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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185233 | Numerical controller having multi-path control function Programs of a plurality of paths are displayed in parallel on a display screen. If a cursor of an editing target program is moved, cursors of the other programs are interlocked and moved so as to be aligned on a same row. If a sequence number that is set to any of b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180478 | Method for activating a workpiece manipulator of a machine tool The invention relates to a method for activating a workpiece manipulator (4) of a machine tool (1), comprising a control device which prescribes machining paths (6) for a workpiece by means of a computing unit, which machining paths are travelle... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7774088 | Numeric control apparatus and numeric control machine controlling a number of systems Irrespective of operation mode of systems in which predetermined axes belong to, a multi-system numerical controller is provided that freely combines axes belonging to arbitrary systems, and then simultaneously operates axes belonging to a plurality of systems in a ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7715941 | Method and apparatus for scheduling a plurality of processing tools The present invention provides a method and apparatus for scheduling a plurality of processing tools. The method comprises providing a first processing tool and a plurality of second processing tools, selecting one of the plurality of second processing tools, and de... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684890 | Simulation system In order to improve a simulation system for representing actions of machining units of a machine tool, in particular actions in the machining of a workpiece, in accordance with a CNC machining program complex by means of at least one first visualization unit in the ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7606631 | Packaging machine A packaging machine is described, which is equipped with sensors, actuators and drive systems, comprising a servo motor, a central control unit and a system for data transmission. The actual values of the sensors, actuators and drive systems are recorded in digital ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7567853 | Method and system for the electronic provision of services for machines via a data communication link With this invention, expert knowledge from machine manufacturers is applied quickly at any time to a machine via the Internet, by providing a main computer (host) for the production and provision of machine-related data and/or services and a machine-side working com... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7409253 | System and method for processing a substrate and program therefor A substrate processing system allows to reduce the number of works that should be done by a software engineer. The system 100 includes a substrate processing apparatus 101; a substrate processing controller 102 for controlling the substrate proc... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7357054 | Highly dynamic processing machine for lenses A highly dynamic lens processing machine with a machine bed having at least a first tool holder and one workpiece holder with an axis of rotation and including a workpiece spindle arranged thereon. The first tool holder includes at least one dynamic linear drive wit... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359831 | Diagnostic context A diagnostic context can be associated with a request and the diagnostic context can be used for determining whether to do diagnosis functions at predetermined points. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353221 | Method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data of systems The invention relates to a method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data from installations. The engineering and runtime objects are described by a uniform object model. This allows the correspondence between engineering objects and runtime objects to be de... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346973 | Processing cell of automatic machining system and automatic honing system A processing cell of automatic machining system configured in that it is easy to decide or change the number of steps and to design, and to reduce the installation cost. The control unit of the processing cell comprises an operation data storing means for storing ev... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340985 | Method and device for vibration control A device and method for vibration control in a machine for cutting, said machine comprising a cutting tool supported by a tool holder. The device comprises a control unit and converting means which are connectible to the control unit and comprise a vibration sensor ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338606 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324869 | Tool information display device for processing machine The present invention provides a tool information display device for a processing machine which can display information on tools installed in appropriate parts of the processing machine, in an easy-to-understand manner. The present invention allows even the identifi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319909 | Position control device, measuring device and machining device In a quadruple loop position control device (1) including: a drive controller (5) having a current control loop that controls motor current (I) and a motor speed control loop that controls a motor speed (Vm); a speed control loop (3) that contro... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313458 | NC machine Tool The NC device of the machining center has the data memory for storing exchange history and data concerning a tool therein when the tool has been manually exchanged. When the data concerning the tool is updated, the data memory also stores update history. The main co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310567 | Method for the preparation, treatment and updating tool data A method for the preparation, editing and maintenance of tool data sets for machining processes in an NC control system has at least one tool data organization that is separate from the control and is stored in the memory of an ADP system. The tool data organization... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301297 | Synchronous control device An ‘interval’ in which the synchronization status between the movable axes subject to synchronous control is monitored, an equation between the movable axes in the ‘interval’, and an ‘allowable displacement’ for the positional relationship obtained with ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292913 | Articulated robot In the articulated robot, types of teaching a moving track of the robot can be optionally selected. The articulated robot comprises: a switch for manually selecting a moving axis to move an arm section along the selected axis; a manual pulse generator generating pul... