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WO2008136556A1 - Apparatus and method for measuring length of cutting tool - Google Patents

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WO2008136556A1
WO2008136556A1 PCT/KR2007/004358 KR2007004358W WO2008136556A1 WO 2008136556 A1 WO2008136556 A1 WO 2008136556A1 KR 2007004358 W KR2007004358 W KR 2007004358W WO 2008136556 A1 WO2008136556 A1 WO 2008136556A1
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Tae-Kyun Kim
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    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
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    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
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    • B23Q15/28Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work before or after the tool acts upon the workpiece with compensation for tool wear
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
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    • B23Q17/2233Arrangements for observing, indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring existing or desired position of tool or work for adjusting the tool relative to the workpiece
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
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    • G05B19/18Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
    • G05B19/406Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by monitoring or safety
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, for automatically measuring the length of the cutting tool by scanning a laser beam lengthwise of the tool outside or inside a machine and measuring a current value thereof.
  • cutting tools used for machine tools suffer from frictional action with workpieces during processing.
  • tool noses suffer from abrasion while cutting tools change in length or are destroyed due to an external main cause during processing.
  • fatigue tools cause errors as much as abrasion length in processing workpieces.
  • it is required to periodically measure a tool length while processing workpieces and compensate abrasion length.
  • Meantime there are several methods for conventional cutting-tool length measurement. Among them, generally, a method using a laser measurement unit or a method using a limit switch and a manual measurement method are being used.
  • the measurement method using laser has a drawback that it is required to scan a laser beam in a direction of radius of tool to perform measurement, transporting a shaft with tool. Installation within the machine deteriorates a machine activation efficiency.
  • Conventional measurement apparatus is installed within a machine and hence, has a drawback that environment is so poor because of power line and signal line processing, processing of air line for cleaning a contact part, cleaning a contacted part, installation part's chip, cutting oil, etc., and the risk of damage caused by malfunction exists always.
  • the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, for avoiding reducing a machine activation efficiency and being able to real-time utilize tool's damage and NC machine' s tool information resulting from measurement by installing the measurement apparatus inside a given machine, transporting a machine shaft, and performing measurement.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, for reducing occurrence of failure caused by erroneous input to the measurement apparatus by installing the measurement apparatus, which is a means for achieving the object, outside a machine, scanning laser lengthwise of the tool, and transceiving NC machine's tool information to DNC.
  • an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool in which a tool acceptance part is installed on a base frame, a plurality of cutting tools are held by tool holders installed at a magazine within the tool acceptance part, a transport rail 11 is fixed and installed on the base frame at an opposite side of the tool acceptance part, a transporter is installed on the transport rail, and a main shaft is installed in front of the transporter.
  • the apparatus is characterized by being configured to install a laser sensor in a predetermined position of an inner wall surface of the tool acceptance part.
  • a set position of a measurement apparatus can be diversified since measurement can be performed without moving a machine's shaft by scanning laser lengthwise of a tool.
  • the present invention can improve machine activation efficiency, avoid a mechanical error upon measurement, and avoid a measurement error caused by a calculator since information is measured and forwarded separately from machine's cutting process.
  • the present invention has an effect of minimizing a failure of processing caused by erroneous tool length upon work with more accurate measurement of tool length.
  • the present invention provides an effect of, when measurement is performed outside a cutting processing space without shaft transport, transmitting tool information on a cutting processing machine with NC through network, receiving tool number and cutting tool length information to measure tool information, comparing the measurement result with a received tool length, and transmitting the comparison result to NC, thereby avoiding troublesomeness causing a user to separately input tool information such that machine's activation can be made efficient .
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plane view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a part "A" of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state viewed from a bottom of an apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded view illustrating a part "B" of FIG. 4;
  • FIGS. 6A to 6C are cut-away views illustrating key parts showing measurement states according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a method for transceiving a measurement state as tool information to NC by network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • Tool acceptance part 20a Inner wall surface
  • Transporter 60 Main shaft 100: Laser sensor 101: Light emitting part
  • Light receiving part 200 Tool holder
  • Cutting tool 300 Light emitter 400: Light receiver
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plane view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a part "A" of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state viewed from a bottom of an apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded view illustrating a part "B" of FlG. 4.
