| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 700192000 | Alignment of tool or workpiece (e.g., origin or path return) | 20 |
| 20090271027 | TURNING MACHINE AND MACHINING METHOD BY THE SAME - The turning machine according to the present invention includes a displacement sensor ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100076589 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device includes a substrate, an adjusting unit, a machine tool, a workpiece holder, a distance measuring component and a control unit. The adjusting unit is movably positioned on the substrate. The machine tool is positioned on one side of the adjusting unit and has a distal end. The workpiece holder is positioned on the substrate and faces the machine tool. The distance measuring component is aligned with the machine tool and the workpiece holder. The control unit is electrically coupled to the distance measuring component and the adjusting unit. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100262274 | MACHINING TOOL - A machining tool for speeding the transfer of workpieces among a plurality of spindles, downsizing the machine and facilitating maintenance, includes a plurality of spindles and a plurality of tool rests. The spindles are juxtaposed movably in the X-axis direction and each of the tool rests is disposed on an end surface of the spindle. The workpiece is machined by moving the spindle in the X-axis direction and moving the spindle and the tool rest relatively in the Z-axis direction. A workpiece holder between the neighboring two spindles and the moving ranges of the neighboring spindles in the X-axis direction are set to include a position where the spindles face the workpiece holder so that the workpiece may be transferred among the spindles and the workpiece holder. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110153057 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR TOOL MACHINE - A numerical control device includes a primary distribution pulse calculator that calculates primary distribution pulses obtained by distributing movement amounts in first and second directions included in a movement command of a work or a tool for each of predetermined calculation cycles. A secondary distribution pulse calculator calculates, for each movement direction, secondary distribution pulses obtained by distributing the primary distribution pulses of each calculation cycle calculated by the primary distribution pulse calculator, before and after corresponding calculation cycles within ranges of distribution sections across the corresponding calculation cycles and having an acceleration-deceleration time constant of the corresponding movement direction as a section width, and then accumulating the primary distribution pulses for each calculation cycle. A drive controller drives at least one of a tool moving device and a work moving device on the basis of the secondary distribution pulses calculated by the secondary distribution pulse calculator unit. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120035758 | DEVICE FOR COATING AN ELONGATED WORKPIECE - The invention relates to a device ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120116571 | Numerical Control Cutting Machine - A cutting machine for cutting metal, comprising: an understructure, rails ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120215342 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING THE DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY OF A 4-AXIS CNC MACHINING SYSTEM USING GLOBAL AND LOCAL OFFSETS - An electronic system for compensating the dimensional accuracy of a 4-axis CNC machining system includes a CNC machining system configured to machine a plurality of features into a part, a dimensional measuring device configured to measure a plurality of dimensions of the part, and to provide an output corresponding to the measured dimensions and a compensation processor in communication with the CNC machining system and dimensional measuring device. The CNC machining system includes a global coordinate system, and at least one feature being defined relative to a local coordinate system that is translated from the machine coordinate system. Additionally, the compensation processor is configured to receive the output from the dimensional measuring device, to calculate a plurality of CNC offsets, including at least one local offset, and to provide the offsets to the CNC machining system. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130151001 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR A SPHERICAL MEASUREMENT PROBE - Four basic measurements are performed when calibrating a spherical measurement probe fastened to a tool spindle having a fixed longitudinal position along the spindle axis. Moving the measurement probe transversely towards the calibration sphere yields a basic position of the tool spindle relative to an element with an attached calibration sphere, when measurement probe touches the calibration sphere. The measurement probe is rotated about the spindle axis from one basic measurement to the next by the same angle, whereas the orientation of the calibration sphere is maintained for all four basic measurements. Based on the basic positions, a reference position of the tool spindle relative to the element, at which the tool spindle is located above the calibration sphere and the spindle axis goes through a central point of the calibration sphere, is determined and taken into account in further calibration of the measurement probe. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130197689 | METHOD OF FORMING A CUT-PATH - A method of forming a cut path that includes the steps of selecting a first image line and a second closed image line surrounding an enclosed area, Overlying the second closed image line on the first image line and identifying a pair of intersections between the first image line and the second closed image line, and making a determination to turn one of right or left at both of the intersections of the pair of intersections to add portions of the second closed image line lying between the intersections with portions of the first image line to form a cut-path. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130204427 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device including tapping spindle (S | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130211578 | Generation Method and Generation Apparatus of Tool Path - The objective of the present invention is to generate a new tool path quickly by means of a simple calculation formula without calculating an approximated curve and the like. A tool path is generated with procedures that include: a distance calculation procedure, whereby one of the processing points (Pi) on a multiple rows of tool paths (PA) obtained by connecting multiple prescribed processing points sequentially with straight lines is set as a revision processing point (Pt), points on the multiple rows of tool paths in the vicinity of this revision processing point (Pt) are set as distance calculation points (Pu), and the distance (L) from the revision processing point (Pt) to each of the distance calculation points (Pu) is calculated; an extraction procedure, whereby the distance calculation points (Pu′) for which the distance (L) calculated by the distance calculation procedure is within a prescribed value (ΔL) are extracted; a mean value calculation procedure, whereby the mean values of the position data for the distance calculation points (Pu′) extracted by the extraction procedure and the position data for the revision processing point (Pt) are calculated; and a data revision procedure, whereby the position data for the revision processing point (Pt) is revised by means of the mean values calculated by the mean value calculation procedures, and a new tool path (PA′) is created on the basis of the position data for the revised processing point (Pt′). | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218324 | ARTICLE ASSEMBLING DEVICE USING ROBOT - An assembling device which does not use a positioning device for articles to be assembled, nor a feeder mechanism and a pneumatic mechanism for a bolt for assembling. The article assembling device includes a first robot which takes out and aligns a bolt by using a detection result of a first camera; a second robot which grips a first article by using a detection result of a second camera and conveys the first article to a position where the first article can be attached to a second article; and a bolt holding and fastening section which fastens the articles by using the aligned bolt. