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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155778 | System and method for fabricating insulated ductwork A system and method that may utilize one or more cutting tools to machine insulating sheet materials comprising one or more layers. In accordance with one aspect, a user may utilize a computer to input preferences and use software algorithms to determine an optimum ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7933677 | System and method for surface finish management The present disclosure relates to a motion control system for a machine tool system wherein a value of a surface finish quality parameter of the motion control system is adjusted to control the surface finish of a part machined with the machine tool system. The mach... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7371149 | Honing feed system having full control of feed force, rate, and position and method of operation of the same The feed system (30) for a honing machine (10) provides a capability to dynamically correct in real time errors in bore size inferred arising from variations in feed force, and a method of operation of the same. The system (10) allows a user to ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7243000 | Method and apparatus for automatically dividing machining process in automatic programming apparatus An automatic programming apparatus includes a process division control section, which automatically divides a machining process executed to obtain a predetermined product shape from a material shape of a workpiece. The process division control section computes a rem... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7099738 | CAM system and program, and method for controlling CAM system A Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) system enables high efficiency and high quality. The CAM system of this invention includes a unit that uses a computer aided design (CAD) model that is solid model data of a metal mold to be made and a measured work geometric mod... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096087 | Method and apparatus for automatically producing a machining program A method and apparatus able to quickly and accurately automatically produce machining programs for complicated shapes of products without being affected by the level of knowledge or experience of the operator. A cutting-condition determination processing unit (20... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089081 | Modeling an abrasive process to achieve controlled material removal In general, techniques are described that allow an abrasive manufacturing process to achieve a controlled performance parameter, e.g., an amount of material removal, without requiring the use of feedback controls within the abrasive manufacturing process. For exampl... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070368 | Method for setting a machining feed rate and a machine tool using the same A machining feed rate for machining a workpiece portion to be machined by a machining tool based upon a machining program is set by reading a data of the workpiece portion, by sectionalizing the workpiece portion in an area corresponding to a workpiece shape of the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7047102 | Method and apparatus for generating data for machining An object of this invention is to generate NC (Numerical Control) data to improve efficiency of machining. This invention comprises the steps of: generating NC data to machine a first portion of an object, wherein the first portion is specified based on a supposed c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6993413 | Manipulator and its control apparatus and method A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode, comprising: a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a detector detecting the orientation of the master unit and the orientation of the slave unit; and a control device controll... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957121 | Method and an operator support system for assisting an operator in setting machine parameters A method is provided for assisting an operator in setting optimized machine parameters of a machine tool. The machine parameters are used for controlling the machining. The method comprises manual selecting priority values for at least two mutually dependent target ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6907312 | Method and apparatus for automatically producing a machining program A method and apparatus able to quickly and accurately automatically produce machining programs for complicated shapes of products without being affected by the level of knowledge or experience of the operator. A cutting-condition determination processing unit (20... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895297 | Numerical control device A numerical control device is disclosed having a parameter memory section 12B that stores discrete optimum parameters for respective operational modes, an operational mode setting switch 20 to allow operational modes to be selectively set through user'... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6836697 | Method of determining cutting forces, and a calculator operating in accordance with the method A method of determining feed and radial forces has the steps of subdividing work materials into seven groups which are different from one another by Brinell hardness, for each group separately determining a feed force and radial force based on a tangential force in ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6725105 | Bucket shakeout mechanism for electro-hydraulic machines The present invention is a control system for conditioning movement of a work implement during a work cycle. In one embodiment, the control system comprises an electronic-hydraulic valve connected to the work implement and a computer system having a central processi... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6676344 | Methods and apparatus for machining workpieces In a method for machining a workpiece, and for identifying a sequence of steps for machining a workpiece, a final shape required for the whole or part of the workpiece (is identified at 34), a three dimensional envelope shape is generated around the requi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6671571 | Method for NC- programming and system for NC- machining In the present invention, for an NC program for controlling a machine tool, information for machining quality required by a machine tool is prewritten in the program. A measurement program for measuring the machining quality of the workpiece using a measu... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6597142 | Apparatus and method for setting control parameters of machining apparatus An apparatus for setting control parameters of a machining apparatus. The setting apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a set of control parameters for each of a plurality of machining modes; an input device for selecting one of the plurality of m... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6483269 | Control apparatus for automatic lathe A control apparatus for an automatic lathe includes a numerical controller, and comprises an input device, a readout section, and a machining program storage section. The input device inputs a machining program expressed by a predetermined language. The r... