Control of a machining tool
AssigneeTRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
InventorThomas Brauchle
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for distributed control of a machining tool (24), in particular a laser machining tool, which comprises a machining area (31) which is surrounded by a protective housing (22) and has at least one area (27, 28) for access to the machining area (31) which is monitored, and comprising a control which is operated by at least one operator panel (21) to start the machining tool (24), wherein the machining tool is controlled by means of one or more multifunction keys (16), and at least one multifunction key (16) is associated with the at least one access area (27, 28), and when the respective multifunction key is pressed, (16) a work step of an operating sequence for the machining tool (24) is actuated which is next in a repetitive sequence of consecutive work steps of the operating sequence.
Claims23
A method for the decentralized control of a machine tool that comprises:
- a machining compartment that is surrounded by a protective housing and has at least one access region that is monitored;
- a controller that is controlled from a main control panel to start the machine tool and to actuate a work step;
- and one or more control elements decentralized from the main control panel, the method comprising:
- controlling the machine tool using the main control panel and the one or more control elements, each control element having a multifunction pushbutton, wherein at least one control element is associated with the at least one access region;
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- actuating a work step that is next in line in a repetitive sequence of consecutive work steps in a control cycle by operating the multifunction pushbutton,
- wherein the repetitive sequence of consecutive worksteps is synchronized with operation of the multifunction pushbutton and operation of the main control panel, such that operating either the main control panel or the multifunction pushbutton actuates the same successive work step in the sequence of consecutive work steps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.