Machine tool and machine tool management device with tool state display
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Takiguchi, Akio Sanada, Koji Matsuoka, Tetsushi Asada
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Abstract
A tool management device for managing tools detachable from a plurality of tool stations provided in a turret of a machine tool includes a display controller controlling a display to display tool information related to one or more tools attached to each of the plurality of tool stations. The display controller switches, on a single screen, between a deployed state of deploying and displaying tool information related to all tools attached to one of the plurality of tool stations, and a folded state of folding and displaying tool information related to only one predetermined tool among the all tools attached to the one of the plurality of tool stations.
Claims7
A tool management device for managing tools detachable from a plurality of tool stations provided in a turret of a machine tool, the tool management device comprising:
- a display controller controlling a display to display tool information related to one or more tools attached to each of the plurality of tool stations,
- and to switch, on a single screen, between a deployed state of deploying and displaying tool information related to all tools attached to a predetermined tool station, and a folded state of folding and displaying tool information related to only one predetermined tool among the all tools attached to the predetermined tool station,
- wherein the display controller controls, in the folded state, the display to display, with display icons, states of all tools attached to the predetermined tool station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.