Method and device for numerical control

A method for numerical control of machine tools, robots or production machines, comprising the steps of:

• generating marker signals, in particular desired position values, for system components, in particular drives, according to an interpolation clock cycle,
• providing by way of a control axis reference values for reading a table according to the interpolation clock cycle,
• defining in the table encoded and/or non-encoded desired position values for synchronous successor axes, and/or extracting, independent from the interpolation clock cycle, encoded and/or non-encoded functions stored in the table, and
• triggering execution of these functions several times by the synchronous successor axes independent of the interpolation clock cycle.

A numerical controller comprising a computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying program instructions for control of machine tools, robots or production machines, the program instructions including instructions operable for causing a memory-programmable processor to:

• generate desired position values for system components, in particular drives, according to an interpolation clock cycle,
• provide by way of a control axis reference values for reading a table according to the interpolation clock cycle,
• define encoded and/or non-encoded desired position values for synchronous successor axes, and/or extract independent from the interpolation clock cycle encoded and/or non-encoded functions stored in the table, and
• trigger execution of these functions several times by the synchronous successor axes independent of the interpolation clock cycle.