Installed in an Okuma Genos 460 machining center, the system uses a servo motor and encoder to identify the tool position and will send a signal to the CNC machine control when it identifies a broken part.

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Undetected broken drills or taps are notorious time and materials wasters. Almost as bad is a detection system that interrupts the machining process to check the tools. In this video Gosiger engineers demonstrate how a BK Mikro checking device can be used in-magazine to check for tool breakage outside of the cutting area.

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This optional system saves considerable cycle time over tool breakage detectors that must intrude on the cutting area to check drills or taps.