Ststem and method for automatic local return for lathe nc-machining cycle interruption
AssigneeSiemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
InventorsScott Dixon, Reinhard Rinas, Oliver Brugge, Olaf Kaltz
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for monitoring a machine cycle, comprising the steps of tracking an elapsed cumulative measure; comparing said elapsed cumulative measure with a cycle interrupt interval; interrupting a machining cycle at said cycle interrupt interval; and performing a local return to a defined position upon said interrupting step and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.
Claims23
A method of monitoring a machine cycle, comprising the steps of:
- tracking an elapsed cumulative measure;
- comparing said elapsed cumulative measure with a cycle interrupt interval;
- interrupting a machining cycle at said cycle interrupt interval;
- and
- performing a local return to a defined position upon said interrupting step.
A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium to perform method of monitoring a machine cycle, comprising:
- instructions for tracking an elapsed cumulative measure;
- instructions for comparing said elapsed cumulative measure with a cycle interrupt interval;
- instructions for interrupting a machining cycle at said cycle interrupt interval;
- and
- instructions for performing a local return to a defined position upon said interrupting step.
A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory to implement a method of monitoring a machine cycle, comprising:
- means for tracking an elapsed cumulative measure;
- means for comparing said elapsed cumulative measure with a cycle interrupt interval;
- means for interrupting a machining cycle at said cycle interrupt interval;
- and
- means for performing a local return to a defined position upon said interrupting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.