Patent ID: 7164099

Claim:
A multi-axis laser machine comprising: a laser oscillator for outputting a laser beam; a deflection unit for switching a plurality of optical paths for said laser beam; laser positioning units disposed on said optical paths respectively, the number of said laser positioning units being equal to the number of said optical paths, said laser beam being supplied to any one of said laser positioning units to thereby perform machining; and an arbitration unit for controlling said laser positioning units independently of one another so as to perform machining at different positions from one another, wherein when said laser positioning units do not finish positioning at a same time, said arbitration unit controls a supply of said laser beam such that said laser beam is supplied to one of said laser positioning units which has finished positioning and is not supplied to an other of said laser positioning units which has not finished positioning, and wherein when said laser positioning units finish positioning simultaneously, said arbitration unit controls said supply of said laser beam to a plurality of laser positioning units in a predetermined sequence.