Apparatus for producing NC programs using menu icons to define operations and producing method thereof
US5122717A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for producing a numerical control program, which uses a unit motion pattern icon. A menu memory unit stores a menu of unit motion patterns corresponding to subdivided machine motions, a task memory unit for storing process programs for converting each unit motion pattern to each numerical control program; a display unit for displaying the menu of the unit motions; a task controller for reading the corresponding process program, outputting a parameter guidance corresponding to the unit motion pattern, and converting the unit motion to the corresponding numerical control program; and input unit for appointing a unit motion patterns and inputting a parameter; and NC program file for storing the numerical control program. A method for producing a numerical control program, which subdivides machine motion into unit motion, comprising the steps of subdividing machine into motion patterns, display the unit motion patterns as a menu, appointing a unit motion pattern, converting the unit motion pattern to a part of the numerical control program, repeating from the display step through the converting step, and combining each part of the numerical control program.
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