Machine tool control system
AssigneeUnilens Corp., U.S.A.
InventorDenis Rehse
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Abstract
A machine tool control system in which a programmable controller operates a machine to carry out a plurality of programmable functions. The controller includes a plurality of processor means, a first one of the processor means capable of pre-processing and forwarding control information to a second of said processor means, wherein said second processor means provides control information to control machine movement. Advantageously, the second processor means operates on a periodic time based interrupt method which greatly increases the accuracy of the machine.
Claims5
A programmable controller for operating a machine having a controllable X-axis function and a controllable Y-axis function to allow the machine to carry out a plurality of programmable functions, which controller comprises:
- a plurality of processor means wherein a first processor means pre-processes incoming data and forwards pre-processed data including velocity and acceleration data present in multiple forms and control information to one or more second processor means which provides control information to control machine movement;
- means included within said second processor means for providing a periodic time-based interrupt;
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- means responsive to said time-based interrupt for controlling said X-axis and said Y-axis functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.