Patent ID: 8080918

Claim:
A material-removing cutting tool, comprising a carrier which carries at least one cutting element, the cutting tool being mounted in a tool holder or bearing of a machine tool and the machine tool being equipped with a device for controlling the machining of workpieces, wherein piezoceramic transducers are provided as sensors and optionally additionally as voltage generators and these transducers are arranged at least one location on the cutting tool or on its bearing arrangement in order to be impinged upon by at least one component of the cutting force which arises during the machining and acts on the cutting tool, wherein the transducers are connected to the control device of the machine tool and in that the signals generated in the sensors as a result of the action of forces and evaluated by the control device can be used for controlling at least one of the rotational speed of the drive of the workpiece or of the cutting tool, the feed rate or the feed engagement.