Data input and display device for a numerical control grinding machine
AssigneeToyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakao Yoneda, Yasuji Sakakibara, Norio Ohta
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Abstract
An interactive data input device for a numerical control grinding machine is provided with a key board for inputting data which defines the shapes of a number of machining portions formed on a cylindrical workpiece and a central processing unit for controlling a display controller to display on a screen of a cathode ray tube (CRT) display unit the profile as taken along the workpiece axis, of each machining portion based upon the shape data input by the key board. The central processing unit is programmed to display, in addition to the profiles of the machining portions, the profile of a non-machining portion formed between two machining portions based upon the shape data for the two machining portions.
Claims3
A data input and display device for a numerical control grinding machine, comprising:
- a display unit having a screen capable of displaying a shape of a cylindrical workpiece on which a number of first portions to be ground and at least one second portion not to be ground are axially arranged;
- shape data input means for inputting shape data defining the shape of each of said first portions;
- memory means coupled to said shape data input means for storing said shape data input by said shape data input means;
- main display control means coupled to said memory means and said display unit for controlling displaying on said screen of said display unit the shapes of said number of first portions based upon said shape data stored in said memory means;
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- auxiliary display control means coupled to said memory means and said display unit for controlling displaying on said screen of said display unit the shape of said at least one second portion based upon said shape data which are stored in said memory means for said number of first portions;
- wherein said at least one second portion is between one of said first portions and another of said first portions, and the shape data input by said shape data input means includes coordinate data defining an end point of said one of said first portions and a beginning point of said another of said first portions;
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- said auxiliary control means comprising,
- means for converting said coordinate data into corresponding coordinate values on the screen of the display unit, and
- means for controlling the display on the screen such that the coordinate values on the screen are visually interconnected,
- whereby said auxiliary display control means is operable to display on said screen of said display unit the shape of said at least one second portion in such a manner as to interconnect the shapes of said one first portion and said another first portion.
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