Patent · US Expired

Machine tool control system

US5850343A · kind A · utility

13Cited by
4References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1996
Grant dateDec 15, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

When a machining program copied from the toll center is transferred to the NC device, the transfer system determining means of the controller compares a machining schedule copied from the toll center and its machining program with transfer judging rules created in the database to automatically judge whether memory transfer or DNC transfer system is more suitable, and the machining program transfer means transfers the machining program to the NC device by the selected system.

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