Abstract: This control device of a machine tool is provided with: a storage unit which stores in advance a nominal diameter and a nominal length of a blade part of a rotary tool; an image-capturing instruction unit which outputs an image-capturing instruction to an image-capturing device; a model creation unit which generates model data of the blade part of the tool on the basis of the nominal diameter and the nominal length stored in the storage unit, generates model data of a tool shank and holder on the basis of an image stored in the image-capturing device, and creates model data of the rotary tool on the basis of the generated model data of the blade part and the generated model data of the tool shank and holder.

Abstract: A water jet laser processing machine (100) is provided with a nozzle (26) that can eject a water column (34) and introduce a laser beam into the water column (34), a pump (40) that supplies pressurized water to the nozzle (26), a pressure sensor (42) that detects the pressure of the water supplied from the pump (40) to the nozzle (26), a storage unit (52) that stores a threshold value for assessing a decrease in the pressure of the water supplied from the pump (40) to the nozzle (26), and a determination unit (51) that, on the basis of the pressure detected by the pressure sensor (42) and the threshold value stored by the storage unit (52), determines whether the pressure detected by the pressure sensor (42) has decreased, thereby determining whether the nozzle (26) has damage.

Abstract: This narrow-hole electric discharge machine (100), which performs electric discharge machining by relatively moving a narrow-hole electrode (28) attached to a main spindle (114) and a workpiece (130) attached to a table (118), comprises: a positioning guide (16) which is attached to a guide arm (142) below the main spindle, through which the narrow-hole electrode is inserted such that a lower portion of the narrow-hole electrode is movable in the direction of an axis line (CL0), and which supports the narrow-hole electrode; and a power feeder (10) which is provided at a predetermined position directly above the positioning guide of the guide arm, comes into direct contact with the narrow-hole electrode movable in the axis line direction and feeds power to the narrow-hole electrode, wherein the distance from a power feed position to the tip of the positioning guide is constant regardless of the length of the narrow-hole electrode.

Abstract: A T-shaped tool is configured by fastening a head having cutting blades to a cylindrical shank, the shank is made of cemented carbide and has a tapered male thread formed at a tip end portion thereof, the tapered male thread becomes smaller in diameter toward the tip end, and the head is made of steel and has a tapered female thread formed therein, and the tapered female thread comes into engagement with the tapered male thread.

Abstract: A milling cutter (100) comprising: a cartridge (33) that has a tip (32) fixed thereto; a body (10) that has a pocket (15) formed therein into which the cartridge (33) is inserted; and a fixing tool (40) that fixes the cartridge (33), wherein the body (10) has a fixing tool insertion hole (16) that is adjacent to the pocket (15) on the radial direction inner side thereof, and a partitioning wall (17) between the pocket (15) and the fixing tool insertion hole (16), the fixing tool (40) that has been inserted into the fixing tool insertion hole (16) exerts a radial direction outward force on the partitioning wall (17), the pocket (15) is formed so as to produce a counterforce that resists the radial direction outward force acting on the cartridge (33) via the partitioning wall (17), and the cartridge (33) is fixed in the pocket (15) on the basis of the radial direction outward force.

Abstract: A sliding linear motion guide device that is to be provided between a supporting body and a movable body is provided with: a rail (300) having a first guiding surface (302) and second guiding surfaces (304, 306) which are inclined; a carriage (200) having a receiving recess for receiving at least part of the rail and having a first sliding surface (204) facing the first guiding surface of the rail and second sliding surfaces (206, 208) facing the respective second guiding surfaces; and sliding members (10) each of which is a thin plate attached to one of the sliding surfaces. The sliding members each have a lubricant pocket (14) which is a recess surrounded by a land part (12).

