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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Star Micronics Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A controller of a machine tool determines in accordance with a machining program whether a first tool post is used to machine an unfinished workpiece. When the unfinished workpiece needs machining before terminating a continuous machining and when the controller determines that the first tool post is used to machine the unfinished workpiece W, the controller simultaneously advances a first system and a second system in accordance with the machining program while preventing machining a workpiece held by the first spindle. When the controller determines that the first tool post is not used to machine the unfinished workpiece, the controller stops the first system and advances the second system in accordance with the machining program.