Tool measuring system, and control method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsDaisuke UENISHI, Kenji KAIHARA
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Abstract
The objective of the present invention is to provide a tool measuring system, a control method, and a program with which it is possible for a cutting tool to be measured easily. This tool measuring system is provided with: a tool measuring device; a tool moving unit; a tool measuring unit; a tool correcting unit for feeding back the measured tool length and tool diameter of the cutting tool to a tool diameter correction number and a diameter correction number of the cutting tool; and a program computing unit for computing the operations of the tool measuring device, the tool moving unit, the tool measuring unit, and the tool correcting unit as instructions operable by the machine tool from a one-line control program in order to instruct the machine tool.
Claims7
A tool measuring system comprising:
- a tool measuring instrument that detects an edge of a cutting tool in a machine tool;
- a tool moving unit that moves the cutting tool to the tool measuring instrument in the machine tool;
- a tool measuring unit that measures length and diameter of the cutting tool based on coordinates of the edge detected by the tool measuring instrument;
- a tool correcting unit that feeds back the measured length and diameter of the cutting tool to tool length and diameter correction numbers for the cutting tool;
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- a program computing unit that computes a command executable by the machine tool from a one-line control program for commanding the machine tool to operate the tool measuring instrument, the tool moving unit, the tool measuring unit, and the tool correcting unit.
A method for controlling a tool measuring system, comprising:
- a step of computing a command executable by a machine tool from a one-line control program for commanding the machine tool;
- a step of detecting an edge of a cutting tool in the machine tool according to the executable command;
- a step of moving the cutting tool to a tool measuring instrument in the machine tool according to the executable command;
- a step of measuring, according to the executable command, length and diameter of the cutting tool based on coordinates of the edge detected by the tool measuring instrument;
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- a step of feeding back the measured length and diameter of the cutting tool to tool length and diameter correction numbers for the cutting tool according to the executable command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.