Smart tool holder

Day, Robert Dean; Foreman, Larry R; Hatch, Douglas J; Meadows, Mark S

Title: Smart tool holder

Abstract

There is provided an apparatus for machining surfaces to accuracies within the nanometer range by use of electrical current flow through the contact of the cutting tool with the workpiece as a feedback signal to control depth of cut.

Inventors:

Day, Robert Dean ^[1]; Foreman, Larry R ^[1]; Hatch, Douglas J ^[1]; Meadows, Mark S ^[2]

Los Alamos, NM
Boston, MA

Issue Date:: 1998-01-01

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 871816

Patent Number(s):: 5802937

Assignee:: Regents of University of Calif. (Oakland, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G05 - CONTROLLING G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B23 - MACHINE TOOLS B23B - TURNING

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G - PHYSICS G05 - CONTROLLING G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL
G05B19/40 - Open loop systems, e.g. using stepping motor
G05B19/182 - {characterised by the machine tool function, e.g. thread cutting, cam making, tool direction control

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B23 - MACHINE TOOLS B23B - TURNING
B23B25/06 - Measuring, gauging, or adjusting equipment on turning-machines for setting-on, feeding, controlling, or monitoring the cutting tools or work

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T82/10 - Process of turning
Y10T82/2535 - Electrical type
Y10T408/17 - to control infeed

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DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: smart; tool; holder; provided; apparatus; machining; surfaces; accuracies; nanometer; range; electrical; current; flow; contact; cutting; workpiece; feedback; signal; control; depth; cut; feedback signal; tool holder; cutting tool; current flow; electrical current; /82/408/

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Surface modification with the scanning tunneling microscope
journal, September 1986

Abraham, David W.; Mamin, H. Jonathon; Ganz, Eric
IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 30, Issue 5
https://doi.org/10.1147/rd.305.0492

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