Jerusalem-based omat control technologies providessupplies optimonitor. Optimonitor is, a cnc metal cutting monitoring system, which continuously monitors the milling and drilling processes by measuring the spindle load and it also notes the.This system records tool performance data for all the tools used during cutting. Contents of these data include; these data include total cutting time, total time in material, tool wear, maximum load reached during each operation and the stop stages during cutting operations. These data may be displayed on the screen at any time between operations. Optimonitor can also supply sstatistical reports on overall cutting times and tool conditions per tool are also provided by the optimonitor. It records tthe load pattern for each programmed tool is also recorded by the optimonitor. Based on this pattern, 2 limits may be set. Whenever the actual load reaches stop overload limit, it responds by stopping the machine movement and whenever the actual load reaches warning overload limit, it responds with a warning lamp and stops the machine. Other advantageous features of the monitoring system include tool overload detection; coolant flow monitoring; cutting tool breakage detection; tool wear monitoring; cutting load monitoring; and tool performance statistics.
