatically resized to match the tool's size and then the difference between the two is examined. In addition all the automatic flaw detection tools of VisionGauge® OnLine are included in our machine vision and inspection systems.

Our visual inspection systems can be customized to your needs with some of the following features:

• High-precision crossed-roller movement with 0.1-micron encoder feedback
• Interchangeable levels of magnification
• Computer controlled illumination, direct or reflected
• Computer controlled movement in 3-D
• Computer controlled motorized zoom and focus
• Vibration isolation
• and many more...

In addition, VisionGauge® OnLine machine vision software can be easily programmed to perform the tool wear measurements for you; even different type of programs can be saved to measure different tools. Please contact us to know how our systems can be fully customized to meet your specific needs.