Patent ID: 9492884
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B23K,H01S

Claim Text:
1. A control device for a laser processing machine that includes element units containing at least a laser blower unit, an optical-path purge unit, and a temperature control unit, the control device comprising: an input device configured to receive, in advance, an input of a first stop time, a second stop time, and a third stop time, based on a required activation time of each of the element units; a first stop unit configured to pre-store the input first stop time; a second stop unit configured to pre-store the input second stop time; a third stop unit configured to pre-store the input third stop time; a measurement unit configured to measure an elapsed time from a final trigger at which a laser processing operation of the laser processing machine has stopped and no user operation is applied with respect to the laser processing machine; and a control unit configured to automatically stop the element units individually after the final trigger, in response to the elapsed time exceeding each of the pre-stored first stop time, the pre-stored second stop time, and the pre-stored third stop time, of each of the element units.