AMB 2018 - SMARTER CLAMPING AND GRIPPING

SCHUNK, THE COMPETENCE LEADER FOR gripping systems and clamping technology, calls its intelligent clamping technology “Smart Clamping”, which will help to ensure that even the most demanding processes will run smoothly in the future.

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The iTENDO is an intelligent toolholder that monitors metal cutting process directly on the tool, and enables real-time control of the cutting parameters. It is one of these smart technologies. For the first time, it will become possible to record vibrations, chatter marks, and tool failures in real time and to adjust the process immediately and fully automatically as soon as deviations occur. The smart tool, which is set to reach the market in 2019, allows complete documentation of process stability, unmanned limit value monitoring, tool breakage detection, and real-time control of speed and feed rate.