Tool compensation method and device
AssigneeNuovo Pignone S.p.A.
InventorsUgo Cantelli, Garth M. Nelson, Yuanfeng Luo, Yimin Zhan, Roberto Ciappi, Massimo Arcioni, Renwei Yuan
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Abstract
A Method and machine tool for compensating a wear of an electrode that machines a workpiece. The method includes selecting a current pocket from plural pockets of the workpiece; updating a wear compensation to be applied to the electrode for the current pocket based on wear compensation of a previous pocket, where the previous pocket is adjacent to the current pocket; and applying the updated wear compensation to the electrode for machining the current pocket.
Claims10
A method for compensating a wear of an electrode that machines a workpiece, the method comprising:
- selecting a current pocket from plural pockets of the workpiece;
- updating a wear compensation to be applied to the electrode for the current pocket based on a wear compensation of a previous pocket,
- wherein the previous pocket is adjacent to the current pocket;
- and
- applying the updated wear compensation to the electrode for machining the current pocket.
A system for compensating a wear of an electrode that machines a workpiece, the system comprising:
- a spindle configured to rotate around an axis and to receive an electrode;
- a processor configured to control a movement of the spindle and also configured to select a current pocket from plural pockets of the workpiece, update a wear compensation to be applied to the electrode for the current pocket based on a wear compensation of a previous pocket, wherein the previous pocket is adjacent to the current pocket, and apply the updated wear compensation to the electrode for machining the current pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.