Wire electric discharge machine having function to correct detected value of tensile force

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10105776-B2
Application number	US-201615062106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2016
Priority date	Mar 6, 2015
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

There is provided a wire electric discharge machine including a calibrating unit which carries out calibration for obtaining a detected deviation amount of the tensile force detector based on the set tensile force and a tensile force detected by the tensile force detector when the set tensile force is applied, the calibrating unit correcting output of the tensile force detector by the detected deviation amount which is obtained by the calibration, and the wire electric discharge machine carries out feedback control of the tensile force of the wire electrode based on a corrected detected tensile force which is obtained by correcting the detected tensile force of the tensile force detector by the calibrating unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wire electric discharge machine, comprising:
a wire electrode;
at least one motor and at least one motor controller configured to control the at least one motor for giving a tensile force to the wire electrode;
a tensile force detector configured to detect a tensile force of the wire electrode, wherein a detected tensile force detected by the tensile force detector is fed back to perform feedback control of the tensile force of the wire electrode such that the tensile force becomes equal to a set tensile force; and
at least one processor configured to
carry out calibration for obtaining a detected deviation amount of the tensile force detector based on the set tensile force and a tensile force detected by the tensile force detector when the set tensile force is applied,
correct output of the tensile force detector by the detected deviation amount which is obtained by the calibration, and
correct a detected value of a tensile force for carrying out feedback control of the tensile force of the wire electrode based on a corrected detected tensile force which is obtained by correcting the detected tensile force of the tensile force detector.

2. The wire electric discharge machine having according to claim 1 , wherein in the calibration, the detected deviation amount is obtained and stored as a function of the set tensile force, and when electric discharge machining is carried out, a detected deviation amount with respect to a value of the tensile force to be set by the function is obtained, and the detected tensile force detected by the tensile force detector is corrected with the detected deviation amount, as a corrected detected tensile force.

3. The wire electric discharge machine according to claim 1 , wherein in the calibration, a sequence of points of a combination of a plurality of set tensile forces and a tensile force detected by the tensile force detector when the set tensile forces are applied is stored, and when electric discharge machining is carried out, a detected deviation amount with respect to a tensile force which is set when machining is carried out is obtained by the sequence of points of a combination of the stored set tensile force and the detected tensile force, and the detected tensile force detected by the tensile force detector is corrected with the detected deviation amount, as a corrected detected tensile force.

4. The wire electric discharge machine according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is configured to apply a driving force to the wire electrode.

5. The wire electric discharge machine according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration of the tensile force detector is carried out when a sending operation of the wire electrode is stopped.

6. The wire electric discharge machine according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration of the tensile force detector is carried out when the wire electrode is sent out.

7. The wire electric discharge machine according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration of the tensile force detector is automatically carried out when temperature is changed by a given amount, or information inducing calibration of the tensile force detector is displayed.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Hada Keita

Classifications

• B23H7/104 Primary

  Wire tension control · CPC title

• B23H7/265

  Mounting of one or more thin electrodes · CPC title

• B23H7/04 Primary

  Apparatus for supplying current to working gap; Electric circuits specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B23H11/00

  Auxiliary apparatus or details, not otherwise provided for · CPC title