Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
700169000 | Supervisory control (e.g., plural tools or plural processors) | 13 |
20080243299 | Machine tool control system - A machine tool controller is provided that includes a processor configured to execute a sequence of instructions in accordance with an operating program and a user program. A volatile memory temporarily stores instructions and data during execution of the sequence of instructions by the processor, and is coupled to the processor via a first interface. A first non-volatile memory stores the operating program and is coupled to the processor via a second interface. A second non-volatile memory stores the user program and is coupled to the processor via a third interface. A video controller is configured to control a user display in accordance with display data generated by the processor and is coupled to the processor via a fourth interface. A dual-port memory is coupled to the processor via a fifth interface and couples a serial bus controller configured to control communications with an external device via a serial bus to the processor. An external bus interface is configured to communicate control commands for controlling a machine tool generated by the processor via an external bus and is coupled to said processor via a sixth interface. | 10-02-2008 |
20100211208 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND CUTTING METHOD USING THE SAME - A cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool program control module configured for controlling a number of cutting tools to cut an element. The cutting tool program control module includes a cutting tool program storing unit, a cutting tool program selecting unit, and a cutting tool program executing unit. The cutting tool program storing unit stores a number of cutting tool programs for controlling the number of cutting tools accordingly. The cutting tool program selecting unit selects one or more cutting tool programs and stores corresponding selecting information according to the selected cutting tool programs. The cutting tool program executing unit executes the selected cutting tool programs according to the selecting information stored in the cutting tool program selecting unit. | 08-19-2010 |
20110098843 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A WORKPIECE MANIPULATOR OF A MACHINE TOOL - The invention relates to a method for activating a workpiece manipulator ( | 04-28-2011 |
20140371898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MACHINE TOOL INFORMATION FOR HETEROGENEOUS NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for managing machine tool information for heterogeneous numerical control devices, and more particularly, to a system and a method for managing machine tool information for heterogeneous numerical control devices which may manage data of heterogeneous numerical control devices by a mobile device through a network, such as a wide area Internet or local WiFi, and monitor an operational state of the machine tool. | 12-18-2014 |
20150301516 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER AND PROGRAM EDITING METHOD HAVING MACHINING CYCLE GENERATION FUNCTION - Disclosed is a numerical controller that recognizes a range between a machining command for a tool number previously designated by an NC program for machining control and a machining command for the next tool number as a single machining process, generates a machining cycle command from the recognized single machining process, and generates an NC program in which the single machining process on the NC program is replaced by the generated machining cycle command. | 10-22-2015 |
20150378349 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINING METHOD - A numerical control device includes: a memory storing in advance angular difference information between each of first cutting shafts formed for an upper tool post and a second cutting shaft of a lower tool post and a machining program including a movement command for the upper tool post to move an imaginary shaft, which moves along the same line as the second cutting shaft and performs cutting from a direction opposite to the second cutting shaft with respect to the main shaft; a shaft-command distribution processing unit distributing the movement command to move the imaginary shaft to the first cutting shaft components based on the angular difference information; and a shaft-synchronization processing unit driving the first cutting shafts based on the movement command distributed to the first cutting shaft components and driving the second cutting shaft by the movement amount same as that in the direction of the imaginary shaft. | 12-31-2015 |
20160031056 | Method of fault detection and classification (FDC) for improved tool control capabilities - A method of a fault detection and classification (FDC) may be used to determine outlier tools from a plurality of tools. The method includes generating a plurality of parameter charts, generating a plurality of group charts according to the plurality of parameter charts, generating a score table according to the plurality of group charts, determining outlier tools according to the score table, and performing tool correction on the outlier tools. | 02-04-2016 |
20160091889 | NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A numerical control system for controlling a plurality of machining tools by a host computer connected to the machining tools via communication line, having a host-computer-side numerical control device including a control information generation unit, and a machining-tool-side numerical control device, installed in each machining tool, including a shaft control unit configured to control a shaft of the machining tool based on the control information sent from the host computer and a machining-tool-side network control unit configured to send the feedback information to the host computer. | 03-31-2016 |
20160109872 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device is the numerical control device that controls a machine tool including a plurality of spindles that each rotate a tool opposed to a workpiece around a tool axis relative to the workpiece and a feed shaft that performs a feed operation such that a plurality of the tools relatively move closer to a plurality of the workpieces, and the numerical control device includes an associated-synchronous-tapping unit that associates, according to an associated-synchronous-tapping command, rotation and feed of a spindle on an associated side among the spindles with rotation and feed of a spindle on a reference side among the spindles and simultaneously performs synchronous tapping with the tools. | 04-21-2016 |
20160124422 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEM - An autonomous control system having a numerical control device configured to perform machining operation by driving control of an item in a machining tool and an external device, the numerical control device includes a configuration data storing unit configured to store configuration data representing configuration of the item, and a machining program looking-ahead processing unit configured to generate item disposition data, and the external device includes a work information storing unit, an interference determination processing unit configured to command start of operation of the external device at time when the operation of the external device does not interfere with the item driven in the machining tool. | 05-05-2016 |
20160161939 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TOOL LIFE ON CNC MACHINES - A system for managing the longevity of tools of a programmable CNC machine including means for inputting into the machine control a designation of a tool for use therein, means for recording the time of usage of such tool, means for computing the cumulative time of usage of such tool over a lifetime of usage thereof, means for computing the average time of usage of such tool and means for signaling the usage of such tool for a selected percentage of such average time. | 06-09-2016 |
20160202690 | A TOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
20160375570 | Machine Tool Device - A machine tool device includes at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit and at least one drive-unit sensor unit configured to sense at least one drive-unit characteristic value, which can be processed by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit at least for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a drive unit of a machine tool and/or for an output of information to an operator. The machine tool device further includes at least one processing-tool sensor unit configured to sense at least one processing-tool characteristic value, which can be processed by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit at least for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the drive unit and/or for an output of information to an operator. | 12-29-2016 |