Method of operating a machine tool, a machine tool system and components thereof
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1. A method of operating an electrical discharge machine, the electrical discharge machine configured for machining a workpiece, the method comprising:
- at least one of controlling, monitoring and carrying out of the machining of the workpiece by a plurality of configurable modules, said modules being arranged on the machine and being linked by a data network to a node;
at least one of sending data to said node and receiving data from said node by said modules;
receiving, by at least one of said modules, a software configuration instruction from said node, andtransforming, by said at least one of said modules, from an electrical discharge machine generator module into a motor drive module according to said received software configuration instruction, said electrical discharge machine generator module being configured to output machining pulses for machining the workpiece, and said motor drive module being configured to output a motor drive current for driving a motor of the electrical discharge machine.
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Abstract
A method of operating a machine tool, e.g., an electrical discharge machine, and a machine tool system with a machine, e.g. an electrical discharge machine, for machining a workpiece may include numerous configurable modules (DRIVE; GEN; CONTROL) to perform at least one of controlling, monitoring and carrying out of the machining of a workpiece. The modules (DRIVE; GEN; CONTROL) are arranged on the machine and are linked by a data network to a node for at least one of sending data to the node and receiving data from the node.
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1. A method of operating an electrical discharge machine, the electrical discharge machine configured for machining a workpiece, the method comprising:
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at least one of controlling, monitoring and carrying out of the machining of the workpiece by a plurality of configurable modules, said modules being arranged on the machine and being linked by a data network to a node; at least one of sending data to said node and receiving data from said node by said modules; receiving, by at least one of said modules, a software configuration instruction from said node, and transforming, by said at least one of said modules, from an electrical discharge machine generator module into a motor drive module according to said received software configuration instruction, said electrical discharge machine generator module being configured to output machining pulses for machining the workpiece, and said motor drive module being configured to output a motor drive current for driving a motor of the electrical discharge machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 25. An electrical discharge machining system, comprising a machine for machining a workpiece and a plurality of configurable modules, wherein at least one of controlling, monitoring and carrying out of the machining of the workpiece is performed by said modules, wherein said modules are arranged on the machine, and said modules are linked by a data network to a node for at least one of sending data to said node and receiving data from said node, and at least one of said modules is configured to transform from an electrical discharge machine generator module that is configured to output machining pulses for machining the workpiece into a motor drive module that is configured to output a motor drive current for driving a motor of the electrical discharge machine by a software configuration instruction communicated to said at least one module from said node.
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