Control device for machine tool
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorsRie Kawai, Hideki Heishi, Kenichi Ono
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Abstract
This control device for a machine tool is provided with: a display unit that displays information relating to a machine tool; a display control unit that controls the display of the display unit; and a storage unit. A display setting of the display unit that corresponds to an operation of an operator or the condition of the machine tool is stored in advance in the storage unit. The display control unit acquires an operation of the operator or the condition of the machine tool, reads the display setting corresponding to the operation of the operator or the condition of the machine tool from the storage unit, and changes the display of the display unit on the basis of the display setting.
Claims4
A control apparatus for a machine tool that machines a workpiece by moving a tool relative to the workpiece, the machine tool operating under a plurality of operation modes, the apparatus comprising:
- a display part that displays information relating to the machine tool;
- an operation panel for controlling the machine tool and including switches to select respective operation modes of the machine tool;
- and
- a manual pulse generator that transmits a pulse signal for manually driving the machine tool and includes a permission button that enables the pulse signal to be transmitted when the button is operated on,
- wherein the plurality of operation modes include a manual operation mode,
- the switches of the operation panel include a manual operation mode switch to select the manual operation mode, the selection of the manual operation mode by the manual operation mode switch resulting in displaying a manual operation screen on the display part,
- the display part is configured such that during the manual operation mode, an operation on the permission button of the manual pulse generator brings back the manual operation screen on the display part when the display part does not display the manual operation screen at the time of the operation on the permission button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.