MACHINE TOOL

• Main Author: NAGASAWA KAZUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.04.2020
• Subjects: COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TRANSPORTING

To provide a machine tool, which can easily conform tool data including change histories of set values related to a service life of tools and count values.SOLUTION: A machining center 1 includes: tool data preparing means (an NC device 2) that prepares tool data, associating set values related to a service life of tools and count values of actual use frequencies thereof with tool identification information for identifying the tools, in machining a plurality of work-pieces using the tools; memorizing means (a memorizing part 2a) that memorizes the tool data prepared by the NC device 2 and a change history of change of the tool data; and display means (an HMI device 4) that displays the tool data and the change history.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】工具寿命に係る設定値やカウント値の変更履歴を含む工具データを工作機械自身で簡単に確認可能とする。【解決手段】マシニングセンタ１は、ツールを用いて複数のワークを加工する際、ツールを識別するツール識別情報に、ツールの寿命に係る設定値と実際の使用回数のカウント値とを関連づけた工具データを作成する工具データ作成手段（ＮＣ装置２）と、ＮＣ装置２で作成された工具データ及び工具データが変更された際の変更履歴を記憶する記憶手段（記憶部２ａ）と、工具データ及び変更履歴を表示する表示手段（ＨＭＩ装置４）と、を含んでなる。【選択図】図１