IP Library Granted Patent US 11,256,229
Granted Patent B2
US 11,256,229 · App. 16/745,871 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Industrial machinery and control method thereof

Inventors: Takamichi Ito (Numazu, JP); Jun Fujita (Numazu, JP); Atsushi Tada (Numazu, JP); Hirohiko Matsuzaki (Numazu, JP)
Assignee: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd.
G05B19/402G05B2219/41112G05B2219/50297
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Patent No.
US 11,256,229
App. No.
16/745,871
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An industrial machinery includes: a drive mechanism driving a control target that moves work or a tool; a motor; a first sensor detecting a position of the control target; a second sensor detecting a position of the motor; a current controller controlling a supply current to the motor; a servo controller outputting a torque instruction to the current controller; and a numerical controller calculating a processing force of the control target to the work based on position information on the control target acquired from the first sensor, position information on the motor acquired from the second sensor, and the torque instruction, the numerical controller determining that the tool is in failure if an absolute value of a first component of the processing force becomes equal to or larger than a first threshold value while processing the work, the first component having a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency.

Claims (21)

1. An industrial machinery comprising:

a drive mechanism driving a control target that moves work or a tool;

a motor operating the drive mechanism;

a first position sensor detecting a position of the control target;

a second position sensor detecting a position of the motor;

a current controller controlling a supply current to the motor;

a servo controller outputting a torque instruction to the current controller, the torque instruction deciding the supply current; and

a numerical controller calculating a processing force of the control target to the work based on position information on the control target acquired from the first position sensor, position information on the motor acquired from the second position sensor, and the torque instruction, the numerical controller determining that the tool is in failure based on an absolute value of a second component of the processing force, the second component having a frequency equal to or higher than a predetermined frequency.

2. The industrial machinery according to claim 1 , wherein the tool has at least one blade for cutting the work,

wherein the drive mechanism cuts the work while rotating the tool, and

the numerical controller determines that the tool is in failure if the second component becomes equal to or larger than a first threshold value during a term shorter than a period of the second component.

3. The industrial machinery according to claim 1 , wherein the tool has a plurality of blades for cutting the work,

wherein the drive mechanism cuts the work while rotating the tool, and

the numerical controller uses the second component to calculate a ratio of processing force of a specific blade to processing force of a first blade among the plurality of blades and determines that the tool is in failure based on the ratio.

4. The industrial machinery according to claim 3 , wherein the numerical controller determines that the tool is in failure if an absolute value of a difference between the ratio of the specific blade at a start of processing and the ratio of the specific blade after the start of processing becomes equal to or larger than a third threshold value.

5. A control method of an industrial machinery comprising a drive mechanism driving a control target that moves work or a tool, a motor operating the drive mechanism, a current controller controlling a supply current to the motor, a servo controller outputting a torque instruction to the current controller, the torque instruction deciding the supply current, and a numerical controller controlling the servo controller, the method comprising:

calculating a processing force of the tool to the work by the numerical controller based on position information on the control target, position information on the motor, and the torque instruction; and

determining that the tool is in failure if:

an absolute value of a first component of the processing force becomes equal to or larger than a first threshold value while processing the work, the first component having a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency,

based on an absolute value of a second component of the processing force, the second component having a frequency equal to or higher than the predetermined frequency, and

if an absolute value of a difference between the ratio of the specific blade after the start of processing becomes equal to or larger than a third threshold value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058606/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2020
From: ITO, TAKAMICHI; FUJITA, JUN; TADA, ATSUSHI; MATSUZAKI, HIROHIKO
To: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051974/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-223272 · Nov 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15811895 · Nov 14, 2017
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