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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2020
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Nishitokyo, JP;
Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Kawagoe, JP;
Haruhiko Misono, Nagano, JP;
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Nishitokyo, JP;
CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A machine tool includes: a joint portion processing control for controlling the processing of the joint portion in a joined workpiece such that a first workpiece is gripped by a grip section, and a predetermined region extending from a joint portion of a joined workpiece toward a second workpiece is processed over a range of not less than a predetermined width to have an outer diameter of not more than an outer diameter of the first workpiece; and a movement control for controlling the movement of the joined workpiece so as to slidingly move the joined workpiece relative to the support section, from a state in which the first workpiece is supported by the support section, up to a state in which the second workpiece is supported by the support section.