摘要:
A numerical contouring control capable of backing up along the path commanded by the block of data controlling the machine tool. When the control is in the backup mode of operation, the counting direction of the X and Y integrand counters of the contouring function generator and the direction control signals for the X and Y motion commands are reversed so that the machine tool reverses its direction along the commanded path. The counting direction of the X and Y distance counters is also reversed in the backup mode so that the X and Y distance counters continue to keep track of the X and Y distances from the present commanded position to the end point of the commanded path. The backup mode is manually terminated by the operator or is automatically terminated when the machine tool reaches the beginning of the commanded path. When the machine tool is returned to the normal mode of operation, the machine tool retraces and completes the commanded path.
摘要:
This invention relates to a digital circuit for an eroding machine designed to control a relative movement between a workpiece and a wire electrode by the input of data stored in an information carrier, the said data being translated in a circuit into the curve defined by the axis of the wire electrode in consideration of the diameter of the wire electrode and the width of the operation gap.
摘要:
This invention relates to a circuit for an electro-eroding machine for the control of the relative movement between at least one electrode and at least one workpiece by virtue of data stored on an information carrier which relative movement contains at least one length of curve defined by the data and which data are corrected in consideration of the thickness of the electrode, the width of the operating gap, the erosive condition in the operating gap and which are supplied to at least one advancing device for the electrode and/or the workpiece as control signals generated in a computing unit by means of an interpolation process.
摘要:
A numerical control contouring system in which successive path segments are executed according to successive blocks of command signals making up a path program, the system being interruptable at any time by a feedhold signal to stop the controlled movable member at a random point on the path. The system is characterized by the improvement of preventing the system from resuming normal operation unless and until the member is returned to the path stopping point after it has been, for any reason, displaced therefrom under manual control or the like. In one embodiment, the axis component displacements of the member from the stopping point are represented by signals created and displayed, and the operator's restart pushbutton switch is rendered ineffective until the displayed displacement signals are reduced to zero. In another embodiment, the axis component displacement signals are utilized to create a non-program block of command signals, and means responsive to a restart signal first cause the member to be moved back to the path stopping point before the system is automatically restored to normal operation. In a third embodiment, after each movement of the controlled member following its arrival at the stopping point, the axis components for that movement are signaled and stored, and means responsive to a restart signal first utilize such stored signals to execute such movements in reverse order and senses to return the member to the path stopping point, and next restore normal operation of the system so that movement along the path is resumed.
摘要:
An on-line data processing machine controls the operation of one or more machine tools. A general purpose communications link allows each machine tool and/or the operator therefore to communicate with the data processing machine and either change the operations which the machine tool would otherwise perform under control of an existing stored program, or add new or partly new operations, which if desired can thereafter immediately be performed by the machine tool.