• Kistler Instruments (India) Private Limited

Cutting Force Measurement

Kistler Instruments offers Piezoelectric Dynamometers for measuring cutting forces. How well can a given material be machined? What are the ideal process parameters? How do tool adjustments affect the cutting forces? So many challenges, but there is just one reliable partner: Kistler dynamometers deliver reliable force and torque measurements. Kistler’s stationary and rotating dynamometers are suitable for virtually every application, giving users the insights into machining processes that are essential to success. All these dynamometers are based on piezoelectric technology – the unrivalled measurement solution for maximum precision and signal quality. They feature excellent rigidity and convincingly high natural frequencies with compact yet robust designs and easy handling, so complex process analyses involving wide measurement ranges pose no problems at all. Drilling generates exceptionally high thermal loads on workpieces. Especially when safety-critical components are involved, process analysis based on measurements of process forces is the key factor that ensures maximum production reliability. Measuring the cutting forces in turning processes pays off in a variety of applications: investigation of plastic-mechanical behaviour in the actual cutting process, analysis of chip formation and its impact on the process, or identification of wear processes with force progressions – to name only a few. Piezoelectric dynamometers really come into their own in milling applications. High natural frequencies mean that accurate measurement results are guaranteed even with high tooth passing frequencies.