Patent ID: 7346973

Claim:
A processing cell of automatic machining system, configuring a machining section of an automatic machining system wherein work is continuously carried at predetermined intervals along a work carrying passage and sequentially continuously machined, which is installed in the machining section of the automatic machining system in quantity adjustable fashion, having a unit structure including at least a carrying device forming a part of the work carrying passage, a single machine tool, and a control unit for controlling these in mutually interlocked fashion, wherein the control unit is provided with an operation data storing means for storing necessary data for operation at each position of the cells installed in the machining section, and a position designating means for designating an after-installation position, and after being installed in the machining section of the automatic machining system, the control unit reads data necessary for operation out of the operation data storing means in accordance with the position designated by the position designating means, wherein the control unit comprises a communication means for establishing communication with other parts of the machining section, and when the control unit establishes packet communication via the communication means, the operation data storing means stores every position of the machining section discrimination data added to the packet at sending side and collation data used for collating the discrimination data at receiving side, for the purpose of 1 to 1 correspondence between the sending side and the receiving side, as necessary data for operation at the each position, and the control unit establishes communication with other parts of the machining section via the communication means by using discrimination data and collation data read out of the operation data storing means in accordance with the position designated by the position designating means.