AUTOMATIC MONITORING INTERVAL-SETTING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND AUTOMATIC MONITORING INTERVAL-SETTING METHOD

• US 20150253759A1
• Filed: 10/29/2012
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Fuji Machine Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Nagato, Kazuyoshi, Furukawa, Kazuya, Kumazaki, Shinya
• Granted Patent: US 9,910,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 17/0952 during machining
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4065 Monitoring tool breakage, life or condition
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36046 Adapt, modify program as function of configuration of machine
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50185 Monitoring, detect failures, control of efficiency of machine, tool life
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50203 Tool, monitor condition tool
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50206 Tool monitoring integrated in nc control

Abstract

An automatic monitoring interval-setting device, a machine tool, and an automatic monitoring interval-setting method by which a monitoring interval monitoring a load applied to a tool is able to be automatically set are provided. An automatic monitoring interval-setting device includes a control device including a memory section which stores a program including G1 to G3 for processing a workpiece by using a tool, and a calculating section which is able to edit the program and executes a monitoring interval setting step of respectively inserting starting monitoring of a load applied to the tool into the front of G1 to G3 and ending the monitoring of the load into the rear of G1 to G3 with respect to the program.

Claims

1. An automatic monitoring interval-setting device, comprising:

a control device including

a memory section which stores a program including a processing command processing a workpiece by using a tool, and

a calculating section which is able to edit the program and executes a monitoring interval setting step of respectively inserting a monitoring starting command starting monitoring of a load applied to the tool into the front of the processing command and a monitoring ending command ending the monitoring of the load into the rear of the processing command with respect to the program.

2. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, wherein when the program includes a plurality of successive processing commands, the calculating section respectively inserts the monitoring starting command into the front of the first processing command and the monitoring ending command into the rear of the last processing command with respect to the program, in the monitoring interval setting step.

3. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display device which is able to display data relevant to the program,

wherein the calculating section respectively inserts a display starting command starting display of the load on the display device and a display ending command ending the display of the load such that the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command are inserted between the display starting command and the display ending command with respect to the program, in the monitoring interval setting step.

4. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, wherein the calculating section executes a program selecting step of selecting the program which inserts the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command from a plurality of programs, before the monitoring interval setting step.

5. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, wherein the calculating section executes a tool selecting step of selecting the tool which inserts the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command from a plurality of tools, before the monitoring interval setting step.

6. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, wherein the calculating section executes an inspecting step of inspecting the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command which are inserted into the program, after the monitoring interval setting step.

7. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, wherein the calculating section executes a saving step of storing the program into which the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command are inserted in the memory section, after the monitoring interval setting step.

8. The automatic monitoring interval-setting device according to claim 1, wherein the processing command is a G code, and

wherein the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command are M codes which are different from each other.

9. A machine tool comprising the automatic monitoring setting device according to claim 1.

10. An automatic monitoring interval-setting method, comprising:

a monitoring interval setting step of respectively inserting a monitoring starting command starting monitoring of a load applied to a tool into the front of a processing command and a monitoring ending command ending the monitoring of the load into the rear of the processing command with respect to a program including the processing command which processes a workpiece by using the tool.

11. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10,

wherein when the program includes a plurality of successive processing commands, the monitoring starting command is inserted into the front of the first processing command and the monitoring ending command is inserted into the rear of the last processing command, respectively, with respect to the program, in the monitoring interval setting step.

12. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10, wherein a display starting command starting display of the load on a display device which is able to display data relevant to the program and a display ending command ending the display of the load are respectively inserted such that the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command are inserted between the display starting command and the display ending command with respect to the program, in the monitoring interval setting step.

13. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a program selecting step of selecting the program which inserts the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command from a plurality of programs, before the monitoring interval setting step.

14. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a tool selecting step of selecting the tool which inserts the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command from a plurality of tools, before the monitoring interval setting step.

15. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10, further comprising:

an inspecting step of inspecting the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command which are inserted into the program, after the monitoring interval setting step.

16. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a saving step of storing the program into which the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command are inserted, after the monitoring interval setting step.

17. The automatic monitoring interval-setting method according to claim 10, wherein the processing command is a G code, and

wherein the monitoring starting command and the monitoring ending command are M codes which are different from each other.