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US 5,029,068 AGranted
NC data creation method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsMitsuto Miyata, Teruyuki Matsumura
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Abstract
Comment statements (CMS1, CMS2) are inserted after T-codes (TC1, TC2) for tool selection in an NC machining program (1) created conversationally. The comment statements including information relating to tools in the T-codes and/or information relating to a machining processes performed by the tools.
Claims3
An NC data creation method in an automatic programming apparatus for creating NC data executable by an NC unit based on conversationally entered data, comprising the steps of:
- storing names of machining processes and tool data used in the machining processes as respective comment statements including at least of information based on a tool in said T-code and information based on a machining process performed by said tool;
- automatically selecting one of the names corresponding to a T-code;
- automatically inserting the selected name as a comment statement after the T/code when NC data is created;
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- outputting the comment statement together with the NC data.
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