Tool replacement timing management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11376701-B2
Application number	US-202016831882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A tool replacement timing management system includes a data acquisition section configured to acquire time series data indicating a machining state from a machine, a data cutout section configured to cut out specimen data from the time series data according to at least one condition or a combination of conditions selected from among machining, a tool, a workpiece, and a tool speed, a machining state variable calculating section configured to calculate a machining state variable, which is a statistical index, from the specimen data, a tool deterioration state generation section configured to generate tool deterioration state data in which the machining state variable is aligned in a time series, and a tool replacement timing calculating section configured to calculate a tool replacement timing on a basis of the tool deterioration state data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tool replacement timing management system, comprising:
a data acquisition section configured to acquire time series data indicating a machining state from a machine;
a data cutout section configured to cut out specimen data from the time series data according to at least one condition or a combination of conditions selected from among machining, a tool, a workpiece, and a tool speed;
a machining state variable calculating section configured to calculate a machining state variable, which is a statistical index, from the specimen data;
a tool deterioration state generation section configured to generate tool deterioration state data in which the machining state variable is aligned in a time series; and
a tool replacement timing calculating section configured to calculate a tool replacement timing on a basis of the tool deterioration state data.

2. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 1 , wherein the combination of conditions includes that each of the machining, the tool, the workpiece, and the tool speed is identical, or that at least one of the machining, the tool, the workpiece, and the tool speed is similar.

3. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 1 , wherein the tool deterioration state data are obtained by aligning the machining state variable in a time series, with a period from after replacing the tool until before replacing a tool being one cycle.

4. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 3 , wherein the tool replacement timing calculating section calculates a tool replacement timing threshold value on a basis of the tool deterioration state data previously generated, and calculates the tool replacement timing in the tool deterioration state data newly generated.

5. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 4 , wherein the tool replacement timing threshold value is an average value obtained by averaging a maximum value of the machining state variable in one cycle over a plurality of cycles, or an average value obtained by averaging the machining state variable immediately before a change in the machining state variable in one cycle is maximized over a plurality of cycles, or a maximum value in average tool deterioration state data in which an average value of the machining state variable at an identical time point over a plurality of cycles is aligned in a time series.

6. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 4 , wherein the tool replacement timing calculating section calculates the tool replacement timing threshold value on a basis of the tool deterioration state data of a specific worker.

7. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 4 , further comprising a residual machining amount calculating section configured to calculate a residual machining amount on a basis of the tool deterioration state data newly generated and the tool replacement timing threshold value.

8. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 4 , further comprising:
a tool deterioration state range calculating section configured to calculate average tool deterioration state data in which an average value of the machining state variable at an identical time point over a plurality of cycles is aligned in a time series, and standard deviation tool deterioration state data in which a standard deviation of the machining state variable at an identical time point over a plurality of cycles is aligned in a time series, to calculate a range obtained by adding and subtracting a predetermined multiple of the standard deviation tool deterioration state data to and from the average tool deterioration state data as a tool deterioration state range; and
an abnormality notification section configured to notify of an abnormality when the tool deterioration state data newly generated deviate from the tool deterioration state range.

9. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 4 , further comprising a display section configured to display at least one of
the time series data indicating the machining state,
the tool deterioration state data,
the tool replacement timing threshold value calculated on a basis of the tool deterioration state data previously generated,
average tool deterioration state data in which an average value of the machining state variable at an identical time point over a plurality of cycles is aligned in a time series, and
a residual machining amount calculated on a basis of the tool deterioration state data newly generated and the tool replacement timing threshold value.

10. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 1 , wherein the machining state variable is a value or combination selected from among variance, standard deviation, root mean square, kurtosis, skewness, average value, maximum value, minimum value, distance from reference waveform, integral value, average load, and cubic mean value on a basis of a preset priority level.

11. The tool replacement timing management system of claim 1 , wherein the machining state variable is a value, for which a change over time is the largest, among variance, standard deviation, root mean square, kurtosis, skewness, average value, maximum value, minimum value, distance from reference waveform, integral value, average load, and cubic mean value.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kaniwa Yukio
• Hara Nobuhiro
• Ootsuka Yuuki

Classifications

• G06Q10/04 Primary

  Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) · CPC title

• B23Q17/0995 Primary

  Tool life management · CPC title

• G06Q10/109

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• B23Q17/10

  for indicating or measuring cutting speed or number of revolutions · CPC title