Automatic programming device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9411331-B2
Application number	US-201214421311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2012
Priority date	Oct 31, 2012
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

An automatic programming device includes: a machining-area-shape generation unit that generates machining-area shape data that is a machining area shape machined on the basis of machining-area data; and a chamfering tool-path generation unit that, when the machining area shape is a chamfering target part, generates chamfering tool-path data for chamfering according to chamfering data including the machining-area shape data, data on tool-to-be-used, and data on machining condition. When performing chamfering on a boundary of the shaped raw material and the machining area shape defined on a curved surface that is a shaped raw material, the chamfering tool-path generation unit generates a machining path, as the chamfering tool-path data, for realizing chamfering by using 2-axis machining of a rotating axis parallel to a central axis of the shaped raw material and with a linear axis parallel to a bottom surface of the machining area shape.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automatic programming device that generates control-command data on the basis of machining-area data for partial machining of a shaped raw material, the automatic programming device comprising:
a machining-area-shape generation unit that generates machining-area shape data that corresponds to a machining area shape machined on the basis of the machining-area data; and
a chamfering tool-path generation unit that, when the machining area shape is a chamfering target part, generates chamfering tool-path data for chamfering according to chamfering data including the machining-area shape data, tool-to-be-used data, and machining condition data, wherein
the chamfering tool-path generation unit includes
a chamfered-surface defining unit that, when performing chamfering on a boundary of the machining-area shape defined on a curved surface that is the shaped raw material and the shaped raw material, generates chamfered surface shape data that defines a chamfered surface after the chamfering for a shape of the chamfering target part on the basis of the machining-area shape data and the machining condition data that are stored in advance,
a reference-point-sequence generation unit that generates a reference point sequence serving as a reference for generating the chamfering tool-path data on the basis of the chamfering data, and
a tool-reference-position generation unit that generates a reference position of the chamfering tool when the chamfering tool passes while performing chamfering by using 2-axis machining with a rotating axis parallel to a central axis of the shaped raw material and with a linear axis parallel to a bottom surface of the machining area shape for each reference point of the reference point sequence and the chamfered surface.

2. The automatic programming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the machining area shape is an area shape constituted by a shape element including a curved line that cannot be defined on a plane,
the automatic programming device further comprises a plane shape defining unit that defines a shape on an arbitrary plane, and
a curved-surface shape defining unit that defines a shape on a space, and the reference-point-sequence generation unit
sets an intersection line obtained by projecting plane shape defined by the plane shape defining unit onto curved surface shape defined by the curved-surface shape defining unit as a machining target part shape, and
generates the reference point sequence by using the machining target part shape.

3. The automatic programming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the machining area shape is a groove or a hole defined on a surface of the shaped raw material.

4. The automatic programming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the shaped raw material has a cylindrical shape,
the rotating axis is parallel to a line connecting centers of two bottom surfaces of the cylindrical shape, and
the linear axis is parallel to the plane shape of the chamfering target part defined by the plane shape defining unit.

5. An automatic programming method for generating control-command data on the basis of machining-area data for partial machining of a shaped raw material, the automatic programming method comprising:
a machining-area-shape generating of generating machining-area shape data that is a machining area shape machined on the basis of the machining-area data; and
a chamfering tool-path generating of, when the machining area shape is a chamfering target part, generating chamfering tool-path data, for chamfering on the basis of chamfering data including the machining-area shape data, tool-to-be-used data, and machining condition data, wherein
the chamfering tool-path generating includes
a chamfered-surface defining of, when performing chamfering on a boundary of the machining area shape defined on a curved surface that is the shaped raw material and the shaped raw material, generating chamfered surface shape data that defines a chamfered surface after the chamfering for a shape of the chamfering target part on the basis of the machining-area shape data and the machining condition data that are stored in advance,
a reference-point-sequence generating of generating a reference point sequence serving as a reference for generating the chamfering tool-path data on the basis of the chamfering data, and
a tool-reference-position generating of generating a reference position of the chamfering tool when the chamfering tool passes while performing chamfering by using 2-axis machining with a rotating axis parallel to a central axis of the shaped raw material and with a linear axis parallel to a bottom surface of the machining area shape for each reference point of the reference point sequence and the chamfered surface.

Assignees

• Mitani Yuka
• Iriguchi Kenji
• Chiba Sanae
• Fujimoto Yuji
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Mitani Yuka
• Iriguchi Kenji
• Chiba Sanae
• Fujimoto Yuji

Classifications

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