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US 9,910,421 · App. 15/265,930 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Control device for machine tool having a plurality of axes

Inventors: Kouki Kameta (Yamanashi, JP); Naoto Sonoda (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
G05B19/35G05B19/402G05B2219/34015G05B2219/41015
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Patent No.
US 9,910,421
App. No.
15/265,930
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a machine tool for cutting a rotationally-symmetric workpiece by a tool, includes a machining command making unit for making a machining command for an auxiliary motor based on rotation speeds of the workpiece and the tool, and feed rates of the tool and the workpiece, an oscillation command making unit for making an oscillation command for the auxiliary motor, based on the rotation speeds and the feed rates, so that the oscillation command is asynchronous with the rotation speed of the workpiece around the axis of rotation, and so that the tool intermittently cuts the workpiece, an addition unit for adding the oscillation command to the machining command, and a control unit for controlling the auxiliary motor based on the machining command to which the oscillation command has been added.

Claims (12)

1. A control device for a machine tool for cutting an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface of a rotationally-symmetric workpiece by a tool, comprising:

a main motor for relatively rotating the workpiece and the tool around the axis of rotation of the workpiece;

at least one auxiliary motor for relatively feeding the tool and the workpiece along a bus line of the outer peripheral surface or the inner peripheral surface of the workpiece;

a machining command making unit for making a machining command for the at least one auxiliary motor based on rotation speeds of the workpiece and the tool and feed rates of the tool and the workpiece;

an oscillation command making unit for making an oscillation command for the at least one auxiliary motor, based on the rotation speeds and the feed rates, so that the oscillation command is asynchronous with the rotation speed of the workpiece around the axis of rotation, and so that the tool intermittently cuts the workpiece;

an addition unit for adding the oscillation command to the machining command; and

a control unit for controlling the at least one auxiliary motor based on the machining command to which the oscillation command has been added, wherein

the control unit performs learning control based on the rotation speeds and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation command.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillation command making unit makes an oscillation frequency of the oscillation command, based on the rotation speeds, so that a half cycle phase shift occurs every time the workpiece or the tool rotates once, and makes an oscillation amplitude of the oscillation command based on the feed rates.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillation command making unit makes the oscillation frequency and the oscillation amplitude so that a torque of the at least one auxiliary motor does not exceed a predetermined value.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillation command making unit makes the oscillation frequency and the oscillation amplitude, based on a control frequency band of the learning control, so as to achieve learning convergence.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillation command making unit makes the oscillation frequency and the oscillation amplitude based on a desired length of a chip to be generated when the tool machines the workpiece.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2017
From: KAMETA, KOUKI; SONODA, NAOTO
To: FANUC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040898/0018 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-183045 · Sep 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170075337A1 · Mar 16, 2017