US 12,411,471 B2
Cutting tool, tool system and communication control method
Masataka Funaki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/008,456
Filed by Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/018760
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/251072, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-099186 (JP), filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205166 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/402 (2006.01); B23B 27/16 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/402 (2013.01) [B23B 27/16 (2013.01); B23B 2270/32 (2013.01); B23B 2270/48 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33192 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37027 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37236 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37388 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting tool for turning, comprising:
a cutting insert having a cutting edge;
a holder to hold the cutting insert;
a wireless transmitter configured to transmit information based on a measurement result of a sensor attached to the holder;
an acceleration sensor disposed at the holder; and
a processor configured to perform first control of controlling activation of the wireless transmitter, based on a measurement result of the acceleration sensor,
wherein the acceleration sensor is configured to determine a state of the cutting tool with respect to a workpiece, and
wherein the first control includes selectively activating the wireless transmitter based on the state of the cutting tool with respect to the workpiece.