Patent ID: 11897066
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A simulation apparatus for changing a machining route in machining of a workpiece performed in a machine tool to shorten a cycle time for machining the workpiece, the simulation apparatus comprising:
a simulation unit, implemented by a processor, for simulating the machining of the workpiece in the machine tool; and
a machine learning device for learning a change in the machining route, wherein the machine learning device includes a neural network, and
observes (i) after-change machining route data indicating a changed machining route changed based on a command of the machine tool and (ii) machining condition data indicating a machining condition of the workpiece, as a state variable representing a current state of an environment,
acquires cycle time determination data to determine whether or not the cycle time for machining the workpiece is appropriate, with a smaller cycle time being appropriate and a larger cycle time being not appropriate, among a result of simulation performed by the simulation unit based on the changed machining route, as determination data indicating propriety determination result of a change in the machining route,
performs a multilayer-structure calculation corresponding to the neural network using the state variable and the determination data, and
learns a correlation between the machining condition of the workpiece and the change in the machining route, and

wherein
the change in the machining route includes (a) a change in a direction and a length or (b) a change in a coordinate value of a command unit implemented by the processor and configuring the machining route, and
the simulation unit is configured to
change the machining of the workpiece performed in the machine tool based on the change learned by the machine learning device, and
output a machining command corresponding to the changed machining route to the machine tool to perform the machining of the workpiece.