  • FIGS. 6A to 6C are cut-away views illustrating key parts showing measurement states according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plane view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a part "A" of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a method for transceiving a measurement state as tool information to NC by network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. A description of a concept of an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool that is to be proposed in the present invention will be made.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool, wherein the apparatus is configured to install a laser device lengthwise of the accepted cutting tool, not inside, outside a machine in which cutting processing is performed and measure the length of the tool.
  • FIG. 2 A whole construction of an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown as in the accompanying FIG. 2.
  • the length measurement apparatus to be realized in the present invention is characterized in that a tool acceptance part 20 is installed on a base frame 10, a plurality of cutting tools 201 are held by tool holders 200 mounted at a magazine 30 within the tool acceptance part 20, a transport rail 11 is fixed and installed on the base frame 10 at an opposite side of the tool acceptance part 20, a transporter 50 is mounted on the transport rail 11, a main shaft 60 is installed in front of the transporter, a laser sensor 100 is installed in a predetermined position of an inner wall surface 20a of the tool acceptance part 20, desirably, in a horizontal position lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 mounted at the magazine 30.
  • an installation position of the laser sensor 100 is characterized in that the laser sensor 100 is installed in a predetermined position of the inner wall surface 20a of the tool acceptance part 20, desirably, in a horizontal position lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 mounted at the magazine 30.
  • FIGS. 6A to 6C show a conceptual view for laser measurement. They are characterized in that the light emitting part 101 is positioned in horizontal with a center lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 mounted at the tool holder 200 to emit laser horizontally and the light receiving part 102 is configured to receive laser at upper part near the light emitting part 101.
  • the measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that separate input is not required because NC device's tool information is received by network and used.
  • the apparatus has algorithm for, when a measured tool is a new tool, receiving tool information inputted to a machine upon initial measurement, measuring a current value, setting the current value as a basic length, setting the current value as a proper value of the tool, calling a designated tool according to a tool exchange command, and comparing a current value storing initial length information on the called tool with the measured current value to calculate a length.
  • the apparatus has algorithm for determining any damage.
  • a permissible range is set according to algorithm set by kinds of tool. Out of this range, it is determined whether damage occurs, the determination result is transmitted to machine's NC, and a machine controls the exchanged tool not to perform processing.
  • a whole structure of an NC processing machine and a method for receiving NC device's tool information are a technology common or well known to a person having an ordinary knowledge in the art and its particular detailed description will be omitted.
  • Non-described reference numeral 40 denotes a rotary unit .
  • the present invention can diversify a set position of a measurement apparatus since measurement can be performed without moving a machine's shaft by scanning laser lengthwise of a tool.
  • the present invention can improve machine activation efficiency, avoid a mechanical error upon measurement, and avoid a measurement error caused by a calculator since information is measured and forwarded separately from machine's cutting process.
  • the present invention has an effect of minimizing a failure of processing caused by erroneous tool length upon work with more accurate measurement of tool length.
  • the present invention provides an effect of, when measurement is performed outside a cutting processing space without shaft transport, transmitting tool information on a cutting processing machine with NC through network, receiving tool number and cutting tool length information to measure tool information, comparing the measurement result with a received tool length, and transmitting the comparison result to NC, thereby avoiding troublesomeness causing a user to separately input tool information such that machine's activation can be made efficient .

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Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool in an NC processing device wherein a tool acceptance part is installed on a base frame, a plurality of cutting tools are held by tool holders installed at a magazine within the tool acceptance part, a transport rail 11 is fixed and installed on the base frame at an opposite side of the tool acceptance part, a transporter is installed on the transport rail, and a main shaft is installed in front of the transporter. The apparatus is configured to install a laser sensor in a predetermined position of an inner wall surface of the tool acceptance part.

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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LENGTH OF CUTTING TOOL
Technical Field The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, for automatically measuring the length of the cutting tool by scanning a laser beam lengthwise of the tool outside or inside a machine and measuring a current value thereof.
Background Art
In general, cutting tools used for machine tools suffer from frictional action with workpieces during processing.
Hence, tool noses suffer from abrasion while cutting tools change in length or are destroyed due to an external main cause during processing.
