Control device, machine tool, and control method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorYuuta IMAMATSU
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Abstract
A control device for a machine tool, which machines a workpiece in a processing area and is equipped with a coolant supplier that supplies coolant to the processing area and a mist collector that collects mist within the processing area, comprises a machining control unit that controls the machine tool to perform machining on the basis of a machining program and determines whether the machining has finished, and a collector control unit that automatically stops the mist collector if the machining has finished.
Claims8
A control device for a machine tool comprising a coolant supply device configured to supply a coolant to a machining area, and a mist collector configured to collect mist within the machining area, the machine tool being configured to machine a workpiece within the machining area, the control device comprising:
- a machining control unit configured to control the machine tool to carry out machining based on a machining program, and configured to determine whether or not the machining is completed;
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- a collector control unit configured to automatically stop the mist collector in a case that the machining is completed.
A control method for controlling by a computer a machine tool comprising a coolant supply device configured to supply a coolant to a machining area, and a mist collector configured to collect mist within the machining area, the machine tool being configured to machine a workpiece within the machining area, the control method comprising:
- an end determination step in which the computer determines whether or not machining is completed based on a machining program;
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- a stop control step in which the computer controls the mist collector, and causes the mist collector to be automatically stopped in a case that the machining is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.