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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Tadashi Fujinawa, Sakado, JP;
Toshio Ishimura, Kawagoe, JP;
Tadashi Fujinawa, Sakado, JP;
Toshio Ishimura, Kawagoe, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A numerically controlled lathe () includes a control unit () for controlling the operations of at least one spindle () and at least one tool rest () on a lathe bed () along a plurality of control axes in a plurality of lines. The control unit () has an input section () for inputting a plurality of machining programs about a plurality of tools () mounted on at least one tool rest, a storage section () having a plurality of program-describing areas ($1, $2, $3) corresponding to the lines for describing and storing the machining programs input by the input section in the program-describing areas, and a processing section () for allocating the control axes to the program-describing areas in the storage section, each control axes being as a reference control axis, and for applying, to an actual control axis for controlling a machining operation relating to one designated tool designated in each machining program, the reference control axis allocated to a program-describing area freely selected from the program-describing areas to describe a machining program designating the designated tool.