Numerical control apparatus and method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of spindle motor of numerical control apparatus

• US 6,008,609 A
• Filed: 12/03/1996
• Issued: 12/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Andou, Minoru, Sawashima, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): IP, SHIK LUEN PAUL
• Application Number:
  US08/759,891
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 318/270, 318/271, 318/560-696, 364/474.02, 364/474.3, 364/474.15, 364/474.31, 395/900, 395/61, 395/3
• US Class Current: 318/570
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/186 Generation of screw- or gearlike surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/42104 Loop switch, speed loop then position loop, mode switch
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/43055 Same acceleration deceleration pattern for position and velocity loop
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45216 Tapping
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50234 Synchronize two spindles, axis, electronic transmission, line shafting

Abstract

A spindle acceleration/deceleration controlling method in a numerical control unit comprising a spindle control section for controlling a spindle motor and a servo axis controlling section for controlling a servo axis motor, and for synchronously controlling the spindle and servo axis; wherein a spindle motor in the position loop control state is controlled with an acceleration/deceleration pattern similar to that of the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state.

Claims

1. A numerical control apparatus having a spindle control section for controlling a spindle motor and a servo axis control section for controlling a servo axis motor, said numerical control apparatus comprising:

a spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section for storing acceleration/deceleration pattern data for controlling the spindle motor in a position loop control state with acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in a velocity loop control state;

a spindle acceleration/deceleration control section for computing instructions for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with the acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data for the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state according to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section; and

a distributor for distributing instructions outputted from said spindle acceleration/deceleration control section so that synchronism between said spindle control section and said servo axis control section will be maintained.

2. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section stores therein spindle acceleration pattern data for instructing acceleration and spindle deceleration pattern data for instructing deceleration and the spindle acceleration/deceleration control section computes instructions for controlling acceleration using acceleration pattern data or deceleration using deceleration pattern data, wherein the acceleration pattern data is different from the deceleration pattern data.

3. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a spindle acceleration/deceleration data storing section for receiving acceleration data when the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state is rotated from a stopped state and deceleration data when the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state is stopped from a constant speed rotation state from said spindle control section and storing the received acceleration and deceleration data; and

a spindle acceleration/deceleration data analyzing section for analyzing acceleration data and deceleration data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration data storing section, computing spindle acceleration pattern data and spindle deceleration pattern data for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with acceleration pattern data or deceleration pattern data similar to acceleration/deceleration pattern data for the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state, and setting spindle acceleration pattern data and spindle deceleration pattern data in said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section.

4. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said acceleration/deceleration pattern data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration data storing section comprises a time constant and a rotational speed of the spindle in each of a plurality of stages of an acceleration state as well as of a deceleration state.

5. A numerical control apparatus having a spindle control section for controlling a spindle motor and a servo axis control section for controlling a servo axis motor, said numerical control apparatus comprising:

a spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section for storing a plurality of types of acceleration/deceleration pattern data for controlling the spindle motor in a position loop control state with acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in a velocity loop control state;

a spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data selecting section for selecting arbitrary acceleration/deceleration pattern data from said plurality of types of acceleration/deceleration pattern data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section;

a spindle acceleration/deceleration control section for computing instructions for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with the acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in a speed loop control state according to the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data selected by said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data selecting section; and

a distributor for distributing instructions outputted from said spindle acceleration/deceleration control section so that synchronism between said spindle control section and said servo axis control section will be maintained.

6. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data selecting section selects spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data for a tap cutting operation instructed by a machining program and spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data for a tap pulling-off operation also instructed by the machining program from said plurality of types of data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section and the spindle acceleration/deceleration control section computes instructions for controlling with different acceleration/deceleration pattern data during the tap cutting operation and the tap pulling-off operation, respectively.

7. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein setting for selection of said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data is executed by analyzing data described in a machining program.

8. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section stores therein spindle acceleration pattern data for instructing acceleration and spindle deceleration pattern data for instructing deceleration and the spindle acceleration/deceleration control section computes instructions for controlling acceleration using acceleration pattern data or deceleration using deceleration pattern data, wherein the acceleration pattern data is different from the deceleration pattern data.

9. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a spindle acceleration/deceleration data storing section for receiving acceleration data when the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state is rotated from a stopped state and deceleration data when the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state is stopped from a constant speed rotation state from said spindle control section and storing the received data; and

a spindle acceleration/deceleration data analyzing section for analyzing acceleration data and deceleration data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration data storing section, computing spindle acceleration pattern data and spindle deceleration pattern data for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with acceleration pattern data or deceleration pattern data similar to acceleration/deceleration pattern data for the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state, and storing spindle acceleration pattern data and spindle deceleration pattern data in said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section.

10. The numerical control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said acceleration/deceleration pattern data stored in said spindle acceleration/deceleration data storing section comprises a time constant and a rotational speed of the spindle in each of a plurality of stages of an acceleration step as well as of a deceleration step.

11. A method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus having a spindle control section for controlling the spindle motor and a servo axis control section for controlling a servo axis motor, said method comprising the following steps:

storing in a spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section acceleration/deceleration pattern data for controlling the spindle motor in a position loon control state with acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in a velocity loop control state;

computing with a spindle acceleration/deceleration control section instruction for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with the acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state according to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data stored in the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section;

controlling the spindle motor in a position loop control state with acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in a velocity loop control state; and

distributing instructions outputted from the spindle acceleration/deceleration control section with the distributor so that the synchronism between said spindle control section and said servo axis control section is maintained.

12. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a step of instructing selection of the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data by describing a machining program.

13. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising the following steps:

discretely instructing selection of the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data with a machining program during a tap cutting operation and during a tap pulling-off operation; and

controlling acceleration/deceleration of the spindle motor with different acceleration/deceleration pattern data during the tap cutting operation and during the tap pulling-off operation respectively.

14. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numeral control device according to claim 11, further comprising the following steps:

storing a plurality of types of acceleration/deceleration pattern data in said spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data storing section;

computing with the spindle acceleration/deceleration control section instructions for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with the acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state according to the type of acceleration/deceleration pattern data selected by the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data selecting section.

15. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a step of instructing selection of the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data by describing a machining program.

16. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising the following steps:

discretely instructing selection of the spindle acceleration/deceleration pattern data with a machining program during a tap cutting operation and during a tap pulling-off operation; and

controlling acceleration/deceleration of the spindle motor with different acceleration/deceleration pattern data during the tap cutting operation and during the tap pulling-off operation, respectively.

17. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a step of controlling the spindle motor using acceleration pattern data during acceleration of the spindle or deceleration of the spindle motor using deceleration pattern data during deceleration of the spindle, wherein the acceleration pattern data is different from the deceleration pattern data.

18. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a step of setting data for controlling the spindle motor in the position loop control state with the acceleration/deceleration pattern data similar to the acceleration/deceleration pattern data of the spindle motor in the velocity loop control state according to the acceleration characteristics obtained when the spindle motor is actually accelerated/decelerated in the velocity loop control state.

19. The method of controlling acceleration/deceleration of a spindle motor of a numerical control apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a step of composing acceleration/deceleration pattern data for the spindle motor with a time constant and a rotational speed of the spindle in each of a plurality of stages of an acceleration process as well as of a deceleration process.