Patent ID: 9304507
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G05B

Claim Text:
1. A tool path display apparatus of a machine tool, the tool path display apparatus configured for displaying a path of a tip point of a tool of the machine tool, the machine tool configured for controlling a position and posture of at least one of the tool and a workpiece by a plurality of drive axes using a numerical control apparatus, the tool path display apparatus comprising: a command generation unit configured to generate position commands for the plurality of drive axes per predetermined control cycle; position detectors that are attached to each of the plurality of drive axes and configured to detect a position of each of the plurality of drive axes per predetermined control cycle; a position data acquiring unit configured to a tool coordinate value calculation unit configured to an acceleration calculation unit configured to a display format selection unit configured to select display formats of the accelerations or the jerks of the tool commanded coordinate values and the tool actual coordinate values constituting the path of the tip point of the tool, wherein the display format selection unit is configured to perform at least one of: the tool path display apparatus further comprises a display unit configured to display the accelerations or the jerks, with the path of the tip point of the tool, in accordance with the display formats selected by the display format selection unit.