The Development of Cutting Tools Active Control Methodology for Numerical Control Milling Machines

The paper deals with the issues of the cutting tools (CT) widespread control methodology using tool setters; the new CT active control method is also proposed. The manual operations are reduced by this methodology due to the automatic development of tool setters’ programs via the CT database. The operation adaptation of computer numerical control (CNC) machines is provided by upgrading tool setters’ functioning algorithms. Both the CNC machines production performance increasing and the required product workmanship achievement of machine-building as well as instrument-making production might be received through the new methodology application. The advantages of this methodology are, firstly, cost-effectiveness due to the use of standard CNC machines sensors and, secondly, exclusion of manual processing for measurement results.