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289872 | Method and apparatus for prediction of polishing condition, and computer product A polishing-condition predicting apparatus determines optimum parameters to be substituted into various function models by performing calibration by use of a TEG. A polishing condition enabling polishing of a thin film formed on a substrate to be designed so as to o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280887 | Outsourcing method and system for sheet metal processing industry An outsourcing service center (7) discloses information obtained through outsourcing services for a first sheet metal processing factory (3) to promote sales. A first ordering customer (5) requests a first sheet metal processing factory (3 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274968 | Method of serial communication method between NC device and a plurality of servo amps for servomotors A communication control system and method of communicating between a numerical control device and a plurality of servomotors, includes connecting the numerical control device to a plurality of servoamps of the plurality of servomotors in a loop configuration via bi-... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272776 | Master data quality A method of enhancing the quality of data stored in a system includes receiving data from a first data enterer, accepting data received from the first data enterer into the system if the data are entered in a format compliant with a first set of rules, receiving fir... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260551 | Method for performing a plurality of candidate actions and monitoring the responses so as to choose the next candidate action to take to control a system so as to optimally control its objective function The present disclosure relates to a controller for controlling a system, capable of presentation of a plurality of candidate propositions resulting in a response performance, in order to optimise an objective function of the system. The controller has a means for st... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254460 | Numerical control system, and method of establishing communication timing in numerical control system Performing communications between numerical control apparatus 1a and peripheral devices (composed of at least one of a servo amplifier 2a, a spindle amplifier 3a and a remote I/O unit 4a) by connecting a numeri... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245980 | Method and apparatus for calculation of production quantities A method and apparatus calculates production quantities of a production system such as the throughput of a tool group, good unit equivalents of a tool group, number of units shipped and started for each step of the production system, process time of each step, avera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243583 | Lathe, in particular multi-spindle automatic lathe The multi-spindle automatic lathe (10) has an apparatus for machining the rear side of a workpiece (15). For this, it is provided with a transfer device (21) for removing a workpiece machined at its front side from a primary workpiece spindle ( | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239936 | Numerical control system When the system is powered on, a BOOT device detecting unit detects which data exchange device (memory card or the like) is to be booted first, and the detected data exchange device is booted first. A data exchange process program which is set as software starting a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228536 | System for rewriting control program in vending machine The present invention provides a vending machine control program rewriting system that facilitates the rewriting of a control program in the vending machine. The vending machine comprises a communication controller which receives a new control program sent from a ho... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7212108 | Remote control system When a trouble occurs in a machine tool (20) sold by a machine tool manufacturer to a customer, a failure analysis apparatus (11) installed in a service center (10) of the machine tool manufacturer remotely controls the machine tool (20) ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207000 | Providing dynamic web pages by separating scripts and HTML code A request reception module receives a request for an document stored within document server. A parsing module parses the requested document to generate therefrom a corresponding document object model (DOM) including at least one object. An instruction obtaining modu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206658 | Machining center that rotary drive a tool prior to process positioning at a working position There is provided a machining center capable of simplifying a driving force transmitting mechanism and restraining occurrence of noise and vibration. A machining center having a turret head 20 with a plurality of tools on a turret base 5 includes one t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203568 | Numerical controller A numerical controller which enables stroke limit check during a program check performed in a machine lock state and which can shorten the time required for the program check. The numerical controller has the function of checking a program while keeping a machine mo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197706 | Method and system for ensuring accurate font matching in documents Method and system aspects are described for ensuring accurate font matching in exchanged documents. The aspects include forming a database of font specifications. The aspects further include accessing the database when saving and opening documents to ensure usage of... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194447 | System and method for processing welding data A system and method for evaluating the use of a welding process for welding a weld joint. The method comprises providing a user with requests for data to enable a processor-based system to establish various attributes of welding a specific weld joint using a specifi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181310 | Automatic tool layout apparatus and method An apparatus (2) for automatically laying out punching tools on a turret is used in a computer-aided manufacturing system for sheet-metal punching. The system includes a server (1), a database (3), and client computers (7). The apparatus ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172689 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174284 | Apparatus and method for simulation of the control and machine behavior of machine tools and production-line machines An apparatus and method for simulating the behavior of the drive system and the mechanism of machine tool or production-line machine by use of mathematical models of the drives and the mechanisms of the driven mechanical elements of the machine are disclosed. Prefer... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167772 | Machining time calculating apparatus A structure having a parameter storing unit which stores a parameter to be used when a numeric control apparatus drives and controls the numeric control machine tool, a program interpretation unit which reads a part program to generate machining data for each block,... | 01/23/2007 |
