Walter Ag

Ruger, Barthelt & Abel

Michael Simakov

Christian Dilger

Christopher Morcom

Carsten Sachs

A data set (D) is provided for machine control of a grinding machine to determine time-efficient, collision-free travel paths. The data set has a collision parameter of '0' or '1' in each separate coordination point (X, Y, Z, A) as well as for each combination of the separated tool types (WZI) and workpiece types (WSJ). The collision parameter indicates if the constellation assigned to the corresponding coordination point (X, Y, Z, A), which means the relative position of workpiece () and tool (), does or does not result in a collision or spatial overlapping of the tool and the workpiece. The data base (D) forms a lookup table that can be used to check given paths or expansions or the step-by-step layout of paths. The computation of time-efficient paths can be performed within a few seconds, even at limited computing capacities.

Device and method for machine control

A mechanism for integrated tool manufacture includes a display module and an input module for interrogated all required machining operations and measuring operations and for defining all measurement points, and a machining program module, which from the inputs generates a machine control program, and a measurement program module, which from the inputs pertaining to the measurement generates a measurement program for controlling a measuring machine. Both program modules i.e., the machining program module and the measurement program module, access one and the same data set, which is defined for instance by geometric model. This common data set permits interactive setup of a workpiece on the screen, and the measurement program and the machining program are set up along with it, consistently and in parallel.

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Michael Simakov