Tool display system of automatic tool changing apparatus
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsHiroomi Fukuyama, Kiyoshi Hattori, Yoshihiro Nakashima
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Abstract
A tool display system of an automatic tool changing apparatus (31) in a machine tool (30) sequentially controlled by a programmable controller (20) on the basis of a control signal from a numerical control unit (1). The tool display system is equipped with a memory (21) for storing the positions of a plurality of pots (31b) provided on a tool magazine (31a) accommodating tools, and a display unit (14) for displaying the tool information stored in the memory (21). The display unit (14) displays a graphic pattern representing the positions of the plurality of pots on the tool magazine (31a) as well as the present positions of tools accommodated in the tool magazine, the latter appearing inside the graphic pattern.
Claims5
A tool display system of an automatic tool changing apparatus having a machine tool equipped with an automatic tool changing apparatus, a numerical control unit for executing numerical control of the machine tool, and a programmable controller for executing sequential control of the machine tool on the basis of a control signal from said numerical control unit, said tool display system comprising:
- a tool magazine provided on the automatic tool changing apparatus;
- a plurality of pots, provided on said tool magazine, for accommodating tools;
- a memory, operatively connected to the machine tool, for storing the position of each of said plurality of pots and for storing position information for tools accommodated at the pot positions;
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- a display unit, operatively connected to the numerical control unit, for displaying pot positions, the pot positions changing due to movement of said tool magazine, and said tools accommodated at the pot positions, on the basis of said position information stored in said memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.