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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keiji Nomaru, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 25/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutting machine includes a monitoring unit that monitors a cutting edge of a cutting blade. The monitoring unit includes an imaging unit that images the cutting edge of the cutting blade, a pulse light source that emits a pulse light to illuminate an imaging zone imaged by the imaging unit, and a camera that captures an image outputted from the imaging unit. The imaging unit includes a first imaging unit that images one side surface of the cutting edge of the cutting blade, a second imaging unit that images an opposite side surface of the cutting edge, and a third imaging unit that images an outer peripheral edge portion of the cutting edge.