Numerical controller for machine tool with installation error compensation unit

A numerical controller that controls a five-axis machine tool that machines a work attached to a table using three linear axes and two rotary axes, comprising:

• a work installation error compensation unit that compensates an installation error during installation of the work,
• the work installation error compensation unit including:
• a tool position and direction calculation unit that calculates a position and a direction on a command coordinate system of a tool on the basis of command values of the three linear axes and the two rotary axes;
• and
• an error compensation unit that performs error compensation with respect to the three linear axes and the two rotary axes using an error amount set in advance so as to correspond to the installation error during installation of the work so that the position and the direction on the command coordinate system of the tool calculated by the tool position and direction calculation unit are maintained on the work having the installation error, the error compensation unit selecting the positions of the two rotary axes to be compensated according to a first method of selecting a solution close to a previous solution or either one of a second method of selecting a solution close to the command value on the command coordinate system or a third method of switching to another solution at a timing at which movement of the two rotary axes is minimized while selecting a solution close to a previous solution when a plurality of solutions of trigonometric calculation is present, the numerical controller driving each axis on the basis of coordinate values of the three linear axes and the two rotary axes calculated by the work installation error compensation unit, the numerical controller further comprising:
• a look ahead unit that looks ahead a program, wherein
• the work installation error compensation unit performs error compensation on the looked ahead command value according to the first method to obtain a compensation command value,
• the work installation error compensation unit sets the first method-based error compensation when the compensation command value is within a movable region of the five-axis machine tool and sets either one of the second method-based error compensation or the third method-based error compensation when the compensation command value is outside the movable region of the five-axis machine tool,
• the tool position and direction calculation unit, the error compensation unit, and the look ahead unit are instructions of a control program, and
• the work installation error compensation unit is either:
• the control program, which is executed by a processor of the numerical controller, or
• a processor configured to execute the control program.