Laser processing machine and system for shaft adjustment
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsToshiki Koshimae, Tomonori Mukae, Masayuki Uematsu, Hiroki Muraoka
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Abstract
A laser processing machine includes a processing head having a sensor, and a control unit to which a signal from the sensor is inputted. The control unit determines, by the signal, whether a drive shaft for the processing head needs to be adjusted. When the drive shaft is a state of needing adjustment, the control unit informs a display unit that the drive shaft is in a state of needing adjustment, and adjusts the drive shaft for the processing head by comparing data of a signal from the sensor with prestored data obtained during normal operation, in a different process than a laser processing process.
Claims12
A laser processing machine comprising:
- a processing head having a sensor;
- and
- a controller to which a signal from the sensor is inputted, wherein
- the sensor is an acceleration sensor to measure acceleration of the processing head for when the processing head moves,
- the controller determines whether the signal inputted from the sensor while the processing head moves during a laser processing process indicates an abnormal acceleration, the laser processing process performing a laser processing on a workpiece,
- after the controller determines that the signal inputted from the sensor while the processing head moves during the laser processing process indicates the abnormal acceleration, the controller controls the processing head to perform a different process during which the laser processing is not performed on the workpiece and during which the signal from the sensor is inputted to be used by the controller to determine whether a shaft for the processing head needs to be adjusted,
- the controller determines whether the shaft for the processing head needs to be adjusted based on the signal inputted from the sensor while the processing head moves during the different process during which the laser processing is not performed on the workpiece, and
- when the controller determines that the shaft is in a state of needing adjustment, the controller adjusts the shaft for the processing head for use during the laser processing process.
A laser processing system comprising:
- a laser processing machine including a processing head having a sensor, and a controller to which a signal from the sensor is inputted;
- and
- an external computing apparatus to receive the signal from the controller, the external computing apparatus being connected to the laser processing machine through a network line, wherein
- the sensor is an acceleration sensor to measure acceleration of the processing head for when the processing head moves,
- the controller determines whether the signal inputted from the sensor while the processing head moves during a laser processing process indicates an abnormal acceleration, the laser processing process performing a laser processing on a workpiece,
- after the controller determines that the signal inputted form the sensor while the processing head moves during the laser processing process indicates the abnormal acceleration, the controller controls the processing head to perform a different process during which the laser processing is not performed on the workpiece and during which the signal from the sensor is inputted to be used by the controller to determine whether a shaft for the processing heads needs to be adjusted,
- the controller determines whether the shaft for the processing head needs to be adjusted based on the signal inputted from the sensor while the processing head moves during the different process during which the laser processing is not performed on the workpiece, and when the shaft is in a state of needing adjustment, the external computing apparatus generates information for adjusting the shaft for the processing head for use during the laser processing process, and transmits the generated information to the controller, and
- the controller receives the information and adjusts the shaft for the processing head using the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.