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130253695 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device for a working machine capable of controlling a tool posture relative to a workpiece using rotational driving of a rotary drive axis about a machine control point includes: an interpolation unit that performs an interpolation process on moving data generated from a machining program and outputs a position of the machine control point for each interpolation point; a coordinate transformation unit that transforms a position of the machine control point to a tool tip-point position; a stroke-limit determination unit that determines whether the position of the machine control point and the tool tip-point position fall within a range of a movable region, and selects and outputs a stroke limit signal indicating a stroke limit and a tool-posture changing command for instructing change of the tool posture; and a tool-posture changing unit that changes the tool posture in response to the tool-posture changing command. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130268110 | MACHINING ERROR CALCULATION APPARATUS, MACHINING ERROR CALCULATION METHOD, MACHINING CONTROL APPARATUS AND MACHINING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a machining error calculation apparatus for calculating the machining error more precisely through analysis. The apparatus comprises: a tool center displacement amount calculation part for calculating a displacement amount of a rotation center of the rotation tool according to the cutting resistance force in the rotation tool, in the case that the cutting resistance force generated in the rotation tool during said interrupted cutting is varied; a relative tool-edge position calculation part for calculating a relative tool-edge position of the cutting-edge portion with respect to the rotation center of the rotation tool; an absolute tool-edge position calculation part for calculating an absolute tool-edge position of the cutting-edge portion with respect to the workpiece, based on the displacement amount of the rotation center of the rotation tool and the relative tool-edge position; a machined shape calculation part for calculating the machined shape of the workpiece through transferring the absolute tool-edge position on the workpiece; and a machining error calculation unit for calculating a machining error of the workpiece based on a difference between the machined shape of the workpiece and an objective shape of the workpiece. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140025196 | BOLT JOINING METHOD AND TOOLS THEREFOR - A method for carrying out a stud joining process by a tool performing a working step on a workpiece and the working step is carried out while taking into account at least one parameter value which is selected from a set of values, and the working step is to be carried out at a certain position on the workpiece, and the position determines the parameter value. The method comprises the steps of: storing the parameter value for the position in an RFID transponder; locating the RFID transponder on the workpiece in the region of the position before the working step is carried out, reading the parameter value out from the RFID transponder with an RFID communication device associated with the tool. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140172153 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - In a numerical control device, with respect to an intervening variable within a posture adjustment interval, the transfer command derivation unit obtains a position coordinate of a tip point on a tip path corresponding to the intervening variable and a position coordinate of a midair point on a midair path corresponding to the intervening variable, adjusts the obtained position coordinate of the midair point so that a variation in a direction of a projection tool axis vector becomes more gradual, and obtains a tool axis vector extending from the obtained tip point to the adjusted midair point, while with respect to an intervening variable outside of the posture adjustment interval, the transfer command derivation unit obtains a position coordinate of the tip point corresponding to the intervening variable and a tool axis vector extending from the tip point toward the midair point corresponding to the intervening variable. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140309766 | Numerical Controller - A numeric controller is provided with a three-dimensional model storage which stores a three-dimensional model of at least one of a workpiece and a jig; a three-dimensional measuring unit which integrally measures shapes of the workpiece and the jig fixed to the machine tool; and a shape processor generating an integrally measured model based on the measured data, in which the workpiece and the jig being integrally recognized, measured by the three-dimensional measuring unit, and further generating, regarding at least one of the workpiece and the jig, an individually measured model in which the workpiece or the jig is individually measured based on the generated integrally measured model and the three-dimensional model of the workpiece or the jig. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150375318 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE ALONG A CUTTING LINE - A device for cutting a workpiece along a cutting line between a first end point and a second end point including a saw head, comprising an advancing mechanism with a guide carriage and with an advancing motor. The saw head is arranged on the guide carriage movable along an advancing direction, including a sensor system with a sensor element for monitoring the saw head, the advancing mechanism or the work process, including a control unit with a control element to control the saw head, the advancing mechanism and the sensor system as well as an evaluation element to evaluate a measured quantity detected by the sensor system, including an operating device to operate the saw head and the advancing mechanism, and including a display. On the basis of the measured quantity, the control unit calculates the momentary work result which is shown on the display. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160039014 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool includes a linear movement axis for moving a main spindle, at least two linear movement axes for moving a table, and a rotation table including at least one rotation axis, the rotation table being placed on the table. A numerical controller performs machining by executing a machining program for tool center point control where the tool orientation is fixed to a certain axis or a certain surface, and by changing the tool orientation by controlling each axis of the machine tool based on set tool use range and tool orientation change waveform pattern. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160187867 | ADAPTIVE PART PROFILE CREATION VIA INDEPENDENT SIDE MEASUREMENT WITH ALIGNMENT FEATURES - Alignment features ( | 06-30-2016 |
