Numerical control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9400497-B2
Application number	US-201314131252-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2013
Priority date	May 9, 2013
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

A numerical control device that controls, in a machine tool, driving of a motor based on a machining program is provided. The numerical control device includes a position-command generating unit configured to generate a position command to the motor and a mark-command generating unit configured to generate a mark command for machining of a mark indicating that an abnormality occurs in the machining. The mark-command generating unit sequentially stores information concerning a moving route of the tool by the machining and generates, when an alarm is raised because the abnormality is detected, as the mark command, a moving command for moving the tool in a direction opposite to a direction during the machining while correcting a position of the tool in a tool axis direction with respect to a position during the machining, and the position-command generating unit generates the position command based on the mark command.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A numerical control device that controls, in a machine tool including a motor for moving a tool for machining of work, driving of the motor based on a machining program, the numerical control device comprising:
a position-command generating unit configured to generate a position command to the motor; and
a mark-command generating unit configured to generate a mark command for machining of a mark indicating that an abnormality occurs in the machining, wherein
the mark-command generating unit sequentially stores information concerning a moving route of the tool by the machining and generates, when an alarm is raised because the abnormality is detected, as the mark command, a moving command for moving the tool in a direction opposite to a direction during the machining while correcting a position of the tool in a tool axis direction with respect to a position during the machining, and
the position-command generating unit generates the position command based on the mark command.

2. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , wherein the mark-command generating unit generates the mark command for moving the tool to a position traced back by a fixed distance or a distance equivalent to movement in a fixed time in the opposite direction from a position at a point in time when the alarm is raised.

3. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , wherein the mark-command generating unit adjusts a shift amount in the tool axis direction of the tool based on a tool radius of the tool selected during the machining and line width in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the moving route in the mark.

4. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , wherein the mark-command generating unit stops the storage of the information concerning the moving route while the tool used in machining of an inner side of the work is selected and generates, when the alarm is raised, the mark command based on the moving route stored in the past.

5. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a mode control unit configured to control selection of an operation mode reflected on the position command, wherein
the operation mode includes:
a normal machining mode for machining corresponding to analysis data by an analysis of the machining program;
a movement stop mode for stopping the movement of the tool from a point in time when the alarm is raised until the abnormality causing the raising of the alarm is eliminated; and
a mark machining mode executed when the operation mode is switched from the movement stop mode to the normal machining mode and for causing the motor to perform driving for the machining of the mark.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Tsuda Takeshi
• Sato Tomonori

Classifications

• G05B19/4067 Primary

  Restoring data or position after power failure or other interruption · CPC title

• G01M99/008

  by doing functionality tests · CPC title

• G05B19/4063

  Monitoring general control system (G05B19/4062 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/31439

  Alarms can be warning, alert or fault · CPC title

• G01M13/00 Primary

  Testing of machine parts · CPC title