Machining center support system

• US 20030179226A1
• Filed: 03/10/2003
• Published: 09/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AGA (American Greetings Corporation), Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, Renaissance of Technology Corporation, Union Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute AG Company Limited, Renaissance of Technology Corporation, Union Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Ohno, Makoto, Kosugi, Takashi, Kawai, Tadao, Okamoto, Yasumasa
• Application Number:
  US10/383,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20030179226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/722
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4068 Verifying part programme on screen, by drawing or other means
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37205 Compare measured, vision data with computer model, cad data
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37351 Detect vibration, ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37428 Temperature of tool
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37429 Temperature of motor
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37573 In-cycle, insitu, during machining workpiece is measured continuously
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

When a machine body 3 of a machining center 2 is being used to machine a component based on CAM data, an in-process information processing module 1a transfers to a host computer 5 in-process information of the component which is obtained by integrally processing detection data output from a temperature sensor, a vibration sensor, etc. provided to the machine body 3, to cause the in-process information of the component to be displayed on a display of the host computer 5 in such a manner that the in-process information can be compared to CAD data. In such a manner, a person in charge of the machining center can obtain improvement information in a machining process of the component based on comparison between the in-process information and the CAD data, to thereby improve an efficiency of an experimental-production process, thus reducing a development period of a product.

Claims

1. A machining center support system which is applied to a machining center provided with a host computer, a CAD/CAM computer for creating CAD data of a component and also creating CAM data and NC data from said CAD data, and a machine body which is managed by said host computer and also operated in accordance with said NC data transferred from said CAD/CAM computer in order to machine said component, characterized in that said system comprises:

in-process condition detection means for detecting an in-process condition of said machine body;

in-process information output means for transferring via a communication network to said host computer in-process information which is obtained by processing in-process condition detection data detected by said in-process condition detection means based on a processing program downloaded from said host computer; and

display means for displaying on a display of said host computer said in-process information in such a manner that said in-process information can be compared to said CAD data.

2. The machining center support system according to claim 1, wherein said system comprises means for presenting said in-process information as a database.