Air-blowing method and machining system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorHirofumi Sugahara
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Abstract
An air-blowing method includes the steps of blowing, inside a machine tool, air onto a workpiece after machining, issuing a workpiece pick-up advance notice signal for notifying beforehand of pick-up of the workpiece by a robot or a worker, on the basis of a task state of the robot or an operation of the worker, and calculating the additional time for air blow on the basis of a time required by the robot or the worker to arrive at a workpiece pick-up position in front of the machine tool after the workpiece pick-up advance notice signal is issued, where air blow is extended by just the additional time in the step of blowing air.
Claims7
An air-blowing method comprising the steps of:
- blowing, inside a machine tool, air onto a workpiece after machining;
- issuing a workpiece pick-up advance notice signal for notifying beforehand of pick-up of the workpiece by a robot or a worker to the machine tool or another device, on a basis of a task state of the robot or an operation of the worker;
- and
- calculating an additional time for air blow by the machine tool or the another device, on a basis of a time required by the robot or the worker to arrive at a workpiece pick-up position in front of the machine tool after the workpiece pick-up advance notice signal is issued, wherein
- air blow is extended by just the additional time in the step of blowing air.
A machining system comprising:
- a machine tool that machines and blows air onto a workpiece;
- a pick-up advance notice signal issuing unit that issues a workpiece pick-up advance notice signal for notifying beforehand of pick-up of the workpiece by a robot or a worker
- to the machine tool or another device, on a basis of a task state of the robot or an operation of the worker;
- and
- an additional time calculation unit provided in the machine tool or the another device and that calculates an additional time for air blow on a basis of a time required by the robot or the worker to arrive at a workpiece pick-up position in front of the machine tool after the workpiece pick-up advance notice signal is issued, wherein
- the machine tool extends air blow by just the additional time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.