Patent ID: 11914352
Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A machining estimation apparatus, comprising:
a camera configured to photograph a part to be estimated and a dimension reference marker, the part to be estimated being produced by cutting a sheet metal in advance;
an image processing unit configured to generate edge data by extracting an edge of the part photographed by the camera, and enlarges or reduces the edge data based on a size of the dimension reference marker photographed by the camera such that a size of the edge corresponds to an actual size of the part; and
a machining time calculation unit configured to calculate a length of a cutting line for cutting out the part from the sheet metal based on the edge of the edge data corresponding to the actual size of the part, and calculate a machining time for producing the part by cutting the cutting line in accordance with a material and a thickness of the sheet metal.