Abstract: A method is provided with a step of converting shape data (51) into a plurality of voxels (55) for each of a plurality of known objects being processed, a step of setting, for each of the known objects being processed, a processing condition for a voxel (55) constituting a processing surface, a step of using the voxel (55) of the plurality of known objects being processed and the processing condition to perform machine learning in which an input is the voxel (55) and an output is a processing condition, a step of converting shape data (52) of a candidate object being processed into a plurality of voxels (56), a step of setting, on the basis of results of machine learning, a processing condition for a voxel (56) constituting a processing surface of the candidate object being processed, and a step of determining a processing condition for each processing surface of the candidate object being processed, a processing condition that is set for the largest number of voxels (56) in one processing surface being deter

Abstract: A tool holder (100) comprising: an outside section (10) connected and fixed to a main shaft housing; a rotation input section (20) that is gripped by the main shaft and caused to rotate at a first rotation speed r1; a rotation output section (40) that has the rotational force from the rotation input section (20) transmitted thereto and rotates at a second rotation speed r2 that is different from the first rotation speed r1; a slider (60) that is moved in a first direction that intersects the rotational axis (Os) of the main shaft, as a result of the force from the rotation output section (40); a cutting edge (70) that is moved in the first direction by the slider (60) and is rotated by the rotation input section (20); and a detection mechanism (90) for detecting that the cutting edge (70) is at the origin position.

Abstract: A machine tool has: a main shaft head that supports the main shaft; a main shaft head support part which supports the main shaft head such that the main shaft head can rotate around a first axis that extends perpendicular to the main shaft axis of rotation; a first rotary feed shaft device which is provided in the main shaft head support part, and rotates and feeds the main shaft head around the first axis; a saddle which supports the main shaft head support part such that the main shaft head support part can rotate around a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and inclined with respect to the vertical direction; and a second rotary feed shaft device which is provided in the saddle, and rotates and feeds the main shaft head support part around a second axis of rotation.

Abstract: In a T-shaped tool (10) in which a head (30) having cutting edges (36, 38) and a cylindrical shank (20) are fastened together: the shank comprises a super-hard alloy, and an engaging portion which engages with a tool main body is formed in a distal end portion thereof; the tool main body comprises a steel material, and an engaged portion which engages with the engaging portion of the shank is formed therein; and the engaging portion and the engaged portion are fastened in such a way as to be retained and prevented from rotating.

Abstract: A milling tool (10) comprises a shank section (12) and a head (14), the head being provided on a tip end side of the shank section and having cutting edges. The head (14) includes an expanding diameter section (14a) and a contracting diameter section (14b), the expanding diameter section gradually increasing in diameter as it spans toward the tip end from a base end portion adjoining the shank section (12), and the contracting diameter section gradually decreasing in diameter as it spans toward the tip end from a maximum diameter section (14c). At least one cutting edge (20, 22) is provided on each of the expanding diameter section (14a) and the contracting diameter section (14b). At least one tip-end cutting edge (32) that extends from the contracting diameter section to a center axis of the milling tool is provided on a tip end portion of the head.

Abstract: The tap tool (10) has an axis of rotation (Cr) and machines a pilot hole (6?) so that the same becomes a screw hole (6) in a state where the axis of rotation has been matched to a central axis (C6) of the pilot hole which is provided to a workpiece, wherein the tap tool (10) is characterized by being provided with: a thread section (14) having a blade section (14a) for machining a thread groove of the screw hole; pad sections (15, 16) located behind in a direction of rotation of the blade section, and engaging with the thread groove machined by the blade section during the machining of the thread groove; and a non-engagement section (17) for forming a space (20) between said section and the screw hole in a cross-sectional view where the axis of rotation and the central axis of the screw hole have been matched.

Abstract: This tool selection method is provided with: a step for respectively calculating, with respect to a plurality of known workpieces, feature amounts based on the shapes of a plurality of machining surfaces wherein, to each of the plurality of known workpieces, one main tool which is preselected from a tool list that includes a plurality of tools is allocated as being suitable for machining the plurality of machining surfaces; a step for executing, with respect to the plurality of known workpieces, machine learning by taking the feature amounts as inputs and the main tools as outputs; a step for calculating a feature amount for a target workpiece; and a step for selecting, with respect to the target workpiece, a main tool from the tool list on the basis of a machine learning result obtained by using the feature amount of the target workpiece as an input.

