摘要:
Numerical control for machine tools and the like of the genus described in McGee U.S. Pat. No. 3,656,124. Improvements are here described for digital computations and control which cause a tool or cutter to follow successive path segments programmed in workpiece edge coordinates, even though the servos operate to control the motion and positioning of the center of a cutter having a finite and unforeseeable radius. Additionally, automatic smooth transitions from segment to segment of the path are effected with a tangent fillet machined on the workpiece which has a radius equal either to that of the cutter or a value which is designated as a single numerical value in the program command data.
摘要:
A phase discriminator for producing a DC voltage which varies in magnitude and polarity according to the sense and extent of the phase displacement between two recurring signals which may vary in phase relation to one another. The first signal may, for example, be a train of pulses and the second signal may be a recurring sinusoidal wave. A tristate DC signal producing circuit is controlled by the two signals and its output is supplied to an averaging filter.
摘要:
A numerical path control system including a time shared digital computer generating for each of a plurality of axes regularly recurring numerical excursion commands. A two axis system is shown to be capable of deriving from a small number of data words successive straight line path or circular arc path command signals at a rate of 50 times a second and of converting these into intermediate or secondary command signals which are applied to the servos of the machine axes at a rate of 500 times a second.
摘要:
A two axis, digital, numerical control system for a turret lathe, using a common add-subtract unit which receives and sends information signals over a single pair of time-shared multiconductor trunk lines. A display device whereby information signaled during a selected time period and at either the inputs or the outputs of the adder may be viewed. For a more detailed abstract see Table of Contents.