Neutral data computer control system for a machine tool used to produce workpieces with a threaded surface and associated machine tool

A multiaxis machine tool for producing workpieces having a helicoidal generated surface, comprising:

• a workpiece holder for receiving a workpiece;
• a tool;
• at least five activatable mechanical axes for machining the workpiece or for positioning the workpiece and the tool in relation to each other;
• a control device for activating the mechanical axes, wherein there is provided at least one virtual axis, which can be parameterized as a guiding axis for other axes and then serves only for the synchronization of these other axes;
• and
• a memory, stored in which are machine control parameters which are accessed by the control device,
• wherein in the memory in which machine control parameters accessed by the control device are stored there is a data structure which is intended for receiving a definition of a function or relation for the activation of the respective mechanical axis by the control device,
• wherein at least one predefined type of function or relation is provided and the data structure has at least one data field for the identification of the predefined type of function or relation, used for the definition of a function or relation of the respective mechanical axis,
• wherein one of the at least one predefined type of function or relation is a polynomial function with polynomial coefficients as parameters, and
• wherein the polynomial function is of the sixth degree.

A multiaxis machine tool for producing workpieces having a helicoidal generated surface, comprising:

• a workpiece holder for receiving a workpiece;
• a tool;
• at least five activatable mechanical axes for machining the workpiece or for positioning the workpiece and the tool in relation to each other;
• a control device for activating the mechanical axes, wherein there is provided at least one virtual axis, which can be parameterized as a guiding axis for other axes and then serves only for the synchronization of these other axes;
• and
• a memory, stored in which are machine control parameters which are accessed by the control device,
• wherein in the memory in which machine control parameters accessed by the control device are stored there is a data structure which is intended for receiving a definition of at least one predefined type of relation for the activation of the respective mechanical axis by the control device,
• wherein one of the at least one predefined type of relation is a circular relation with a circle radius and a centre point, given by a pair of coordinates, and a rotating direction as parameters.

A multiaxis machine tool for producing workpieces having a helicoidal generated surface, comprising:

• a workpiece holder for receiving a workpiece;
• a tool;
• at least five activatable mechanical axes for machining the workpiece or for positioning the workpiece and the tool in relation to each other;
• a control device for activating the mechanical axes, wherein there is provided at least one virtual axis, which can be parameterized as a guiding axis for other axes and then serves only for the synchronization of these other axes;
• and
• a memory, stored in which are machine control parameters which are accessed by the control device,
• wherein in the memory in which machine control parameters accessed by the control device are stored there is a data structure which is intended for receiving a definition of at least one predefined tune of function for the activation of the respective mechanical axis by the control device,
• wherein one of the at least one predefined type of function is a table of coordinates with coordinates as parameters.

A multiaxis machine tool for producing workpieces having a helicoidal generated surface, comprising:

• a workpiece holder for receiving a workpiece;
• a tool;
• at least five activatable mechanical axes for machining the workpiece or for positioning the workpiece and the tool in relation to each other;
• a control device for activating the mechanical axes, wherein there is provided at least one virtual axis, which can be parameterized as a guiding axis for other axes and then serves only for the synchronization of these other axes;
• and
• a memory, stored in which are machine control parameters which are accessed by the control device,
• wherein in the memory in which machine control parameters accessed by the control device are stored there is a data structure which is intended for receiving a definition of a function or relation for the activation of the respective mechanical axis by the control device, and there is a data structure which combines at least one group of machine control parameters corresponding to a partial region of the workpiece, as a segment under a common segment identification,
• wherein the common segment identification is a segment number.