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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2022
Star Micronics Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Koichiro Shigama, Shizuoka, JP;
STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A lathe includes a spindle, an opposite spindle, a tool post, a controller, and a contact-type breakage detector. The controller determines whether the cut-off tool is broken according to a control parameter for controlling at least one of the spindle and the opposite spindle at a first detection timing immediately after the cut-off tool cuts off the bar material while the opposite spindle holds the bar material held by the spindle. The controller determines whether the cut-off tool is broken according to a detection result by the contact-type breakage detector at a second detection timing different from the first detection timing.