Patent ID: 11940769
Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A machine tool comprising:
a memory to store tool information specifying at least one tool mountable on a machine tool;
at least one display configured to display a program editing window and at least one assistance window, the program editing window showing a program code of the machining program to control the machine tool, each of the at least one assistance window selectively showing the tool information and a control method, the tool being to be controlled according to the control method, the control method comprising an M06 command which is a tool exchange command, the tool information comprising T numbers each specifying which tool of the at least one tool or no tool is to be mounted on a tool spindle in the program code, the at least one assistance window including one assistance window in which an input button, a M06 command input button, and a table of the at least one tool are shown;
an interface via which selected information is selected from the tool information when the tool information is shown in the at least one assistance window and via which an insertion position at which a new code is to be inserted into the program code is input, the selected information including a selected tool selected from table via the interface; and
circuitry configured
to convert the selected tool into a T code specifying a T number corresponding to the selected tool and to insert the T code into the program code at the insertion position upon an input to the input button via the interface, and
to insert the M06 command into the program code at the insertion position upon an input to the M06 command input button via the interface.