Machine tool and machine tool management device with tool state display
A tool management device for managing tools detachable from a plurality of tool stations provided in a turret of a machine tool includes a display controller controlling a display to display tool information related to one or more tools attached to each of the plurality of tool stations. The display controller switches, on a single screen, between a deployed state of deploying and displaying tool information related to all tools attached to one of the plurality of tool stations, and a folded state of folding and displaying tool information related to only one predetermined tool among the all tools attached to the one of the plurality of tool stations.
1. A tool management device for managing tools detachable from a plurality of tool stations provided in a turret of a machine tool, the tool management device comprising:
a display controller controlling a display to display tool information related to one or more tools attached to each of the plurality of tool stations,
and to switch, on a single screen, between a deployed state of deploying and displaying tool information related to all tools attached to a predetermined tool station, and a folded state of folding and displaying tool information related to only one predetermined tool among the all tools attached to the predetermined tool station,
wherein the display controller controls, in the folded state, the display to display, with display icons, states of all tools attached to the predetermined tool station.
2. The tool management device according to claim 1 , wherein when a machining program for controlling the machine tool is selected, the display controller controls the display to display a tool station to which a tool designated by the machining program is attached in the deployed state, and a tool station to which a tool being used in machining is attached in the deployed state when the machining program is executed.
3. The tool management device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller compares all tools designated by a machining program for controlling the machine tool with all the tools attached to the predetermined tool station, and controls the display to display a warning when a tool necessary for the machining program is not attached to the predetermined tool station, and/or when a tool unnecessary for the machining program is attached to the predetermined tool station.
4. The tool management device according to claim 1 , wherein the tool information is associated with cutting edge information related to one or more cutting edges attached the respective tools, and every time when a display area for designating an appropriate tool is selected, the display controller switches between a deployed state of deploying and displaying cutting edge information related to all cutting edges attached to the selected tool, and a folded state of folding and displaying only cutting edge information related to a predetermined cutting edge, to control the display to display the selected state in an identical screen.
5. A machine tool comprising the tool management device according to claim 1 .
6. The tool management device according to claim 1 , wherein the turret holds the tools in the plurality of tool stations and changes a position of the plurality of tool stations so as to use a tool attached to one of the plurality of tool stations for machining.
7. The tool management device according to claim 1 , wherein a turret controller rotates the turret to move the predetermined tool station to a predetermined position where the predetermined tool can be changed.