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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Gaku Isobe, Yamanashi, JP;
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A machine tool includes: a tool magazine that stores a plurality of tools; a spindle that holds one of the plurality of tools stored in the tool magazine; a glossiness measurement unit that measures glossiness of a tapered outer surface of a taper shank of each of the plurality of tools; a deterioration determination unit that determines whether or not the tapered outer surface is deteriorated on the basis of the glossiness measured by the glossiness measurement unit; and a notification unit that notifies an operator of deterioration of the tapered outer surface if it is determined by the deterioration determination unit that the tapered outer surface is deteriorated.