Machine tool system
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotohiko Sato, Taiichiro Washizaki
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Abstract
This machine tool system uses a plurality of mobile robots to convey workpieces to a plurality of machine tools, the machine tool system being provided with: machine tool control unit that issues work requests to the machine tools; a mobile robot control unit that determines workable times for the mobile robots on the basis of the work requests; and a determining unit that compares the workable times which are for the mobile robots and respectively planned by the mobile robots, and causes the mobile robot with the fastest workable time to execute the requested work.
Claims4
A machine tool system using a plurality of mobile robots to convey workpieces to a plurality of machine tools, the machine tool system comprising:
- a machine tool control unit issuing work requests to the individual machine tools;
- a mobile robot control unit determining possible work start times for the individual plurality of mobile robots based on the work requests for the individual machine tools sent out from the machine tool control unit;
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- a determining unit comparing the possible work start times of the individual mobile robots which the mobile robots respectively plan and making a mobile robot with an earliest possible work start time perform requested work.
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