Thus, fatigue tools cause errors as much as abrasion length in processing workpieces. To avoid such errors, it is required to periodically measure a tool length while processing workpieces and compensate abrasion length.
When tools are damaged during cutting processing, it is required to determine whether damage occurs using a contact or non-contact type measurement apparatus installed within a machine and exchange the damaged tools.
Meantime, there are several methods for conventional cutting-tool length measurement. Among them, generally, a method using a laser measurement unit or a method using a limit switch and a manual measurement method are being used.
The measurement method using laser has a drawback that it is required to scan a laser beam in a direction of radius of tool to perform measurement, transporting a shaft with tool. Installation within the machine deteriorates a machine activation efficiency.
In the measurement method using the limit switch, its measurement apparatus is low-priced and the measurement method also is simple, but there is a disadvantage that it is required to compensate a mechanical error caused by a structural characteristic of the limit switch. In other words, since the limit switch measures a tool's length in a mechanical touch method, when a transport speed of tool for a measurement position goes fast, there is a drawback that the limit switch is damaged or the tool is defected because of a hard touch point.
Conventional measurement apparatus is installed within a machine and hence, has a drawback that environment is so poor because of power line and signal line processing, processing of air line for cleaning a contact part, cleaning a contacted part, installation part's chip, cutting oil, etc., and the risk of damage caused by malfunction exists always.
Disclosure Technical Problem
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, for avoiding reducing a machine activation efficiency and being able to real-time utilize tool's damage and NC machine' s tool information resulting from measurement by installing the measurement apparatus inside a given machine, transporting a machine shaft, and performing measurement. Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for measuring a length of a cutting tool, for reducing occurrence of failure caused by erroneous input to the measurement apparatus by installing the measurement apparatus, which is a means for achieving the object, outside a machine, scanning laser lengthwise of the tool, and transceiving NC machine's tool information to DNC. Technical Solution
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described, there is provided an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool in which a tool acceptance part is installed on a base frame, a plurality of cutting tools are held by tool holders installed at a magazine within the tool acceptance part, a transport rail 11 is fixed and installed on the base frame at an opposite side of the tool acceptance part, a transporter is installed on the transport rail, and a main shaft is installed in front of the transporter. The apparatus is characterized by being configured to install a laser sensor in a predetermined position of an inner wall surface of the tool acceptance part.
Advantageous Effects
According to the present invention, a set position of a measurement apparatus can be diversified since measurement can be performed without moving a machine's shaft by scanning laser lengthwise of a tool. The present invention can improve machine activation efficiency, avoid a mechanical error upon measurement, and avoid a measurement error caused by a calculator since information is measured and forwarded separately from machine's cutting process. Hence, the present invention has an effect of minimizing a failure of processing caused by erroneous tool length upon work with more accurate measurement of tool length. The present invention provides an effect of, when measurement is performed outside a cutting processing space without shaft transport, transmitting tool information on a cutting processing machine with NC through network, receiving tool number and cutting tool length information to measure tool information, comparing the measurement result with a received tool length, and transmitting the comparison result to NC, thereby avoiding troublesomeness causing a user to separately input tool information such that machine's activation can be made efficient .
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a plane view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a part "A" of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state viewed from a bottom of an apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is an exploded view illustrating a part "B" of FIG. 4;
FIGS. 6A to 6C are cut-away views illustrating key parts showing measurement states according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a method for transceiving a measurement state as tool information to NC by network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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10: Base frame 11: Transport rail
20: Tool acceptance part 20a: Inner wall surface
30: Magazine 40: Rotary unit
50: Transporter 60: Main shaft 100: Laser sensor 101: Light emitting part
102: Light receiving part 200: Tool holder
201: Cutting tool 300: Light emitter 400: Light receiver
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Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings . Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are provided to more easily describe the present invention for those having an ordinary knowledge in the art. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. In the drawings, like numerals denote like elements.
First, the accompanying drawings will be briefly described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plane view illustrating a whole construction according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a part "A" of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state viewed from a bottom of an apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exploded view illustrating a part "B" of FlG. 4. FIGS. 6A to 6C are cut-away views illustrating key parts showing measurement states according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a method for transceiving a measurement state as tool information to NC by network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. A description of a concept of an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool that is to be proposed in the present invention will be made.
