Abstract: A linear motor includes a stator having a plurality of salient poles, and a slider configured to move along a direction of extension of the stator. A U-phase coil core of the slider includes a yoke, a plurality of teeth, permanent magnets provided in respective magnet-receiving cavities located between the teeth, coil-receiving cavities formed on outer sides of the teeth set, and a U-phase coil wound in the coil-receiving cavities. The plurality of teeth project radially from the yoke toward the stator, and the width of each of the teeth as measured at the yoke side is narrower than its width as measured at the stator side.

Abstract: A control device for a machine tool includes a tool mounted on a main spindle relatively movable with respect to a workpiece and machines the workpiece using the tool. The control device includes: a parameter preparing unit, an evacuation unit, and an evacuation diagnosing unit. The parameter preparing unit preliminarily stores a predetermined parameter relating to a control. The evacuation unit causes the tool to perform an evacuation operation from the workpiece. The evacuation diagnosing unit diagnoses whether the evacuation operation is normal. When the evacuation diagnosing unit diagnoses that the evacuation operation is abnormal, the evacuation operation is cancelled.