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Granted Patent B2
US 11,007,615 · App. 16/711,885 · Granted May 18, 2021

Machine tool, management system, and tool deterioration detection method

Inventor: Gaku Isobe (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,007,615
App. No.
16/711,885
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A machine tool includes: a tool magazine that stores a plurality of tools; a spindle that holds one of the plurality of tools stored in the tool magazine; a glossiness measurement unit that measures glossiness of a tapered outer surface of a taper shank of each of the plurality of tools; a deterioration determination unit that determines whether or not the tapered outer surface is deteriorated on the basis of the glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit; and a notification unit that notifies an operator of deterioration of the tapered outer surface if it is determined by the deterioration determination unit that the tapered outer surface is deteriorated.

Claims (32)

1. A machine tool comprising:

a tool magazine that stores a plurality of tools;

a spindle that holds one of the plurality of tools stored in the tool magazine;

a glossiness measurement unit that measures glossiness of a tapered outer surface of a taper shank of each of the plurality of tools;

a deterioration determination unit that determines whether or not the tapered outer surface is deteriorated on the basis of the glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit; and

a notification unit that notifies an operator of deterioration of the tapered outer surface if it is determined by the deterioration determination unit that the tapered outer surface is deteriorated.

2. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the deterioration determination unit determines that the tapered outer surface is deteriorated if the glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

3. The machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein

the predetermined threshold is set depending on a required machining accuracy of a work.

4. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the deterioration determination unit determines that the tapered outer surface is deteriorated if a temporal change amount of the glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

5. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the tool magazine has a fixing portion, and a rotary portion rotatable about a predetermined rotary axis with respect to the fixing portion, the rotary portion having a plurality of tool holders arranged in a circumferential direction about the predetermined rotary axis, and

the glossiness measurement unit is fixed to the fixing portion, and measures the glossiness of the tapered outer surface of a tool of the plurality of tools that is placed in a predetermined measurement position by rotation of the rotary portion.

6. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the glossiness measurement unit is fixed to the periphery of the spindle, and measures the glossiness of the tapered outer surface of a tool of the plurality of tools that moves relative to the spindle in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the spindle while the tool is passed between the tool magazine and the spindle.

7. The machine tool according to claim 1 further comprising

a storage that stores learning data regarding a relationship between glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit and machining quality of a work, and

a learning unit that uses the learning data stored in the storage to learn a reference for determining whether or not the tapered outer surface is deteriorated.

8. A management system comprising

a plurality of machine tools according to claim 1 , and

a host control system capable of communicating with each of the plurality of machine tools.

9. The management system according to claim 8 , wherein

the host control system

receives learning data regarding a relationship between glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit and machining quality of a work from each of the plurality of machine tools and accumulates the learning data, and

uses the accumulated learning data to learn a reference for determining whether or not the tapered outer surface is deteriorated.

10. The management system according to claim 8 , wherein

each of the plurality of machine tools includes

a storage that stores learning data regarding a relationship between glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit and machining quality of a work, and

a learning unit that uses the learning data stored in the storage to learn a reference for determining whether or not the tapered outer surface is deteriorated, and

the host control system receives a learning result of the learning unit from each of the plurality of machine tools and accumulates the learning results.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2019
From: ISOBE, GAKU
To: FANUC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051265/0954 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-007451 · Jan 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200230758A1 · Jul 23, 2020
Cited By (1)
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