Tracking tap life/wear

[mark.browne]

We have issues where we run many different setups with different cycles.
The tools are removed from the holders and returned to the drawers at the end of the job.
The tools get a quick visual inspection on teardown and setup but nothing beyond that.
We get a fair number of broken taps, and resulting damaged work pieces.
I wonder if is it possible to predict tool life and toss the taps when they have run a certain number of cycles.
If this is so, are there simple / practical procedures anyone uses to track tool use without using computers or elaborate parts binning systems?

A related question: Can you examine motor power requirements to tell that a tap is reaching end-of-life conditions?

Thanks for sharing your answers with me!

Mark Browne