Method and device for controlling a machine tool, in particular, a die-sink erosion machine
US6556886B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B19/40938
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and a device for controlling a number of machining processes on a machine tool with the help of a control device (20) that controls at least one tool for performing said number of machining processes under the direction of a control program, whereby the control program is created using a description of the tools required for performing the machining processes, and whereby the data for describing the tool are hereby divided in memories (24, 25) of the control device (20) into: (a) abstract tool data for describing a standard tool (V1, V2), and (b) specific tool data for correcting and/or adapting the abstract tool data to the actually used tool (R1, R2) or to machine-specific characteristics, whereby the tool description in the control program is obtained by linking the abstract tool data with the specific tool data.
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