Patent ID: 6597464
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B23Q,G01B,G05B

Abstract:
A method of testing a cutting-edge geometry of a rotatably drivable tool with a measuring system, comprising the following steps:definition of a region, to be tested, on the tool, rotation of the tool at a chosen constant rotational speed, emission of a measuring beam that defines the measuring range, positioning of the tool so that an envelope surface, produced by the rotation, of its region to be tested enters the measuring range, and detection of signals that indicate interactions of the measuring beam with obstacles in its propagation path, synchronization of the measuring system with the rotation of the tool on the basis of the sequence of detected signals, and subsequently performing the detection only during chosen detection time intervals that each comprise a standard time instant, each standard time instant being a time instant at which it is to be expected that the region to be tested enters the measuring range during rotation.