Patent Document ID: 9360861
Application ID: 11896894
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A device for simulating a sequence for machining a workpiece on a machine tool, the device comprising: a first storage means for storing machine tool data for creating a virtual image of a machine tool; a second storage means for storing workpiece data for creating a virtual image of at least one workpiece; a third storage means for storing operating resource data for creating a virtual image of at least one operating resource including at least one of a workpiece magazine and a tool exchanger; a means for providing control data for performing a sequence in conjunction with the machining of a workpiece on a machine tool, the means for providing the control data including an input means for manual input, by a user, for changing an operating state of the machine tool, the input means comprising a manual travel path input means for manually inputting, by the user, control data for manually moving a spindle, a head, and/or a table of the workpiece, the input means further including a zero-point determination input means for determining a zero-point and a clamping input means for inputting control data for clamping the workpiece; wherein the means for providing control data comprises a storage means for storing a CNC part program, the CNC part program being executable on a real machine tool, and the input means comprises an override means to input an override command as a ratio of a feed rate and rotary speed according to the CNC part program and a changed feed rate and a changed rotary speed, respectively, when executing the CNC part program; a CNC control means for creating CNC data depending on the control data; a PLC control means for creating PLC control output data, said PLC control means comprising a PLC program of a real PLC control executable on a machine tool; a PLC sequence simulation means for creating PLC simulation data and PLC control input data depending on the PLC control output data and the machine tool data; an overall simulation means for creating overall simulation data concerning the sequence for machining a workpiece on the machine tool depending on the CNC data, the PLC simulation data, the machine tool data, the workpiece data and the operating resource data; and a visualization means for visualizing the overall simulation data, the visualization means including an operation of the machine tool according to the manually inputted control data for manually moving the spindle, the head, and/or the table of the workpiece, and comprising a display means for displaying the sequence for machining a workpiece on the machine tool including at least one of the change of tools by the tool exchanger and the supply of workpieces from the workpiece magazine.