Patent ID: 8989891
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A machining tool control system having an actuation executing means for operating a machining tool by executing all of, and alternatively a selected part of, a predetermined machining program in which executable steps are sequentially written, and a partial executing means for causing said actuation executing means to execute, in sequence, the steps of a selected part of said predetermined machining program without subsequent execution of other parts of said predetermined machining program; wherein said predetermined machining program includes a plurality of sections, each of said sections being less than said predetermined machining program in its entirety, each said section comprising a unique starting command for designating a start of said section, a corresponding ending command for designating an end of said section, and a plurality of executable steps for execution in sequence between said starting command and said ending command; wherein said control system is provided with an input means for inputting any of the unique starting commands of said plurality of sections to said partial executing means; wherein said control system includes means for carrying out a control sequence wherein a preparation process is executed, and wherein, following the execution of the preparation process, but before the execution of any part of said predetermined machining program by said actuation execution means, an automatic determination is made of whether or not a starting command has been entered into said input means; wherein, said control system also comprises means, responsive to said determination, if a determination is made that a starting command has been entered into said input means, for selecting a section of said predetermined machining program from said plurality of sections in response to the entered starting command, and, when said actuation executing means is started, automatically causing said partial executing means to instruct said actuation executing means to execute the section of the program between the entered starting command and the ending command corresponding to the entered starting command, and to halt the operation of said machine tool upon completion of execution of said plurality of executable steps of the selected section of the program; and wherein, said means responsive to said determination, automatically causes said actuation executing means to execute said predetermined machining program in its entirety when said actuation executing means is started, if a determination is made that no starting command has been entered into said input means.