Apparatus and methods for controlling machining systems
AssigneeTRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsGerhard Hammann, Arnd Szelagowski, Mathias Schlotter, Klaus Bauer
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to implementations of apparatus and methods for controlling a machining system by means of a control program. In some implementations, apparatus include a data storage, in which standard machining parameters are stored to which the control program refers, an adjustment device can be activated in accordance with the invention for adjusting the machining parameters in a preset fashion based on the material properties of a workpiece to be processed and/or a selectable machining target value.
Claims10
A laser machining system configured to laser cut a plurality of materials using a control program, wherein the laser machining system comprises:
- one or more processors;
- an adjustment device;
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- a data storage coupled to the one or more processors and the adjustment device, in which standard laser machining parameters and instructions are stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- accessing the standard laser machining parameters using the control program;
- receiving an operator input indicating that adjustment of the machining parameters by the adjustment device is required;
- based on receiving the operator input, selectively adjusting, using the adjustment device, the standard laser machining parameters in a preset fashion based on whether a process safety of laser machining is to be increased to provide adjusted machining parameters based on the standard laser machining parameters;
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- based on the adjustment of the standard laser machining parameters, initiating the laser machining system by laser cutting one of the plurality of materials using the control program.
A method for controlling a laser machining system configured to laser cut a plurality of materials using a control program, the method comprising:
- storing standard laser machining parameters in a data storage;
- accessing the standard laser machining parameters using the control program;
- receiving an operator input indicating that adjustment of the machining parameters by the adjustment device is required;
- based on receiving the operator input, selectively adjusting, using an adjustment device, the standard laser machining parameters in a preset fashion based on whether a process safety of laser machining is to be increased to provide adjusted laser machining parameters based on the standard laser machining parameters, the control program accessing the adjusted laser machining parameters;
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- based on the adjustment of the standard laser machining parameters, initiating the laser machining system by laser cutting one of the plurality of materials using the control program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.