Method of controlling a multi-axis machine tool

US6249102A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Brakelmann · Großburgwedel, DE
• Ralf Kamieth · Burgwedel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for the control of a multi-axis machine tool, in particular for the regulation of the position of the individual axes as a function of at least one other axis or external parameters. The method includes providing a coupling function for each axis so that the coupling function can be programmed by the operator of the machine tool and activating the coupling function only after all axes involved in the coupling have been referenced.