Numerically controlled machining apparatus

A machining apparatus for a crankshaft having a shoulder portion of a crankpin of said crankshaft extending to an X-axis direction, wherein said shoulder portion has an arc portion at a root of extension of said extending portion and a diameter of said arc portion is gradually reduced, said machining apparatus comprising:

• a C-axis driving device to support said crankshaft and to rotate said crankshaft around a C-axis perpendicular to said X-axis;
• a cutting tool machining a peripheral profile of said crankpin;
• an X-axis driving device driving said cutting tool relatively to said crankshaft along said X-axis;
• a Z-axis driving device driving said cutting tool relatively to said crankshaft along a Z-axis parallel to said C-axis;
• and
• a numerical controller controlling operations of said C-axis driving device, said X-axis driving device and said Z-axis driving device;
• wherein:
• said numerical controller controls a C-X profile motion to control said relative motion of said cutting tool relative to said crankpin along said X-axis according to a rotational angle of said crankshaft during controlling said rotational angle of said crankshaft around said C-axis, said relative motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said X-axis against said relative motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said Z-axis to trace an arc profile of said arc portion of the shoulder portion, and an infeed motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said X-axis to increase gradually an amount of said infeed motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said X-axis in order to machine said arc portion to said arc profile during said rotation of said crankshaft around said C-axis and to increase gradually a machining load of said cutting tool in machining.

A machining apparatus for a crankshaft having a shoulder portion of a crankpin of said crankshaft extending to an X-axis direction, wherein said shoulder portion has an arc portion at a root of extension of said extending portion and a diameter of said arc portion is gradually reduced, said machining apparatus comprising:

• a C-axis driving device to support said crankshaft and to rotate said crankshaft around a C-axis perpendicular to said X-axis;
• a cutting tool machining a peripheral profile of said crankpin;
• an X-axis driving device driving said cutting tool relatively to said crankshaft along said X-axis;
• a Z-axis driving device driving said cutting tool relatively to said crankshaft along a Z-axis parallel to said C-axis;
• and
• a numerical controller controlling operations of said C-axis driving device, said X-axis driving device and said Z-axis driving device;
• wherein said numerical controller controls a C-X profile motion to control said relative motion of said cutting tool relative to said crankpin along said X-axis according to a rotational angle of said crankshaft during controlling said rotational angle of said crankshaft around said C-axis, said relative motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said X-axis against said relative motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said Z-axis to trace an arc profile of said arc portion of the shoulder portion, and an infeed motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said X-axis to increase gradually an amount of said infeed motion of said cutting tool to said crankshaft along said X-axis in order to machine said arc portion to said arc profile during said rotation of said crankshaft around said C-axis and to increase gradually a machining load of said cutting tool in machining,
• wherein said numerical controller has a written program to command a motion of each of plural axes installed in said machining apparatus;
• said program has a single or plural user set programs calculating a control amount of said identified axis and a single or plural axis driving programs prepared for each said axis to be input said control amount calculated by said user set program to drive a driving device of said each axis;
• said plural user set programs are independently and in parallel processed where said single or plural user set programs are plural user set programs;
• each of said user set programs is written to calculate said control amount of single or plural axes identified in random by said each user set program, and said each axis identified by said user set program is individually identified by only one user set program;
• said axis driving program outputs a driving signal to said driving device related to said axis driving program in accordance with said input control amount;
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• said plural user set programs includes a user set program relating to said C, X axes to command a C-X motion of said cutting tool along said X-axis relative to said crankpin according to said rotational angle of said crankshaft around said C-axis, a user set program relating to said X, Z axes to command a motion of said crankshaft along said Z-axis relative to said cutting tool in relation to a motion of said cutting tool along said X-axis relative to said crankshaft, and a user set program relating to said X-axis to command said infeed motion of said cutting tool along said X-axis relative to said crankshaft;
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• in order to control said C-axis driving device, X-axis driving device and Z-axis driving device by three user set programs, a virtual axis is identified to be virtually controlled by only its own user set program in the second and later user set program controlling a duplicated controlled axis that is controlled by said plural user set programs, said virtual axis is written in place of said duplicated axis in the second and later user set program, and said control amount calculated by said user set program identifying said virtual axis is added to said correspondent axis driving program as said control amount of said duplicated axis before replacing said virtual axis.