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US 12,090,596 · App. 17/291,414 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Control device for machine tool and machine tool

Inventors: Kazuhiko Sannomiya (Kitasaku-gun, JP); Takaichi Nakaya (Kitasaku-gun, JP)
Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.; CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
B23Q5/58
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,090,596
App. No.
17/291,414
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a machine tool comprises a control section controlling the relative rotation and feeding of a cutting tool and a material, performing cutting with vibration of the cutting tool relative to the material by combining a forward feed movement in the machining direction, and a return movement in the counter-machining direction. A return movement setting section sets a pulse-like signal including a command for moving a cutting tool in the machining direction and a command for the return movement. A forward feed setting section makes the cutting tool reach a change point by combining the movement in the machining direction on the basis of the return movement setting section and the forward feed movement. A pulse-like signal is formed in sine waveform with an inflection point, and a phase of the inflection point is set to a value different from a phase of the change point.

Claims (12)

1. A controller for a machine tool having a feeder relatively moving a cutting tool and a material, and having a motor relatively rotating at least one of the cutting tool and the material with respect one another,

the controller configured to:

control an operation of the feeder and the motor while vibrating the cutting tool relative to the material by combining a forward feed movement in a machining direction, in which the cutting tool machines the material, and a return movement in a counter-machining direction different from the machining direction,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

calculate a return position of the cutting tool at a time when one vibration is completed using a number of vibrations and an amount of feed that are predetermined for one rotation of the cutting tool or the material as parameters; and

output a pulse signal that includes a command for moving the cutting tool to a change point from the machining direction to the counter-machining direction, and a command for moving the cutting tool from the change point to the return position in the counter-machining direction, and

wherein the pulse signal is formed in a sine waveform with an inflection point, and a phase of the inflection point for making the cutting tool reach the change point is set to a value different from a phase of the change point.

2. The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the number of vibrations is one or more.

3. The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the number of vibrations is less than one.

4. A machine tool comprising the controller according to claim 1 .

5. A machine tool comprising the controller according to claim 2 .

6. A machine tool comprising the controller according to claim 3 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: SANNOMIYA, KAZUHIKO; NAKAYA, TAKAICHI
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.; CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056152/0408 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-002685 · Jan 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210370455A1 · Dec 2, 2021
Cited By (1)
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