Control method for NC machine tool

A method of controlling an NC machine tool which has a feed drive system and is operative on the basis of a machining program, the control method comprising:

• generating an operation command signal on the basis of the machining program and a time constant;
• generating a velocity command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present position signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated operation command signal by a position loop gain;
• generating an electric current command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present velocity signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated velocity command signal by a velocity loop gain;
• and
• controlling a drive motor of the feed drive system on the basis of the generated electric current command signal for driving thereof,
• wherein a machining mode is determined from the machining program and, if the machining mode is a drilling mode, the velocity command signal is modified by adding a predetermined velocity modification value to the velocity command signal, and the generation of the electric current command signal is based on the modified velocity command signal when the feed drive system is driven to be retracted opposite to a drilling feed direction.

A method of controlling an NC machine tool which has a feed drive system and is operative on the basis of a machining program, the control method comprising:

• generating an operation command signal on the basis of the machining program and a time constant;
• generating a velocity command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present position signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated operation command signal by a position loop gain;
• generating an electric current command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present velocity signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated velocity command signal by a velocity loop gain;
• and
• controlling a drive motor of the feed drive system on the basis of the generated electric current command signal for driving thereof,
• wherein a machining mode is determined from the machining program and, if the machining mode is a drilling mode, the velocity command signal is modified by employing a position loop gain having a greater value than a position loop gain to be employed in a non-drilling mode, and the generation of the electric current command signal is based on the modified velocity command signal when the feed drive system is driven to be retracted opposite to a drilling feed direction.

A method of controlling an NC machine tool which has a feed drive system and is operative on the basis of a machining program, the control method comprising:

• generating an operation command signal on the basis of the machining program and a time constant;
• generating a velocity command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present position signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated operation command signal by a position loop gain;
• generating an electric current command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present velocity signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated velocity command signal by a velocity loop gain;
• and
• controlling a drive motor of the feed drive system on the basis of the generated electric current command signal for driving thereof,
• wherein a machining mode is determined from the machining program and, if the machining mode is a drilling mode, the electric current command signal is modified by employing a velocity loop gain having a greater value than a velocity loop gain to be employed in a non-drilling mode, and the modified electric current command signal is employed for the driving control of the drive motor when the feed drive system is driven to be retracted opposite to a drilling feed direction.

A method of controlling an NC machine tool which has a feed drive system and is operative on the basis of a machining program, the control method comprising:

• generating an operation command signal on the basis of the machining program and a time constant;
• generating a velocity command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present position signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated operation command signal by a position loop gain;
• generating an electric current command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present velocity signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated velocity command signal by a velocity loop gain;
• and
• controlling a drive motor of the feed drive system on the basis of the generated electric current command signal for driving thereof,
• wherein when the feed drive system is driven in the drilling feed direction, a bell-shaped time constant is employed and, when the feed drive system is driven to be retracted opposite to the drilling feed direction, a linear time constant is employed for the generation of the operation command signal.

A method of controlling an NC machine tool which has a feed drive system and is operative on the basis of a machining program, the control method comprising:

• generating an operation command signal on the basis of the machining program and a time constant;
• generating a velocity command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present position signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated operation command signal by a position loop gain;
• generating an electric current command signal by multiplying a deviation of a present velocity signal fed back from the feed drive system from the generated velocity command signal by a velocity loop gain;
• and
• controlling a drive motor of the feed drive system on the basis of the generated electric current command signal for driving thereof,
• wherein when the feed drive system is driven in the drilling feed direction, a time constant having a smaller value than a time constant to be used in a non-drilling mode is employed for the generation of the operation command signal.