The present invention provides an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool, wherein the apparatus is configured to install a laser device lengthwise of the accepted cutting tool, not inside, outside a machine in which cutting processing is performed and measure the length of the tool.
A whole construction of an apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown as in the accompanying FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2, the length measurement apparatus to be realized in the present invention is characterized in that a tool acceptance part 20 is installed on a base frame 10, a plurality of cutting tools 201 are held by tool holders 200 mounted at a magazine 30 within the tool acceptance part 20, a transport rail 11 is fixed and installed on the base frame 10 at an opposite side of the tool acceptance part 20, a transporter 50 is mounted on the transport rail 11, a main shaft 60 is installed in front of the transporter, a laser sensor 100 is installed in a predetermined position of an inner wall surface 20a of the tool acceptance part 20, desirably, in a horizontal position lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 mounted at the magazine 30.
This configuration will be easily understood through a detailed description below. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, an installation position of the laser sensor 100 is characterized in that the laser sensor 100 is installed in a predetermined position of the inner wall surface 20a of the tool acceptance part 20, desirably, in a horizontal position lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 mounted at the magazine 30.
This is to measure an abraded state of the cutting tool in more accurate position.
FIGS. 6A to 6C show a conceptual view for laser measurement. They are characterized in that the light emitting part 101 is positioned in horizontal with a center lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 mounted at the tool holder 200 to emit laser horizontally and the light receiving part 102 is configured to receive laser at upper part near the light emitting part 101. The measurement method according to the present invention is characterized in that separate input is not required because NC device's tool information is received by network and used.
The apparatus according to the present invention has algorithm for, when a measured tool is a new tool, receiving tool information inputted to a machine upon initial measurement, measuring a current value, setting the current value as a basic length, setting the current value as a proper value of the tool, calling a designated tool according to a tool exchange command, and comparing a current value storing initial length information on the called tool with the measured current value to calculate a length. The apparatus has algorithm for determining any damage.
A permissible range is set according to algorithm set by kinds of tool. Out of this range, it is determined whether damage occurs, the determination result is transmitted to machine's NC, and a machine controls the exchanged tool not to perform processing.
A whole structure of an NC processing machine and a method for receiving NC device's tool information are a technology common or well known to a person having an ordinary knowledge in the art and its particular detailed description will be omitted.
Non-described reference numeral 40 denotes a rotary unit .
Industrial Applicability
As described above, the present invention can diversify a set position of a measurement apparatus since measurement can be performed without moving a machine's shaft by scanning laser lengthwise of a tool. The present invention can improve machine activation efficiency, avoid a mechanical error upon measurement, and avoid a measurement error caused by a calculator since information is measured and forwarded separately from machine's cutting process. Hence, the present invention has an effect of minimizing a failure of processing caused by erroneous tool length upon work with more accurate measurement of tool length. The present invention provides an effect of, when measurement is performed outside a cutting processing space without shaft transport, transmitting tool information on a cutting processing machine with NC through network, receiving tool number and cutting tool length information to measure tool information, comparing the measurement result with a received tool length, and transmitting the comparison result to NC, thereby avoiding troublesomeness causing a user to separately input tool information such that machine's activation can be made efficient . While the present invention has been described and illustrated herein with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention that come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents .

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1. An apparatus for measuring a length of a cutting tool in an NC processing device wherein a tool acceptance part 20 is installed on a base frame 10, a plurality of cutting tools 201 are held by tool holders 200 installed at a magazine 30 within the tool acceptance part 20, a transport rail 11 is fixed and installed on the base frame 10 at an opposite side of the tool acceptance part 20, a transporter 50 is installed on the transport rail 11, and a main shaft 60 is installed in front of the transporter 50, the apparatus being characterized by being configured to install a laser sensor 100 in a predetermined position of an inner wall surface 20a of the tool acceptance part 20.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the laser sensor 100 is installed in a horizontal position lengthwise of the cutting tool 201 installed at the magazine 30.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the laser sensor 100 receives tool information using a controller of the measurement apparatus and data using network and measures a length of a measured cutting tool.
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