Abstract: This machine tool is provided with: a bridge which is provided on a base in such a way as to straddle a moving body in a direction (X) perpendicular to a direction of movement (Z) of the moving body at a stroke end (E2) of the moving body; a pallet exchanging arm which is provided above the bridge and which engages with a pallet (P) supported on the moving body and a pallet (P) on a pallet loading station, lifts both pallets (P), and pivots about a vertical axis (Ov) to exchange the two pallets (P); and an arm drive device which is provided projecting upward on the bridge, and which moves the pallet exchanging arm along the vertical axis (Ov) and causes the pallet exchanging arm to pivot about the vertical axis (Ov).

Abstract: This machine tool system uses a plurality of mobile robots to convey workpieces to a plurality of machine tools, the machine tool system being provided with: machine tool control unit that issues work requests to the machine tools; a mobile robot control unit that determines workable times for the mobile robots on the basis of the work requests; and a determining unit that compares the workable times which are for the mobile robots and respectively planned by the mobile robots, and causes the mobile robot with the fastest workable time to execute the requested work.

Abstract: The present invention sets a single machining point on a plurality of tool path rows, selects a machining point in a prescribed range with the point to be machined as the center, calculates the tool orientation at the point to be machined by way of averaging the tool orientation of the selected machining point of interest, corrects data pertaining to the tool orientation of the point to be machined by way of the calculated average tool orientation, acquires the shape data of a workpiece to be machined and the shape data of a ball end mill to be used, performs an interference check for the workpiece and the ball end mill on the basis of the corrected tool orientation data, and generates a new tool path on the basis of data pertaining to the corrected tool orientation when no interference between the workpiece and the ball end mill occurs.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for measuring the inclination of a waterjet relative to a machine coordinate system of a laser machining device. The present invention provides a method for measuring the inclination of a waterjet of a laser machining device in which a laser beam that has been introduced and guided into a waterjet jetted from an optical head is moved relative to a workpiece fixed to a table so as to machine the workpiece, wherein measured is the inclination of the waterjet relative to the table which is within a stable-length range in which the laser beam passing through the inside of the waterjet can be reflected so as to advance in the axial direction.

Abstract: This machine tool is provided with an arm for exchanging a tool between a main shaft in a machining chamber and a secondary tool standby position in a tool holding chamber, a shutter which is provided in an opening defined in a wall which partitions between the machining chamber and the tool holding chamber, a first motor for opening and closing the shutter, a shutter position detector which can detect the position of the shutter in the entire range between the fully open position and the fully closed position, a storage device which stores a prescribed position of the shutter associated with a prescribed operation of the arm and a control device which is configured to perform a prescribed operation of the arm on the basis of the position of the shutter detected by the shutter position detector and the prescribed position of the shutter stored in the storage device.

Abstract: This tool conveying device is provided with an indexing device comprising an input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft which is positioned adjacent and parallel to the first output shaft, wherein the input shaft is linked to a servo motor, the first output shaft rotates during rotation of the input shaft and the second output shaft stops at a prescribed angular position in a certain period during rotation of the input shaft and rotates in the remaining period during said rotation of the input shaft; a gripper; a turning part which is driven by the second output shaft of the indexing device and which supports the gripper; and a gripper opening/closing member which is driven by the first output shaft of the indexing device.

Abstract: To provide processing information to a CAM that generates an NC program of a processing machine for processing an object to be processed with a tool, a processing support system comprises, in a cloud storage device installed on a processing tool manufacturer side, a user knowledge database of a storage unit that stores processing information so as to be unshareble with other users and a sharing knowledge database of the storage unit that stores processing information so as to be sharable with other user, wherein a user side transmits and receives, by a transmitting/receiving unit, extended STEP-NC data of processing information via a network.