Control method for machine tool, and machine tool
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorsShunsuke UENO, Takeshi KAWADA
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Abstract
This method, for controlling a machine tool using a tool holder to which a coolant pipe is attached, includes: a step of detecting, in response to a signal indicating that a tool is prepared on a tool loading station of the machine tool, whether or not an abnormality has occurred in attaching the coolant pipe to the tool holder of the tool while the tool holder is at the tool loading station; and a step of issuing an alarm when the abnormality is detected in the step of detecting the occurrence of the abnormality.
Claims6
A control method for a machine tool using a tool holder to which a coolant pipe is attached, the method comprising steps of:
- detecting any abnormality of attachment of the coolant pipe to the tool holder for a tool triggered by a signal showing that the tool is ready at a tool loading station of the machine tool while the tool holder is at the tool loading station;
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- issuing an alarm if an abnormality is detected at the step of detecting any abnormality.
A machine tool using a tool holder to which a coolant pipe is attached, the machine tool comprising:
- a tool magazine,
- a tool loading station provided adjoining the tool magazine as a relay part for transferring a tool to be stored in the tool magazine from the outside to the tool magazine and for receiving a tool taken out from the tool magazine to the outside,
- a coolant pipe detection device for detecting the coolant pipe to be attached to the tool holder when the tool to be stored in the tool magazine is at the tool loading station together with that tool holder, and
- a controller making the coolant pipe detection device operate triggered by a signal showing that the tool to be stored in the tool magazine is ready at the tool loading station while the tool holder for the tool is at the tool loading station, judging any abnormality in attachment of the coolant pipe based on a signal from the coolant pipe detection device, and issuing an alarm if judging there is an abnormality.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.