YOUNG IDEAS project proposal: Smart spIndle for robotic machining application

New, digitalized manufacturing system present a challenge to machine tool builders, who must adapt to their machine designs to Industry 4.0 expectation. One of the possible ways to ease this transition is the emergence a smart component concept. It constitutes a partial intelligence (sensing, connectivity, self-diagnosis) which can be used by the machine tool for higher level objectives like improved process control, condition monitoring of the machine etc. Project SPIROMAC is aimed at development of such smart component with the use case of a spindle for a novel technology: robotic machining. The project concerns the development of sensory system with the algorithms and software architecture for a physical electro spindle that is currently under development. Project proposal for the YOUNG IDEAS call. ABSTRACT: The primary function of the smart component are multi sensorial estimation of geometrical deflection of shaft and estimated contact force. Elaborating this information at high precision level requires development and implementation of dynamic model of the spindle in the electronic board (edge-node) and advanced sensing and calibration algorithms with will utilize cloud computing technology. A suitable software architecture is conceived to accomplish this goal, as well as other auxiliary functions such condition monitoring and events logging and data presentation to the user via simple web-service.