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6463357 | Method and system for precision operational control of automated machines A system and method for precision operational control of automated machines includes a motion element, an IMU (Inital Measuring Unit) installed at an end effector of the motion element for sensing and providing a motion measurement of the motion element, ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6428252 | Method for machining A method adapted to achieve a high rate of material removal when, for example, milling a cavity into a work piece. The method includes providing for a cutter path in which the angular engagement between the cutter and the work piece is maintained below a ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401004 | Method and device for analyzing NC program for NC machining A device for analyzing NC program is provided with a machining method analyzing means (34) which extracts machining conditions for every machining work element by analyzing an actual NC machining program, and data base creating means (35). The device extr... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397124 | Interactive system between machine tool and operator An interactive system involves a machine tool and an operator of the machine tool comprising a controller. The controller is formed of a central processing unit and a control panel connected with the central processing unit. The interactive system compris... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6269283 | Machining limit area specifying method and manuel feed machining method using numerical control unit A machining limit area specifying method and a manual feed machining method using a numerical control unit capable of easily performing machining in a desired shape by manual feed. In specifying a machining limit area on an X-Y plane, a desired machining ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6243619 | Control method and apparatus for plate material processing machine An operating state setting device and method of a plate material processing machine, includes multiple keys having corresponding functions relating to operation of the plate material processing machine. The keys include a skill mode selecting key for sele... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6161050 | Surface determination and automatic milling in spinnerette manufacturing A numerically controlled milling machine is used to mill the surface of a coined spinnerette after punching and before broaching the holes in the spinnerette. A probe is mounted on the milling machine to obtain data points on the bumpy surface of the coin... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6088627 | Process for the manufacture of mechanical parts A process for machining mechanical parts, including the milling of parts having a complex shape, includes the steps of determining the volume of the part to be machined, defining a corresponding machining grid, plotting the machining grid defined for the ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6047225 | Automatic programming apparatus and method An automatic programming apparatus comprises a machining unit preparing section for preparing plural machining units, a machining unit defining section for selecting a designated machining unit from the prepared machining units and designating the arrange... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6009353 | Nesting method and punching method for machine tool control system A controller for transferring information for managing and controlling machine tools, an automatic warehouse and a CNC device reads material information (e.g., size, shape, material) on an actual material on a pallet in an automatic warehouse before trans... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5751585 | High speed, high accuracy multi-stage tool positioning system A multi-rate positioner system (50) receives unpanelized positioning commands from a database storage subsystem (64), profiles the commands (72) into a half-sine positioning signal, and further processes the signal into a low-frequency positioning signal ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5278766 | Numerical controlled device and numerically controlled machine tool The program for a numerical control device for controlling a numerically controlled lathe includes translation commands for translating the tool and the machining mode switching commands for switching between the normal mode by which only the tool is tran... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5251143 | Apparatus for generating numerical control programs which generate no undercutting and no cutting remainder An NC program generating apparatus corrects the start and end points of a machining command with suitable patterns obtained by automatic judgement, as well as checking whether or not interference with the part shape occurs to thereby easily form an NC pro... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5181178 | Spindle control command method A spindle control command method is provided for controlling a plurality of spindless by a single numerical control device (CNC), and switching between individual control and synchronous control of a plurality of spindles (1, 3) is effected by a program c... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5150303 | Numerical control information generating apparatus and method for determining machining mode thereof In a numerical control information generating apparatus and a method for determining machining modes thereof, machining areas are divided appropriately and machining modes most suitable for each divided area are determined. Therefore, the most efficient t... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5142128 | Oilfield equipment identification apparatus An apparatus for identifying oilfield equipment, including the maintenance of usage histories for the equipment and recommending whether the equipment is to be used in a prospective application based on prospective application and usage history. A portabl... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5124621 | Reference point return system A system is provided for carrying out a reference point return in a numerical control device. A deceleration dog (31) is arranged at a machine table (1) and includes a reference point (4). A deceleration limit switch (2) is operated when in contact with t... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5113050 | Method of creating coreless-machining NC data for wire cut electric discharge machining A method of creating coreless-machining NC data for wire-cut electric discharge machining is performed by an automatic programming device. After reading out a contour (C1) of a machining area (A1), a wire extension position (P0), and the maximum cutting a... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5079490 | Spindle drive system of machine tool A spindle drive system of a machine tool, wherein a control mode changeover section of a control unit selects one of both a speed control mode for controlling a rotational speed of a spindle through negative feedback of the rotational speed of the spindle... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5047702 | Synchronous control method and apparatus therefor During synchronous control, a first servo motor controls a position of a first spindle system and a second spindle system having a second servo motor makes calculations for estimating the torque required for the second servo motor and gives a command, so ... | 09/10/1991 |
