摘要:
An apparatus and a method for laser machining with a gap or tracing control, capable of shortening time required for moving a machining head from a machining end point (A) of one machining shape (S1) to a machining start point (D) of a next machining shape (S2). The laser machining is performed with gap or tracing control in which a gap amount between the machining nozzle and the workpiece is controlled to be constant. Driving of a Z-axis is started at a predetermined velocity when the machining nozzle reaches a machining end point (A) of one machining shape. In the drive of the Z-axis, when the Z-axis is driven by a predetermined amount (a), driving of an X-axis and a Y-axis is started so that the machining nozzle moves to the next machining start point (D) by rapid traverse. A direction of driving of the Z-axis is reversed at a middle point (C) between the machining end point (A) and the machining start point (D). Alternatively, driving of the Z-axis may be discontinued at a different retreated point. When the gap amount reaches a predetermined amount (d), the gap control is started. A length of the motion path from the machining end point (A) to the machining start point (D) is made shorter, and frequency of stopping/switching operation of the gap control axis and the machining feed axes is reduced, to shorten the time required for the transition to the machining start point (D) of the next machining shape (S2).
摘要:
A method and apparatus for sensing the current position of a movable element in a position control system which includes first and second control devices (101, 102) each having command pulse generating means (101 d, 307) and error storage means (101e, 102m) for computing and storing an error between a number of command pulses and a number of feedback pulses indicative of an amount of motor movement, a speed control circuit (not shown) for driving and controlling the motor on the basis of the error in the storage means (101 e, 102m) and a switching circuit (103a) for selectively connecting the first and second control devices (101, 102) to the speed control circuit, the current position of the movable element being sensed by one control device (101) when the other control device (102) is connected to the speed control circuit. The method includes steps of storing the errors which prevail in the respective storage means (101 e, 102m) just prior to switching from the first control device (101) to the second control device (102), returning the movable element to the position which prevailed just prior to the switching operation by supplying the speed control circuit with an offset voltage corresponding to an arithmetic difference found by substracting the stored error from the error storage means (102m) of said second control devide (102), from the error in the error storage means (102m) of the second control device (102) after the switching operation when the movable element has stabiiised, updating the data in a current position register (202) of the first control device (101) on the basis of an arithmetic difference found by subtracting the stored error from the error storage means (101 e) of the first control device (101), from the data in the error storage means (101 e) of the first control device (101) while the motor is controlled by the second control device (102), and revising the data in the error storage means (101 d) of the first control device (101) on the basis of the arithmetic difference.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for sensing the current position of a movable element in a position control system which include first and second control devices each having command pulse generating means and error storage means for computing and storing an error between a number of command pulses and a number of feedback pulses indicative of an amount of motor movement, a speed control circuit for driving and controlling the motor on the basis of the error in the storage means, and a switching circuit for selectively connecting the first and second control devices to the speed control circuit, the current position of the movable element being sensed by the first control device when the second control device is connected to the speed control circuit. The method, which is also employed by the apparatus, includes the following steps when the second control device is connected to the speed control circuit: reading and storing, as a steady deviation, the error in the error storage means (101 e) of the first control device after the motor is rotated in accordance with the magnitude of drift of a closed loop formed by the second control device; updating the data in a current position register (202) of the first control device on the basic of an arithmetic difference found by subtracting the stored steady deviation from the data in the error storage means (101 e) of the first control device; and revising the data in the error storage means (101e) of the first control device on the basic of the arithmetic difference.
摘要:
During a tracing operation of a tracer head (TR) the present position of the tracer head in the Z-axis direction is detected and a maximum value (Zma) of the detected tracer head positions is stored in a memory means (AR). When the tracer head (TR) is returned from a trace terminating end (LX2) to a trace starting end (LX1), it is quickly returned to a position (Zma + a) corresponding to the sum of the stored maximum value (Zma) and a constant value (a).