IP Library Granted Patent US 12,481,269
Granted Patent B2
US 12,481,269 · App. 18/289,019 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Numerical control device and computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Kasumi Satou (Yamanashi, JP); Masashi Yasuda (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
G05B19/4166G05B19/402G05B2219/49077
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Patent No.
US 12,481,269
App. No.
18/289,019
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This numeral control device includes a control information storage unit that stores a plurality of control information items for controlling a control shaft of a machine tool; a control information determination unit that, on the basis of a speed command for designating a feed speed of the control shaft or a movement command derived from the speed command, determines one control information item among the plurality of control information items stored in a control information storage unit; and a control unit that controls the control shaft on the basis of the one control information item determined by the control information determination unit.

Claims (23)

1 . A numerical controller comprising:

a control information storage unit that stores multiple pieces of control information used for controlling a control axis of a machine tool;

a control information determination unit that, based on a speed instruction described in the machining program, designating a feed rate of the control axis or a motion instruction derived from the speed instruction, determines one control information out of the multiple pieces of control information stored in the control information storage unit; and

a control unit that controls the control axis based on the one control information determined by the control information determination unit.

2 . The numerical controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the derived motion instruction includes a positioning instruction and a cutting feed instruction,

wherein when the derived motion instruction is the positioning instruction, the control information determination unit determines the one control information corresponding to the positioning instruction, and

wherein when the derived motion instruction is the cutting feed instruction, the control information determination unit determines the one control information corresponding to the cutting feed instruction.

3 . The numerical controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the derived motion instruction described in the machining program includes a first cutting feed instruction and a second cutting feed instruction that is different from the first cutting feed instruction,

wherein when the derived motion instruction is the first cutting feed instruction, the control information determination unit determines the one control information corresponding to the first cutting feed instruction, and

wherein when the derived motion instruction is the second cutting feed instruction, the control information determination unit determines the one control information corresponding to the second cutting feed instruction.

4 . The numerical controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the derived motion instruction includes a first positioning instruction and a second positioning instruction that is different from the first positioning instruction,

wherein when the derived motion instruction is the first positioning instruction, the control information determination unit determines the one control information corresponding to the first positioning instruction, and

wherein when the derived motion instruction is the second positioning instruction, the control information determination unit determines the one control information corresponding to the second positioning instruction.

5 . The numerical controller according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple pieces of control information include at least any of a position gain, a feedforward coefficient, an acceleration/deceleration time constant, and information indicating whether a function is on or off, respectively.

6 . The numerical controller according to claim 1 , wherein the speed instruction is designated by any of a machining program, a parameter, an external signal, and an external medium.

7 . The numerical controller according to claim 1 , wherein the control information determination unit changes the determined one control information to another control information based on an acceleration time of the control axis derived from the speed instruction.

8 . A computer readable non-transitory storage medium storing an instruction that causes a computer to perform:

based on a speed instruction described in the machining program, designating a feed rate a control axis of a machine tool or a motion instruction derived from the speed instruction,

determining one control information out of multiple pieces of control information used for controlling the control axis of the machine tool; and

controlling the control axis based on the determined one control information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2024
From: SATOU, KASUMI; YASUDA, MASASHI
To: FANUC CORPORATION
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