Control device for machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12440909-B2
Application number	US-202117906696-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2021
Priority date	Mar 26, 2020
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a control device for a machine tool, the control device being capable of reliably reducing noise when gears mesh with each other and providing intended machining quality. A control device 10 for a machine tool machines a workpiece W including at least one tooth surface and comprises: a machining condition input unit 15 which can input a machining condition including at least one of specifications of the workpiece W, specifications of a tool T, a feed speed, the rotational speed of a spindle, and the number of teeth; a surface pattern calculation unit 16 , which calculates, on the basis of the machining condition, a surface pattern defined on the basis of intervals of scratches occurring on a machined surface; a swing command generation unit 17 , which generates, on the basis of the surface pattern, a swing command for achieving a surface pattern including a portion in which the intervals of the scratches are unequal; and a position and speed control unit 14 which carries out the machining while swinging the workpiece W and the tool T relatively to each other on the basis of the swing command generated by the swing command generation unit 17.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for a machine tool that machines a workpiece including at least one tooth surface, the control device for a machine tool comprising:
a processor,
the processor being configured to perform functions that comprise:
a function of inputting a machining condition including at least one selected from specifications of the workpiece, specifications of a tool, a feedrate, a spindle speed, and the number of teeth;
a function of calculating, based on the machining condition inputted, a surface pattern defined depending on intervals between scratches generated on a machined surface;
a function of generating, based on the surface pattern calculated, an oscillation command for achieving a surface pattern including a portion in which the intervals between the scratches are unequal, the oscillation command having an oscillation frequency or an oscillation frequency magnification that is different from a frequency causing the scratches to be formed at equal intervals; and
a function of carrying out machining while oscillating the workpiece and the tool relative to each other based on the oscillation command generated.

2. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor superimposes the oscillation command on a movement command for causing the workpiece and the tool to move relative to each other or positional deviation to generate a superimposed command.

3. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor calculates, based on the positional deviation, a compensation amount of the superimposed command and adds the calculated compensation amount to the superimposed command to thereby compensate the superimposed command.

4. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein
an axis on which the oscillation command is to be superimposed is at least one axis selected from a feed axis, a tool rotation axis, and a workpiece rotation axis.

5. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor allows for display of at least one selected from the machining condition inputted, an image of a target surface pattern inputted by a user, parameters of the target surface pattern, an image of the surface pattern calculated, and an image of the surface pattern subjected to machining carried out based on the superimposed command.

6. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor generates, based on a target surface pattern inputted by a user and including a portion in which the intervals between the scratches are unequal, an oscillation command for achieving a surface pattern including a portion in which the intervals between the scratches are unequal.

7. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor synchronously controls a plurality of axes such that the workpiece and the tool are relatively oscillated in a direction along a tooth trace.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kumamoto Yuuki
• Yamamoto Kenta

Classifications

• G05B2219/35519

  Machining data and tool data · CPC title

• G05B19/401

  characterised by control arrangements for measuring, e.g. calibration and initialisation, measuring workpiece for machining purposes (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23Q15/013

  Control or regulation of feed movement (B23Q15/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/49382

  Movement reciprocating · CPC title

• G05B2219/49197

  Gear · CPC title