Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080201005 | MACHINE TOOL HAVING WORKPIECE REFERENCE POSITION SETTING FUNCTION BY CONTACT DETECTION - A machine tool having a function of setting a workpiece reference position to a central position of a workpiece. The workpiece has a machining surface symmetrical with respect to two orthogonal lines and is mounted on the machine tool having movable axes supported by fluid bearings so that the two lines extend parallel to axes of a machine coordinate system. A distal end of a stylus of a probe of an on-machine measuring device is brought into contact with the workpiece along first and second lines respectively parallel to the two lines from opposite sides of the workpiece. The contact is detected based on an increase of a position deviation and coordinate values at the time of the contact are stored. Coordinate values of a central position of the workpiece are obtained based on stored coordinate values and the central position is set as a reference position of the workpiece. | 08-21-2008 |
20080249741 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SURFACE SHAPE - An image display method for displaying a surface shape by measuring the surface shape of an object surface of a work piece to be measured with a contact probe placed on a machine and displaying the surface shape of said object surface on a screen based on measured shape data of the object surface, the method having: measuring a multiplicity of measuring positions on the object surface to be measured with the probe while relatively moving the probe on the object surface in order to obtain continuous shape data of the object surface; and displaying the surface shape of the object surface in real time based on the continuous shape data. | 10-09-2008 |
20080314004 | MACHINE TOOL WITH MIST DISPOSAL STRUCTURE - An interior of a machine tool and a machining area are divided for communication by a labyrinth. The machining area is covered by a cover. Air discharged from an air bearing flows from the machine tool interior into the machining area through the labyrinth. The cover for the machining area is provided with an exhaust unit for discharging the air from the air bearing or a mist produced in the machining area to the outside of the machine tool. | 12-25-2008 |
20090030560 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE TOOL - A temperature control system for a machine tool capable of quickly responding to an ambient temperature change. A mechanical section of the machine tool is surrounded by a machine cover. Gas of which temperature is controlled by a temperature controller is discharged from bearing portions of gas bearings in the mechanical section to a region surrounded by the machine cover through a pipe and a gas bearing channel. A branch pipe is provided for directly introducing a part of gas discharged from the temperature controller to a temperature sensor inside the machine cover. The temperature sensor measures the temperature of gas mixture obtained by mixing the gas introduced directly from the pipe with air inside the machine cover in a predetermined ratio. The result of measurement by the temperature sensor is fed back to the temperature controller to control the temperature of the gas supplied to the gas bearings. | 01-29-2009 |
20090030637 | METHOD OF MEASURING POSITION DETECTION ERROR IN MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool position detection error measurement method that eliminates the effects of pitch, yaw, and roll of the axes at the point of machining of a CNC machine tool and improved machining accuracy. The method comprises a step of compensating positioning accuracy of a positioning-error-measuring linear scale using a laser distance-measuring device, a step of mounting the compensated positioning-error-measuring linear scale parallel to a linear axis of the machine tool, and a step of comparing a motion amount obtained from the position detector by moving the linear axis a certain amount and a motion amount read from the positioning-error-measuring linear scale mounted parallel to the linear axis and storing a difference therebetween as error data of the position detector for the machine tool. | 01-29-2009 |
20090033271 | MACHINE TOOL HAVING FUNCTION OF CORRECTING MOUNTING ERROR THROUGH CONTACT DETECTION - A machine tool capable of automatically correcting an orientation of a workpiece or machining attachment based on detection results from position detectors that the machine tool inherently has. The machine tool comprises: position detectors; position deviation determining means; contact detection means that detects a contact between a probe and a surface of the workpiece or the machining attachment based on a position deviation; movable axis stopping means; coordinate value detection means; inclination determining means; and correction means. The inclination determining means moves linear axes to perform detection of contacts between the probe and the surface of the workpiece or the machining attachment at least two different points, and determines an inclination of the workpiece or the machining attachment using the obtained coordinate values. The correction means corrects a mounting error of the workpiece or the machining attachment, or corrects the machining program based on the determined inclination. | 02-05-2009 |
