Numerical control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9507337-B2
Application number	US-201114351367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2011
Priority date	Oct 27, 2011
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

To execute machining for a front surface while rotating a work and, at the same time, apply machining to an eccentric position on an end face, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an NC device includes an arc-superimposition-interpolation control unit configured to rotate a work rotating shaft based on a command of a base axis program for controlling rotation of the work rotating shaft while performing front surface machining using a first cutter holder and, at the same time, subject a second cutter holder to position control on a second machining route obtained by superimposing the rotation of the work rotating shaft on a first machining route based on a command of a superimposition axis program for performing position control for the second cutter holder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A numerical control device that controls a machine tool including: a work rotating shaft configured to rotate a work; a first cutter holder configured to machine a front surface of the work when the work is rotating; and a second cutter holder configured to be capable of moving on a surface having an axis direction of the work rotating shaft as a normal and machine the work from a side opposed to an end face of the work, the numerical control device comprising:
a machining-program storage region having stored therein a machining program including a first command for controlling the rotation of the work rotating shaft while performing front surface machining using the first cutter holder and a second command described using a relative coordinate with respect to the work and for performing position control on the second cutter holder;
an arc-superimposition-interpolation control unit configured to rotate the work rotating shaft in accordance with the first command and, at the same time, subject the second cutter holder to the position control on a second machining route obtained by superimposing the rotation of the work rotating shaft on a first machining route in accordance with the second command,
a maximum-speed calculating unit configured to calculate a maximum speed of the work rotating shaft such that speed of the second cutter holder moving on the second machining route does not exceed a maximum allowable speed set in advance; and
a speed clamp unit configured to clamp rotating speed of the work rotating shaft with the maximum speed calculated by the maximum-speed calculating unit.

2. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the maximum allowable speed of the second cutter holder is set in advance concerning each of fast feed and cutting feed, and
the maximum-speed calculating unit sets maximum speed of the work rotating shaft at the time when both an operation of the first cutter holder and an operation of the second cutter holder are the fast feed as the speed of the work rotating shaft at which the maximum speed of the second cutter holder moving on the second machining route coincides with a speed that is set with the maximum allowable speed related to the fast feed being set as an upper limit, and sets the maximum speed of the work rotating shaft at the time when the operation of the first cutter holder is the fast feed, and the operation of the second cutter holder is the cutting feed or stop as the speed of the work rotating shaft at which the maximum speed of the second cutter holder moving on the second machining route coincides with a speed that is set with the maximum allowable speed related to the cutting feed being set as an upper limit.

3. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the maximum allowable speed of the second cutter holder is set in advance concerning each of fast feed and cutting feed, and
the maximum-speed calculating unit sets, irrespective of whether an operation of the second cutter holder is the fast feed, cutting feed, or stop, the maximum speed of the work rotating shaft at the time when an operation of the first cutter holder is the cutting feed as a speed of the work rotating shaft at which the maximum speed of the second cutter holder moving on the second machining route coincides with a speed that is set with a minimum value among the respective maximum allowable speeds being set as an upper limit.

4. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the machining program includes a third command for designating a first position in the relative coordinate of the second cutter holder and a second position of the work rotating shaft, and
the numerical control device further comprises an arc-superimposition-interpolation-start determining unit configured to determine whether the first position of the second cutter holder and the second position of the work rotating shaft coincide with each other and, when both the positions coincide with each other, permit the arc-superimposition-interpolation control unit to start control related to the first command and position control related to the second command.

5. The numerical control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a relative-coordinate-speed calculating unit configured to calculate, in accordance with the second command, a movement amount at every control cycle in the relative coordinate, wherein
the arc-superimposition-interpolation control unit further includes:
a superimposition-coordinate-system-position-coordinate calculating unit configured to integrate the movement amount at every control cycle in the relative coordinate and calculate a commanded position of the second cutter holder on the first machining route;

a rotation-angle calculating unit configured to calculate a rotation angle of the work rotating shaft; and
a real-coordinate converting unit configured to subject the commanded position of the second cutter holder to coordinate rotation by the rotation angle of the work rotating shaft and calculate a commanded position on the second machining route.

6. The numerical control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the work rotating shaft outputs a position or speed as feedback information, and
the rotation-angle calculating unit calculates a rotation angle of the work rotating shaft on the basis of the feedback information.

Assignees

• Terada Koji
• Sagasaki Masakazu
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Terada Koji
• Sagasaki Masakazu

Classifications

• G05B2219/49074

  Control cutting speed · CPC title

• G05B19/182 Primary

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

• B23P23/02

  Machine tools for performing different machining operations (lathes, e.g. capstan lathes, B23B; combined horizontal boring and milling machines B23B39/02) · CPC title