b'B-Safe also features a predic- monitoring. He also reported know- ing centers.tive maintenance function that es- ing two major machine tool OEMsIf COVID-19 stays around much timates the remaining lifetime of athat have embedded remote moni- longer, more developments like spindle based on use of a machinetoring technology in their machin- these certainly will follow.CTEtool. He said plant or maintenance managers working remotely can be alerted on cellphones when spindle life reaches a certain preset thresh-old. After receiving an alert, a man-ager may call a repair company to arrange spindle service before aWe Have Live Tools, Speed Multipliers, breakdown occurs. Swiss Components and More. Remotemachinemonitoring also is possible with Balance Sys- Come Take a Look.temsVM25andVM15process control systems for grinding ma-chines, DAlessandro said. When connected to the internet, these systems can be checked by service engineers working from home.Unlike B-Safe, he said, these sys-tems allow remote maintenance via the internet.Because of machine wear, me-chanical conditions can be differ-ent after six months of operation, so the parameters of these systems may need to be adjusted a little, DAlessandro said. The same thing might be necessary if a grinding wheel is changed. If thats the case,Platinum Tooling is the exclusive North American importer of a service engineer using our servicestandard and custom live tools, angle heads, and multiple spindle tools manufactured by heimatec GmbH. Our experi-package can connect via the inter-net and adjust those parametersenced staff is dedicated to providing our customers the highest quality and most innovative tooling technology possible. remotely.He recently has seen more sys- Platinum Tooling serves the automotive, aerospace, medical, tems introduced by other compa- firearms and energy markets, as well as many other industries nies that enable remote machinein metalworking. In addition to the heimatec brand, Platinum Tooling is the exclusive North American importer of Tecnicrafts Swiss collets and guide bushings as well as Henninger spindle speed increasers. We also offer marking about the authortools, cleaners, and radio sensors from AMF.William Leventon16 E. Piper Lane, Ste.128is a contributingProspect Heights, ILwriter for CTE.847-749-0633Contact him [email protected] 609-926-6447www.platinumtooling.comor wleventon@ Preben Hansen, Presidentgmail.com.ctemag.com/cteguide.com13Platinum Tooling AD5915 CTE 2020MachTech.indd 13 5/14/20 12:21 PM'