Setup information display device and method for processing machine

• US 20070124017A1
• Filed: 11/08/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Original Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Inventors: Senda, Takashi, Totsugi, Makoto
• Granted Patent: US 7,460,928 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/180
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 28/12 Punching using rotatable carriers
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 17/00 Arrangements for observing, indicating or measuring on machine tools for automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work B23Q15/00

Abstract

The present invention provides a setup information display device for a processing machine which enables required setup information to be easily displayed. The present invention is applied to a multi-turret type punch press or the like. A setup information display device is used for a processing machine 1 in which a plurality of tools 7 can be installed. The device includes information generating means 48 for generating setup information on the basis of a processing schedule SH and information on the tools 7 installed in the processing machine 1. The device also includes display information generating means 71 for generating information to be displayed in an information display section 47a of a display device 47. The display information generating means 71 generates, in the information display section 47a, a setup information display 81 that shows the setup information and a guide display 82 that prompts an operator to perform an operation required to show the setup information display 81.

Claims

1. A setup information display device for a processing machine in which a plurality of tools can be installed, the device being characterized by comprising setup information generating means for generating setup information on the basis of a processing schedule and information on the tools installed in the processing machine and display information generating means for generating information to be displayed in an information display section of a display device, and in that the display information generating means generates, in the information display section, a setup information display that shows the setup information and a guide display that prompts an operator to perform an operation required to show the setup information display.

2. A setup information display device for a processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the display information generating means shows marks indicative of tools that need to be set up, as the guide display, and the marks indicative of the tools are classified for display according to urgency level of the setup in the setup information.

3. A setup information display device for a processing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the display information generating means simultaneously shows up to a predetermined maximum number of marks indicative of tools, as the guide display, and tools corresponding to an excess of the predetermined maximum number are displayed as the number of tools that need to be set up decreases as a result of execution of the setup, and in that the information display section is covered with a touch panel that allows information corresponding to a position touched with a human finger to be input.

4. A setup information display method for a processing machine in which a plurality of tools can be installed, the method being characterized by comprising generating setup information on the basis of a processing schedule and information on the tools installed in the processing machine and generating, in an information display section of a display device, a setup information display that shows the setup information and a guide display that prompts an operator to perform an operation required to show the setup information display.