Machine tool and method of deciding tool moving path

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12496673-B2
Application number	US-202217959814-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2022
Priority date	Oct 8, 2021
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A controller of a machine tool acquires coordinates of a first machining start point of an eccentric shape in a reference phase of a workpiece around a spindle axis, a second machining start point in an anti-phase, a first machining end point in the reference phase, and a second machining end point in the anti-phase. The controller decides a moving path of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece at least according to the coordinates of the first start point, the second start point, the first end point, and the second end point to form the eccentric shape around an eccentric axis passing a start point origin between the first start point and the second start point and an end point origin between the first end point and the second end point and thereby controls movement of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A machine tool comprising:
a spindle rotatable together with a workpiece around a spindle axis; a tool post holding a tool for use to machine the workpiece; a driver capable of varying a positional relationship between the spindle and the tool post; and a controller capable of controlling the driver to form an eccentric shape on the workpiece around an eccentric axis deviating from the spindle axis; wherein the controller acquires a coordinate of a first machining start point of the eccentric shape in a reference phase of the workpiece around the spindle axis, a coordinate of a second machining start point of the eccentric shape in an anti-phase different from the reference phase by 180 degrees, a coordinate of a first machining end point of the eccentric shape in the reference phase, and a coordinate of a second machining end point of the eccentric shape in the anti-phase, the controller decides a moving path of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece at least according to the coordinates of the first machining start point, the second machining start point, the first machining end point, and the second machining end point to form the eccentric shape around the eccentric axis passing a start point origin between the first machining start point and the second machining start point and an end point origin between the first machining end point and the second machining end point, and the controller controls movement of the tool along the moving path in association with rotation of the workpiece, wherein the coordinates of the first machining start point, the second machining start point, the first machining end point, and the second machining end point respectively comprise Z-coordinates on a Z-axis extended along the spindle axis, and wherein on a first outline connecting the first machining start point and the first machining end point, the controller controls the driver to vary the positional relationship between the spindle and the tool post with respect to the Z-axis each time the workpiece rotates on the spindle axis by an amount obtained by dividing a difference of the Z-coordinates between the first machining start point and the first machining end point by a number of divisions N and on a second outline connecting the second machining start point and the second machining end point, the controller controls the driver to vary the positional relationship between the spindle and the tool post with respect to the Z-axis each time the workpiece rotates on the spindle axis by an amount obtained by dividing a difference of the Z-coordinates between the second machining start point and the second machining end point by the number of divisions N.

2 . The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates a diameter (SpD) of the eccentric shape in a direction perpendicular to the spindle axis according to the coordinates of the first machining start point and the second machining start point, calculates a diameter (EpD) of the eccentric shape in the direction perpendicular to the spindle axis according to the coordinates of the first machining end point and the second machining end point, interpolates a diameter (WpD) of the eccentric shape at a halfway point origin between the start point origin and the end point origin on the eccentric axis according to the diameter (SPD) and the diameter (EpD), and decides the moving path of the tool along a circumference of an imaginary circular arc around a circular arc center deviating from the spindle axis according to the diameter (WpD).

3 . The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates an eccentric amount (SpE) of the start point origin deviating from the spindle axis according to the coordinates of the first machining start point and the second machining start point, calculates an eccentric amount (EpE) of the end point origin deviating from the spindle axis according to the coordinates of the first machining end point and the second machining end point, interpolates an eccentric amount (WpE) of a halfway point origin deviating from the spindle axis between the start point origin and the end point origin on the eccentric axis according to the eccentric amount (SpE) and the eccentric amount (EpE), and decides the moving path of the tool along a circumference of an imaginary circular arc of a size according to the eccentric amount (WpE).

4 . The machine tool of claim 2 , wherein the controller calculates an eccentric amount (SpE) of the start point origin deviating from the spindle axis according to the coordinates of the first machining start point and the second machining start point, calculates an eccentric amount (EpE) of the end point origin deviating from the spindle axis according to the coordinates of the first machining end point and the second machining end point, interpolates an eccentric amount (WpE) of a halfway point origin deviating from the spindle axis between the start point origin and the end point origin on the eccentric axis according to the eccentric amount (SpE) and the eccentric amount (EpE), and decides the moving path of the tool along a circumference of an imaginary circular arc of a size according to the eccentric amount (WpE).

5 . The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein the driver comprises a tool post driver capable of moving the tool post in an X-axis and a Y-axis and a headstock driver capable of moving the spindle in a Z-axis where the X-axis and the Y-axis perpendicular to each other is perpendicular to the Z-axis along the spindle axis, and the controller controls movement of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece along the X-axis and the Y-axis and controls vibration of the workpiece in association with rotation of the workpiece along the Z-axis to vibrate the positional relationship between the spindle and the tool post with respect to the Z-axis in association with rotation of the workpiece.

6 . The machine tool of claim 2 , wherein the driver comprises a tool post driver capable of moving the tool post in an X-axis and a Y-axis and a headstock driver capable of moving the spindle in a Z-axis where the X-axis and the Y-axis perpendicular to each other is perpendicular to the Z-axis along the spindle axis, and the controller controls movement of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece along the X-axis and the Y-axis and controls vibration of the workpiece in association with rotation of the workpiece along the Z-axis to vibrate the positional relationship between the spindle and the tool post with respect to the Z-axis in association with rotation of the workpiece.

7 . The machine tool of claim 3 , wherein the driver comprises a tool post driver capable of moving the tool post in an X-axis and a Y-axis and a headstock driver capable of moving the spindle in a Z-axis where the X-axis and the Y-axis perpendicular to each other is perpendicular to the Z-axis along the spindle axis, and the controller controls movement of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece along the X-axis and the Y-axis and controls vibration of the workpiece in association with rotation of the workpiece along the Z-axis to vibrate the positional relationship between the spindle and the tool post with respect to the Z-axis in association with rotation of the workpiece.

8 . The machine tool of claim 4 , wherein the driver comprises a tool post driver capable of moving the tool post in an X-axis and a Y-axis and a headstock driver capable of moving the spindle in a Z-axis where the X-axis and the Y-axis perpendicular to each other is perpendicular to the Z-axis along the spindle axis, and the controller controls movement of the tool in association with rotation of the workpiece along the X-axis and the Y-axis an

Assignees

• Star Mfg Co

Inventors

• Kamo Shotaro
• Shinomiya Katsuhiro

Classifications

• G05B2219/45215

  Thread cutting · CPC title

• G05B2219/45129

  Boring, drilling · CPC title

• G05B2219/35157

  Machinability, producibility, reject nc program if tool motion not possible · CPC title

• G05B19/182

  characterised by the machine tool function, e.g. thread cutting, cam making, tool direction control (G05B19/21 - G05B19/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• B23Q17/2233

  for adjusting the tool relative to the workpiece · CPC title