ARS Advances in Radio Science ARS Adv. Radio Sci. 1684-9973 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/ars-12-35-2014 Multi-sensor Doppler radar for machine tool collision detection Wächter T. J. 1 Siart U. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-1903 1 Eibert T. F. 1 Bonerz S. 2 Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich, Germany Ott-Jakob Spanntechnik GmbH, Industriestr. 3–7, 87663 Lengenwang, Germany 10 11 2014 12 35 41 Copyright: © 2014 T. J. Wächter et al. 2014 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://ars.copernicus.org/articles/12/35/2014/ars-12-35-2014.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://ars.copernicus.org/articles/12/35/2014/ars-12-35-2014.pdf

Machine damage due to tool collisions is a widespread issue in milling production. These collisions are typically caused by human errors. A solution for this problem is proposed based on a low-complexity 24 GHz continuous wave (CW) radar system. The developed monitoring system is able to detect moving objects by evaluating the Doppler shift. It combines incoherent information from several spatially distributed Doppler sensors and estimates the distance between an object and the sensors. The specially designed compact prototype contains up to five radar sensor modules and amplifiers yet fits into the limited available space. In this first approach we concentrate on the Doppler-based positioning of a single moving target. The recorded signals are preprocessed in order to remove noise and interference from the machinery hall. We conducted and processed system measurements with this prototype. The Doppler frequency estimation and the object position obtained after signal conditioning and processing with the developed algorithm were in good agreement with the reference coordinates provided by the machine's control unit.

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