Method and system for controlling a machine tool with direct transfer of machining data

US7283888B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Mark S. Evans · Orem, US
• Walter Edward Red · Provo, US
• Charles Gregory Jensen · Provo, US
• C. Bassett · Orem, US
• Corey McBride · Lindon, US
• Jonathan Bosley · Tucson, US
• Girish Ghimire · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

Method and system for a direct transmission of motion path data (310) from a generating system (204) to a control system (205) for use in controlling a servo-driven machine. For example, a machine tool for machining stock material, and the data generating system includes a computer-aided-design software package (301). Tool paths for directing the tool members of the machine tool can be extracted from a design file opened by the CAD software through the operation interface of the CAD software (302). Alternatively, the design file can be used to specify motion paths rather than end product geometry. The CAD interpreter application extracts the motion path data from the design file, eliminating the need to translate the data into another or intermediate form for controlling the machine tool.