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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1993
Hiroyoshi Yoko, Susono, JP;
Takashi Mizutani, Numazu, JP;
Nobuyuki Aiso, Mishima, JP;
Hirotoshi Mochizuki, Mishima, JP;
Hirohiko Honda, Numazu, JP;
Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A working system comprises a machining center numerically controlled, a pallet stocker disposed in the vicinity of the machining center and storing a number of pallets therein, a preparatory station for setting-up work on a pallet, a conveying unit for automatically conveying the pallet from the pallet stocker to the preparatory station or the machining center, and a control apparatus for controlling an operation of the working system. The operation control apparatus comprises a control unit provided for the machining center and including a numerical control (NC) section executing instructions regarding various items on a working schedule and also including a MPU section executing a schedule data management, a preparatory operation board disposed in association with the preparatory station, a control board operatively connected to the control unit provided for the machining center and adapted to receive the conveying instructions to the pallets and the pallet status information, to transmit the pallet status displaying instruction and the pallet conveying operation execution instruction, and a movable control board provided in the conveying unit and adapted to receive the conveying operation execution instruction and to transmit an operation condition of the conveying unit to the control board. A pallet status display unit is further disposed in the control board and adapted to distinguish and display the status of the respective pallets independently in response to the pallet status display instruction from the control board.