Patents Assigned to Okuma Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240131688
    Abstract: A robot mounting base for an industrial robot includes a mounting base main body having a top surface on which the industrial robot is disposed. The robot mounting base allows the industrial robot to work on a machine tool in an installation state close to an outer surface of the machine tool. A cutoff portion is formed at least at one end portion in the mounting base main body in a horizontal direction along the outer surface in the installation state, and the cutoff portion positions so that a surface on the machine tool side is away from the machine tool with respect to another end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazumasa UKAI
  • Patent number: 11953406
    Abstract: An accuracy diagnostic device includes a change amount detecting unit, a change amount recording unit, an accuracy change predictor, and an accuracy adjustment timing presenting unit. The change amount detecting unit detects a magnitude of a change in at least one of a state of a machine tool and a surrounding environment of the machine tool as a change amount. The change amount recording unit records the change amount. The accuracy change predictor predicts a future accuracy change of the machine tool using the change amount recorded in the change amount recording unit. The accuracy adjustment timing presenting unit presents a timing at which an accuracy adjustment is to be required for the machine tool based on the accuracy change predicted by the accuracy change predictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11955864
    Abstract: A linear motor includes a stator including a plurality of salient poles arranged at regular intervals in the Y-axis direction, and a mover movable in the Y-axis direction and facing the stator in the X-axis direction, in which the mover includes a plurality of teeth arranged in the Y-axis direction, three-phase alternate current windings wound around the teeth, a mover magnetic yoke that connects the plurality of teeth, permanent magnets each disposed in a gap between the teeth of identical phase, and magnetic flux barriers each embedded near the base of each tooth of the plurality of teeth, disposed completely within a width of each tooth in the X-axis direction, and spaced apart from the permanent magnet in the X-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Shizu
  • Patent number: 11954566
    Abstract: A data collection system includes a classification model storing unit, a model delivery unit, a classification result storing unit, an optimum model recommendation unit, and a teacher data recording unit. The model delivery unit delivers a classification model to the user environment. The classification result storing unit classifies each of the classification models on the classification model storing unit using data with a label transmitted from the user environment as an input. The classification result storing unit stores a classification result including at least one of classification correctness or a percentage of correct answers for each input data. The optimum model recommendation unit presents an appropriate classification model for the input data based on the classification result for each of the classification models. The teacher data recording unit records the input data as teacher data or test data of the classification model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ueno
  • Patent number: 11952815
    Abstract: A door open and close mechanism for opening and closing a plurality of doors in a machine tool including a cover. The door open and close mechanism includes a linkage mechanism and a slide mechanism. The linkage mechanism is disposed between an operation door and an intermediate door. The linkage mechanism associates the intermediate door with the opening and closing of the operation door. The slide mechanism is disposed between the operation door and the linkage mechanism. The slide mechanism enables the operation door alone to open and close by a predetermined moving distance. When the operation door is operated to open and close within the moving distance, the operation door alone opens and closes by the slide mechanism. When the operation door is operated to open and close beyond the moving distance, the intermediate door opens and closes in association through the linkage mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsunobu Nishinaka
  • Publication number: 20240077115
    Abstract: A temperature rise value estimating method for a machine tool including a cooling apparatus configured to cool a specific portion and a plurality of sensors. The temperature rise value estimating method includes: determining a cooling state of the specific portion by determining whether the cooling apparatus is in an operating state or a stopped state and determining whether a time measured from a base point of an activation or a stoppage of the cooling apparatus has elapsed a predetermined delay time or not; selecting an estimation model corresponding to the determined cooling state of the specific portion from a plurality of estimation models prepared in advance corresponding to different cooling states of the specific portion; and calculating an estimated temperature rise value of the specific portion based on the selected estimation model and temperature data derived from a measured value acquired by the plurality of temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misaki HIDA, Reiji KANBE
  • Patent number: 11892820
