Controller for machine tool and machining-related data processing system provided therewith
View Patent ↗A machining-related data processing system has a configuration in which a controller for machine tool comprising an NC device and an assisting device is connected to a data processing device via a telecommunication line. The assisting device has a cooperative-processing instructing section transmitting a cooperative processing signal to the data processing device and thereby remotely operating the data processing device to cause it to perform data processing, and receiving the result of the data processing performed in the data processing device, and the data processing device has an automatic program generation section, a machining simulation section and a cooperative-processing executing section receiving the cooperative processing signal from the controller and causing the automatic program generation section and the machining simulation section to perform data processing related to workpiece machining and corresponding to a data processing request accepted in the controller, and transmitting the data processing result to the controller.
1. A controller for a machine tool connectable to an external data processing device provided as a separate device via a telecommunication line network and configured to cause the data processing device to perform data processing, wherein:
the controller has display means for screen display and cooperative-processing instructing means which, when accepting a data processing request, transmits via the network to the data processing device a cooperative processing signal for causing the data processing device to execute workpiece-related data processing for the data processing request in cooperation with the controller, and thereby causes the data processing device to execute data processing corresponding to the data processing request, and which receives information on the result of the data processing from the data processing device via the network; and
the cooperative-processing instructing means is configured to receive image information to be displayed on a display screen of the data processing device from the data processing device via the network and display the image information on the display means, transmit via the network to the data processing device a remote operation signal for causing the data processing device to execute the data processing as the cooperative processing signal, the remote operation signal being input through the display screen of the data processing device displayed on the display means, and thereby cause the data processing device to execute the data processing, and receive information obtained after the completion of the data processing from the data processing device directly or indirectly via the network.
2. A controller for a machine tool connectable to an external data processing device provided as a separate device via a network and configured to cause the data processing device to perform data processing, wherein:
the controller has display means for screen display and cooperative-processing instructing means which, when accepting a data processing request, transmits via the network to the data processing device a cooperative processing signal for causing the data processing device to execute workpiece-related data processing for the data processing request in cooperation with the controller, and thereby causes the data processing device to execute data processing corresponding to the data processing request, and which receives information on the result of the data processing from the data processing device via the network; and
the cooperative-processing instructing means is configured to receive image information to be displayed on a display screen of the data processing device from the data processing device via the network and display the image information on the display means, transmit via the network to the data processing device a remote operation signal for causing the data processing device to execute the data processing as the cooperative processing signal, the remote operation signal being input through the display screen of the data processing device displayed on the display means, and thereby cause the data processing device to execute the data processing, and receive information obtained during the data processing from the data processing device directly or indirectly via the network and display the information on the display means.
3. The controller for machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further has a machining executing section executing workpiece machining on the basis of the result of the data processing received from the data processing device via the network.
4. A machining-related data processing system in which the controller for machine tool according to claim 1 is connected to an external data processing device provided separately from the controller via a telecommunication line network and the controller is configured to cause the data processing device to perform data processing related to workpiece machining, wherein the data processing device has:
processing means for performing data processing; and
cooperative-processing executing means which receives the cooperative processing signal from the controller via the network and causes the processing means to perform data processing related to workpiece machining and corresponding to the data processing request accepted in the controller, and which transmits via the network to the controller information on the result of the data processing executed by the processing means.
5. The controller for machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller further has a machining executing section executing workpiece machining on the basis of the result of the data processing received from the data processing device via the network.
6. A machining-related data processing system in which the controller for machine tool according to claim 2 is connected to an external data processing device provided separately from the controller via a network and the controller is configured to cause the data processing device to perform data processing related to workpiece machining, wherein
the data processing device has:
processing means for performing data processing; and
cooperative-processing executing means which receives the cooperative processing signal from the controller via the network and causes the processing means to perform data processing related to workpiece machining and corresponding to the data processing request accepted in the controller, and which transmits via the network to the controller information on the result of the data processing executed by the processing means.