Display method for information setting screen along process flow and a multi-window type NC apparatus having such function
AssigneeAmada Company, Limited
InventorsKiyotaka Nishiyama, Takahiro Shibata
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Abstract
A multi-window type NC apparatus comprises a process flow icon indication instruction portion, an icon corresponding program combination portion, and an icon corresponding program screen instruction portion. Then, this NC apparatus displays an icon group for indicating information setting screens along a process flow, and when any icon is pressed, displays an information setting screen of a program relating to that icon and receives an input.
Claims14
A display method for information setting screens along a process flow, the method comprising:
- combining each icon parameter with at least one information setting screen program related to the icon parameter to store all icon parameters and information setting programs in a corresponding associative manner in a file;
- displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to the icon parameters in an order of working processes of a machine tool, for information setting of each of the working processes in the machine tool;
- reading and displaying at least one machining schedule in a memory upon system activation before any of the plurality of icons is selected by an operator;
- when one of the plurality of icons displayed is selected by an operator, displaying at least one screen of the at least one information setting program combined with the selected icon while keeping all of the plurality of icons displayed.
A multi-window type NC apparatus wherein a plurality of screens are opened on a display portion at a same time and the display portion is overlaid with a touch panel, the NC apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing at least one machining schedule;
- an icon corresponding program combination portion for combining each icon parameter with at least one information setting screen program related to the icon parameter to store all icon parameters and information setting programs in a corresponding manner in a file;
- a process flow icon indication instruction portion for displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to the icon parameters in an order of working processes of a machine tool, for information setting for each of the working processes of the machine tool;
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- an icon corresponding program screen indication instruction portion for, when one of the plurality of icons displayed is selected, displaying at least one screen for the at least one information setting program combined with the selected icon while keeping all of the plurality of icons displayed.
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