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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Fanuc Corporation, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Masanori Itou, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
FANUC Corporation, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
An internal cleaning device of a machine tool includes: a chip removing device that removes chips; a moving device that is capable of holding the chip removing device; a detecting device that detects the buildup status of chips in the machine tool; an information processing device that processes information related to the chip buildup status obtained by the detecting device and determines a spot requiring a removal of chips; and a control device of the moving device that moves the chip removing device to the spot on which a determination has been made by the information processing device that the spot requires a removal of chips.