Patent ID: 6788994
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
An operation data accumulation and transmission device for connecting to a numerical control section of a machine tool provided with said numerical control section, collecting and accumulating data on the operating condition of said machine tool, and transmitting the accumulated data via the Internet to an operation management device, comprising:operation data storage means for accumulating the data on the operating condition of said machine tool; and data collection and transmission means for performing a process for connecting to said numerical control section, collecting the data on the operating condition of said machine tool, and storing the collected operating condition data in said operation data storage means, a process for confirming whether a transmission condition that has been set beforehand is satisfied or not, and a process, when this transmission condition is satisfied, for connecting the Internet, transmitting the operating condition data stored in said operation data storage means to said operation management device in a data format of an E-mail, and releasing the connection to the Internet after the completion of transmission.