    Abstract: An error compensation method includes outputting at least one of a plurality of calibration-master conditions including a type of a calibration master that includes targets, obtaining measurement values of positions of the targets by detecting the positions of the plurality of targets under the calibration-master condition using a sensor mounted to the main spindle, and calculating an error value using the measurement value and a calibration value of the position of the target. The error compensation method further includes approximating a relation between the measurement values and the error values by a curve and a straight line, calculating a compensation parameter of a positioning error of a translational axis based on an approximate curve in a partial range of a stroke of the translational axis, and calculating the compensation parameter of the positioning error based on an approximate straight line in another range of the stroke of the translational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Kojima, Tetsuya Matsushita, Yasunori Kondo
  • Patent number: 11874678
    Abstract: There are disclosed a vibration control device and a vibration control method that control shaft torsional vibration and machine stand vibration without installing a special sensor or measurement instrument. A vibration control device includes an amplification factor change unit that changes an amplification factor of an amplification unit used for amplifying a deviation between a command value and a detection value in a servo amplifier, a vibration detection unit that measures the frequency and the amplitude of vibration superimposed on a moving part, and a filter change unit that changes a filter based on the frequency and the amplitude detected by the vibration detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Miyaji
  • Patent number: 11868123
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnostic device for a feed axis mechanism diagnoses an abnormality occurrence and an abnormal portion of the feed axis mechanism. The feed axis mechanism transmits a rotation of a motor to a ball screw coupled by a coupling to rotate the ball screw. The abnormality diagnostic device includes a resonance frequency measuring unit and a diagnosis unit. The resonance frequency measuring unit measures a resonance frequency at a plurality of stroke positions within a stroke range of the feed axis mechanism. The diagnosis unit identifies the abnormal portion based on a relationship between the stroke positions and change amounts relative to a standard value of the measured respective resonance frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Hongo
  • Patent number: 11841250
    Abstract: An encoder abnormality diagnosis device configured to diagnose an abnormality in an encoder that outputs a cosine waveform and a sine waveform according to a rotation angle of an object includes a stop determination processing unit configured to determine whether the object is rotating or stopping, based on a change in a count value of a pulse signal obtained by pulsing of each of the cosine waveform and the sine waveform, a frequency measurement unit configured to measure a frequency of the pulse signal, and a frequency diagnosis unit configured to compare the frequency measured by the frequency measurement unit with a preset upper limit frequency when the stop determination processing unit determines that the object is stopping, and to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the encoder when the measured frequency exceeds the upper limit frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuru Senyo
  • Publication number: 20230384076
    Abstract: A calibration master installing jig for installing a calibration master in a predetermined direction on a table when the calibration master installed in the predetermined direction on the table is measured using a sensor mounted to a spindle head in a machine tool. The machine tool includes two or more translational axes and the table provided with a plurality of slots or tap holes. The calibration master installing jig includes a plate and a plurality of rod materials. A plurality of holes are provided in the plate. The plurality of rod materials are insertable into the holes. By putting the plurality of rod materials individually inserted into any given plurality of the holes into any of the slots or the tap holes, any given side surface of the plate or a straight line connecting the plurality of rod materials becomes parallel to the predetermined direction on the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya KOJIMA, Tetsuya MATSUSHITA, Yasunori KONDO
  • Publication number: 20230376003
    Abstract: A feed axis monitoring device includes a position deviation calculating unit, a machined surface perpendicular direction calculating unit, a position deviation component converting unit, a threshold value calculating unit, and an abnormality determining unit. The position deviation calculating unit calculates a position deviation of the feed axis. The machined surface perpendicular direction calculating unit calculates a direction perpendicular to a machined surface at a time of a position deviation calculation. The position deviation component converting unit converts a position deviation of the feed axis into a component in the perpendicular direction. The threshold value calculating unit calculates a threshold value based on a preset relation between an operating state of the main spindle and the threshold value. The abnormality determining unit determines that the feed axis has an abnormality when the position deviation exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takumi HONGO
  • Patent number: 11819924
    Abstract: A turning process method for processing a step-shaped workpiece includes: feeding a tool in a rotation axis direction and/or a radial direction of a workpiece while rotating the workpiece; using a tool that includes an insert with a main cutting edge having a straight portion and a machine tool having a pivot shaft of the tool in the machine side; processing a peripheral surface of the small diameter portion by turning the pivot shaft so as to have a cutting edge angle of less than 90°, the cutting edge angle having an angle between the straight portion of the main cutting edge and the rotation axis direction; and processing an end surface and a peripheral surface of the large diameter portion by turning the pivot shaft so as to have the cutting edge angle of 90° or more at a front of the large diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Fujise
