Machining support apparatus and machining support system
View Patent ↗In order to easily verify an operation of the machine tool, a machining support apparatus includes a machining monitoring unit 112 , a simulation processing unit 113 , and a display unit 150 . The machining monitoring unit 112 , upon receiving a notification indicating detection of a simulation start code programmed in a machining program from a machine tool controller controlling a machine tool via a communication device 130 , renders the machine tool controller to stop the machine tool. The simulation processing unit 113 simulates instructions from the simulation start code to a simulation end code in the machining program, while the machine tool is stopped. And the display unit 150 displays a simulation performed in the simulation processing unit.
1. A machining support apparatus comprising:
a programmable controller that stores a machining program, including a simulation start code and a simulation end code;
a machining navigation unit that transmits the machining program to the programmable controller;
a machining monitoring unit, which, upon receiving a notification via a communication unit from the programmable controller controlling a machine tool, indicating a detection of the simulation start code programmed in the machining program, renders the programmable controller to stop the machine tool;
a machine tool controller that instructs the programmable controller to stop machining and stop the machine tool;
a simulation processing unit, which simulates instructions in the machining program from the simulation start code to a simulation end code while the machine tool is stopped; and
a display unit, which displays a simulated operation of the machine tool while the machine tool is stopped, performed in the simulation processing unit.
2. The machining support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the simulation start code and the simulation end code are unused codes among codes used in a machining program.
3. The machining support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a predetermined set distance is set in the machining support apparatus, and the machining monitoring unit monitors a distance between a workpiece and a tool, and performs a predetermined processing when the distance between the workpiece and the tool becomes less than or equal to the predetermined set distance.
4. The machining support apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined processing is configured to stop an operation of the machine tool.
5. The machining support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a size of a tool is specified smaller than an actual size thereof, in the machining support apparatus, the tool has parameters that affect machining, and the size of the tool can be specified for each of the parameters of the tool.
6. The machining support apparatus, according to claim 1 , wherein the machining navigation unit, at a predetermined machining stage during machining, displays information about procedures necessary to perform the machining stage, and the next machining stage is not allowed to proceed unless information indicating that all procedures have been completed is inputted via an input unit.