In short, monitoring means
increased quality and lowered costs

Basically a monitoring solution will make sure that a tool is present and a process is running within its correct parameters.

If a tool breaks or is missing, or if a process leaves its expected parameters, a monitoring system will stop the machining process and/or initiate corrective measurements. A monitoring solution perfecty suited to your needs will even avoid most breakage events or warn you before such an event occurs.

What is Your Benefit?
Unattended production, increased process safety, less tool breakage
Quality assurance, increased workpiece quality
Damage minimization in case of tool breakage (e.g. on tool holder)
Damage minimization in case of machine collision
Optimum uptime and productivity, shorter primary processing time
Logging of events

Just think about these cost issues for a minute:
Cost for machine downtime
Cost for machine damage
Cost for secondary damage because of tool breakage
Cost for scrap metal
Cost for sorting out of rejects

If you cannot ignore these cost issues, get into Contact with us.

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Originally formed as a spin-off from the WZL (Laboratory of Machine Tools and Production Engineering) of the Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) in Germany, PROMETEC GmbH has since 1984 been developing systems for monitoring tools and machining processes involving metal cutting.

The proximity to the RWTH and the close contact with users served to augment the technological expertise of PROMETEC from the outset, and helped it to quickly become a worldwide leading supplier of tool monitoring systems for turning, drilling, milling, grinding and dressing.

An additional product range since 1988 includes powerful systems for diagnostics and monitoring of high-power lasers in materials processing.

PROMETEC has founded subsidiaries in America, Asia, West and East Europe and cooperates with worldwide sales parters.

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