Numerical control device

A numerical control device configured to stop a machining operation without damage to a machine before a designated time arrives, when the designated time to stop the machining operation is designated, during the machining operation performed by controlling the machine based on a machining program, the numerical control device including a processor configured to execute the method comprising:

• receiving the designated time;
• predicting a machining time of the machining program based on an order of execute blocks of the machining program and an execution time for acceleration and deceleration by a drive unit of the machine of each block of the machining program;
• predicting an executing block of the machining program at the designated time, the executing block of the machining program predicted to be executing at the designated time, based on the predicted machining time of each block of the machining program;
• designating a stop block for the machining operation to be stopped without damage to the machine before the designated time, by searching from the executing block at the designated time in reverse order of the order of execute blocks of the machining program;
• and
• controlling stopping of the machining operation at the designated stop block.