20090242224 | MACHINING APPARATUS WITH MECHANISM FOR RETAINING AXIAL POSITION OF GUIDE MEMBER - When a slide member mounted with a tool reciprocates on a guide member reach one end and the other end positions of the guide member, permanent magnets provided on the guide member and the permanent magnets provided on the slide member repel each other to give the guide member forces for reversing its moving direction. The guide member is provided to be movable with respect to a base and repulsive forces between permanent magnets provided on the base and permanent magnets provided on the guide member are used to retain an axial position of the guide member. | 10-01-2009 |
20090292503 | MACHINE TOOL WITH NUMERICAL CONTROLLER AND ON-MACHINE MEASURING DEVICE - A machine tool is fitted with a position detector for detecting a position of a moving axis of the machine tool and an on-machine measuring device for measurement on the machine tool. An axial position detection signal output from the position detector and a measurement signal output from the on-machine measuring device are received through interfaces by a numerical controller that controls the machine tool. These interfaces are designed so that the numerical controller receives the axial position detection signal and the measurement signal with the same timing. | 11-26-2009 |
20100030368 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SHAPE OF OBJECT TO BE MEASURED BY USING ON-BOARD MEASURING DEVICE - In a simultaneous multi-axis measuring machine tool system including linear drive axes and rotation axes to measure a surface shape of an object to be measured by using an on-board measuring device having a probe mounted, at one end thereof, with a spherical contactor, a numerical controller controls driving of the linear drive axes and the rotation axes so that a central axis of the probe is always oriented in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the object to be measured and that the spherical contactor of the probe comes in contact with and follows a surface of the object to be measured. | 02-04-2010 |
20100101105 | METHOD OF MEASURING SHAPE OF WORKPIECE BY USING ON-BOARD MEASURING MACHINE FOR CARRYING OUT TEMPERATURE DRIFT CORRECTION AND MACHINE TOOL HAVING ON-BOARD MEASURING MACHINE - In a machine tool having an on-board measuring machine and controlled by a numerical controller, a method of measuring a shape of a workpiece presets a reference point for temperature drift correction on the workpiece, moves a probe to the reference point, resets a coordinate system of the probe to correct a temperature drift of the probe, and carries out shape measurement of the workpiece along a first measuring path. Next, the method moves the probe to the reference point again, resets the coordinate system of the probe to correct a temperature drift of the probe again, and carries out shape measurement of the workpiece along a second measuring path. Thereafter, similar temperature drift correction is carried out for each measuring path until the shape measurement of the workpiece is carried out along the last measuring path. | 04-29-2010 |
20110232118 | CONTACT TYPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING FINE CONTACT FORCE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A contact type measurement device performs measurement with displacement of a probe, while a contact member attached to the probe is in contact with an object to be measured. Data on the relationship of a contact force of the probe to the object to be measured with an angle between the central axis of the probe and the direction of gravity, the amount of displacement of the probe, and a fluid pressure for applying a pushing-out or pulling-in force to the probe is stored in advance and, on the basis of this data, the fluid pressure or the amount of displacement of the probe is controlled to automatically and precisely adjust a fine contact force of the probe to the object to be measured. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246115 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING PROBE MOUNTING POSITION IN ON-MACHINE MEASURING DEVICE - A measurement program is created for measurement performed by moving X- and Z-axes so that a central axis of a probe is perpendicular to the surface of a reference sphere, and errors are obtained between original probe position data and probe position data obtained by measurement performed at two different angles θ | 10-06-2011 |
20110299949 | TOOL HOLDER WITH VARIABLE TOOL ROTATION RADIUS, MACHINE TOOL WITH TOOL HOLDER, AND MACHINING METHOD USING MACHINE TOOL - Since a tool holder is formed of a structure which is elastically deformed by a centrifugal force produced as the tool holder rotates around a rotation center axis, the rotation radius of a tool with a cutting edge directed to the rotation center axis varies from zero to an arbitrary value. The structure of the tool holder includes two beams elastically deformable to the same degree in opposite directions by the centrifugal force, and centrifugal force components acting on the two beams cancel each other so that a rotation balance is maintained even when the rotational speed of the tool holder is changed. | 12-08-2011 |
20130042604 | POSITIONING DEVICE THAT PERFORMS RETRACTING ACTION USING AIR BALANCE - When an excitation of a servo motor is released due to an emergency stop, a power outage, or another operation performed on a positioning device, the positioning device uses air supplied from an air supply source to vary pressure of an air balance, which cancels a self-weight of a vertical axis driven by the servo motor, thereby moving the vertical axis. | 02-21-2013 |