Dialogue System and Method for Examining a Machining Process
AssigneeTRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsKlaus Bauer, Gerhard Hammann, Hans-Peter Bock
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Abstract
A dialogue system for examining a processing operation carried out on a machine tool and establishing a proposal for improving at least one quality feature of a subsequent processing operation, the dialogue system having input means to predetermine the quality feature to be improved and a proposal module which, by accessing stored expert knowledge, can establish at least one proposal for improving the quality feature. In some implementations, the proposal module is operable to read data established by one or more of a machine tool sensor system and image data of a processed workpiece together with associated material and processing data to provide the proposal.
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A dialogue system for the examination of a processing operation which is carried out on a machine tool to establish a proposal for improving at least one quality feature of a subsequent processing operation, the dialogue system comprising:
- input means through which an operator can identify the quality feature that is to be improved;
- and
- a proposal module that is configured to access stored expert knowledge, and to provide at least one proposal for improving the quality feature, wherein, to provide the at least one proposal, the proposal module is further configured to read one or more of data provided from a machine tool sensor system and image data of a processed workpiece together with associated material and processing data.
A control unit for a machine tool, the control unit having a dialogue system for examining a processing operation which is carried out on the machine tool to establish a proposal for improving at least one quality feature of a subsequent processing operation, the dialogue system comprising:
- input means through which an operator can identify the quality feature that is to be improved;
- and
- a proposal module that is configured to access stored expert knowledge, and to provide at least one proposal for improving the quality feature, wherein, to provide the at least one proposal, the proposal module is further configured to read one or more of data provided from a machine tool sensor system and image data of a processed workpiece together with associated material and processing data.
A computer program product that is executable on a data processing system and comprising encoding that is executable to form a dialogue system for examining a processing operation which is carried out on a machine tool to establish a proposal for improving at least one quality feature of a subsequent processing operation, the dialogue system comprising:
- input means through which an operator can identify the quality feature that is to be improved;
- and
- a proposal module that is configured to access stored expert knowledge, and to provide at least one proposal for improving the quality feature, wherein, to provide the at least one proposal, the proposal module is further configured to read one or more of data provided from a machine tool sensor system and image data of a processed workpiece together with associated material and processing data.
A method for examination of a processing operation which is carried out on a machine tool in order to establish a proposal for improving at least one quality feature of a subsequent processing operation in which an operator predetermines a quality feature for a dialogue system, the method comprising:
- establishing, by the dialogue system, at least one proposal for improving the quality feature using stored expert knowledge;
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- reading, by the dialogue system, data provided by at least one of a machine tool sensor system and image data of a processed workpiece together with associated material and processing data in order to establish the proposal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.