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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Method and apparatus for automatically dividing machining process in automatic programming apparatus
Hajime Ohashi, Aichi, JP;
Kazuhiro Kikata, Aichi, JP;
Morikuni Kimura, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuya Itoh, Aichi, JP;
Hajime Ohashi, Aichi, JP;
Kazuhiro Kikata, Aichi, JP;
Morikuni Kimura, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuya Itoh, Aichi, JP;
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, Aichi Pref., JP;
Abstract
An automatic programming apparatus includes a process division control section, which automatically divides a machining process executed to obtain a predetermined product shape from a material shape of a workpiece. The process division control section computes a removal shape, which is a shape to be removed from the material shape when executing the machining process, based on the material shape and the product shape. The process division control section defines a reference machining boundary that intersects a reference axis defined on the product shape and divides the volume of the removal shape into two equal parts. The process division control section defines, on the removal shape, a process division boundary that intersects the reference axis based on the reference machining boundary and the profile of the product shape. The machining process is divided into a first process and a second process with the process division boundary.