  • Publication number: 20230347461
    Abstract: Provided is a tool magazine apparatus capable of preventing a phase error in attaching a tool to a tool holding gripper. A tool magazine apparatus includes: a magazine body having both front and rear racks each provided with tool holding grippers; a tool transfer device to take out a tool from the both racks and attach a tool to the both racks; a tool standby pot to hold a tool; and an intra-magazine tool change device to deliver a tool between the tool standby pot and the tool transfer device. The tool transfer device includes: a moving body disposed between the both racks; a base disposed on the moving body and being rotatable around an axis extending in the Z-axis direction; a transfer gripper attached to the base and being movable in a plane orthogonal to the Z-axis direction; and an air cylinder causing the transfer gripper to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11790700
    Abstract: A relearning necessity determination method is provided for determining a necessity of relearning of a learned diagnostic model in a machine tool including a machining abnormality diagnosing unit. The machining abnormality diagnosing unit determines normal or abnormality of machining using the diagnostic model generated through machine learning. The method includes storing a cumulative cutting time or a cumulative cutting distance of a tool mounted to the machine tool as a tool usage, storing the tool usage when the machining abnormality diagnosing unit diagnoses the machining as machining abnormality, and determining the necessity of the relearning of the diagnostic model based on a frequency distribution of the tool usage stored in the storing of the tool usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ueno
  • Patent number: 11772216
    Abstract: A machine tool equipped with a robot includes a stocker which has one or more effector holder units for holding an end effector to be mounted on the robot, in which the stocker can be stored within a casing of the machine tool. At least a part of the stocker is configured to be bilaterally advanceable into a machining chamber of the machine tool and an external region located outside the machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230302592
    Abstract: Provided is a tool magazine apparatus that has excellent workability and is capable of being downsized. A tool replacement device includes a fixed frame installed in an opening portion provided at a predetermined position of a tool magazine, a swivel frame disposed inside the fixed frame so as to be rotatable about a swivel axis extending in a vertical direction, and a tool replacement rack fixed to the swivel frame. The swivel frame is rotated to a deliverable position at which the tool replacement rack is parallel to a tool rack inside the tool magazine to enable a tool to be delivered between the tool replacement rack and a tool transfer device, and to a replaceable position at which the tool replacement rack is located outside the tool magazine to enable replacement of old and new tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230297064
    Abstract: A displacement compensation device for a machine tool includes a temperature information acquiring unit, a floor information acquiring unit, a displacement amount computing unit, and a compensating unit. The temperature information acquiring unit acquires temperature information from a temperature sensor. The floor information acquiring unit acquires floor information using a floor state sensor measuring a state of a surface or an inside of a floor on which a machine tool is installed. The displacement amount computing unit calculates an estimated displacement amount of the machine tool with a preset displacement estimation formula using the temperature information acquired by the temperature information acquiring unit and the floor information acquired by the floor information acquiring unit as inputs. The compensating unit compensates an axis command value based on the estimated displacement amount calculated by the displacement amount computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuhisa OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230264307
    Abstract: Provided is a tool pot overcoming a problem that dirt adhered to the tool pot is transferred to a contact face of a tool. A tool pot includes an inner-periphery holding part that holds an inner periphery of a tapered shank and prevents axial movement of a tool, an end-face holding part that prevents rotation of the tool, which is implemented by a key fitted into a keyway provided at an end surface of the tapered shank, and an outer-periphery holding part that is opposed to an outer periphery of the V-flange and prevents radial movement of tool. The inner-periphery holding part, the end-face holding part, and the outer-periphery holding part hold the tool in a state where there are clearances with respect to an outer peripheral surface of the tapered shank and an end face of the V-flange, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11728711
    Abstract: A numeric value control unit outputs a connection diagnostic signal to a target position switching unit to place the three-phase motor in a position at an angle that causes no torque generation upon application of a diagnostic current to the three-phase motor, and thereafter, outputs a connection diagnostic signal to a current instruction switching unit to apply a diagnostic current. Then, in order to apply a diagnostic current to the other two phases, the three-phase motor is placed in a position at an angle that causes no torque generation upon second application of a diagnostic current, and a diagnostic current is thereafter applied. When a diagnostic current is applied twice and in the case where no defect in connection is detected in either application, it is determined that connection is normal. Meanwhile, in the case where connection is detected once or twice, it is determined that connection is defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Saito, Motozumi Yura