Patents by Inventor Masakazu Sagasaki

Masakazu Sagasaki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11940772
    Abstract: A numerical controller includes a coordinate management unit that updates machine origin offset data indicating a positional relationship between a machine origin of a machine tool and a machine origin of a robot depending on movement of the machine origin of the machine tool or the machine origin of the robot; and an interference check processing unit that detects interference between the machine tool and the robot on the basis of a position of a first interference definition area and a position of a second interference definition area, and the updated machine origin offset data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masakazu Sagasaki
  • Publication number: 20230195073
    Abstract: A numerical controller includes a coordinate management unit that updates machine origin offset data indicating a positional relationship between a machine origin of a machine tool and a machine origin of a robot depending on movement of the machine origin of the machine tool or the machine origin of the robot; and an interference check processing unit that detects interference between the machine tool and the robot on the basis of a position of a first interference definition area and a position of a second interference definition area, and the updated machine origin offset data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu SAGASAKI
  • Patent number: 11474497
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a plurality of drive shafts to drive a tool and cause the tool to cut a workpiece while vibrating the tool in a fixed vibrating direction regardless of a cutting direction, a comparison unit that compares a command value of a cutting depth with an actual value of the cutting depth based on a vibration amplitude of the drive shaft when the vibrating direction and the cutting direction are not the same as each other, the cutting depth being a difference between a position of a face to be machined of the workpiece before machining and a position of the machined face after machining; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a movement of the tool so that the actual value becomes smaller when the actual value is larger than the command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masakazu Sagasaki
  • Publication number: 20220269241
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a plurality of drive shafts to drive a tool and cause the tool to cut a workpiece while vibrating the tool in a fixed vibrating direction regardless of a cutting direction, a comparison unit that compares a command value of a cutting depth with an actual value of the cutting depth based on a vibration amplitude of the drive shaft when the vibrating direction and the cutting direction are not the same as each other, the cutting depth being a difference between a position of a face to be machined of the workpiece before machining and a position of the machined face after machining; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a movement of the tool so that the actual value becomes smaller when the actual value is larger than the command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu SAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220179388
    Abstract: A numerical control device includes—a screen processing unit that divides a waveform of a commanded oscillatory movement quantity specified by a vibration cutting command and a waveform of an actual position detected by detectors, into sections each corresponding to a unit time, and this screen processing unit displays, on a display unit, an n-th commanded oscillation waveform, which is an n-th waveform of the commanded oscillatory movement quantity; an (n+1)-th commanded oscillation waveform, which is an (n+1)-th waveform of the commanded oscillatory movement quantity; an n-th actual position waveform, which is an n-th waveform of the actual position; and an (n+1)-th actual position waveform, which is an (n+1)-th waveform of the actual position, being superimposed on one another along a time axis, where n is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu SAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220043426
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling multiple drive shafts that drive a tool for machining an object to be machined includes an analysis processing unit that analyzes a machining program, a machining path calculation unit that calculates a machining path, which is a travel path of the tool in cutting machining of the object to be machined, based on a result of analysis of the machining program performed by the analysis processing unit, and an interrupt pathway calculation unit that calculates a travel path of the tool in an interrupt operation based on the result of analysis. The interrupt operation is an operation repeatedly performed in which the tool is temporarily lifted up from the machining path while the tool is moved along the machining path and is machining the object to be machined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Tsuyoshi KUMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220011754
    Abstract: A numerical control device includes a control computation unit that controls a machine tool and a robot by using an NC program defined in a first coordinate system, the control computation unit includes a storage unit that stores the NC program including a first command, which is a command for the machine tool described in a first programming language, and a second command, which is a command for the robot described in the first programming language, and a program converting unit that converts the second command into a third command, which is a robot program used for controlling the robot, and the control computation unit controls the machine tool by using the first command and controls the robot by using the third command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Kensuke BABA, Takashi SUEDA
  • Publication number: 20210382455
    Abstract: A numerical control device includes a control computation unit controlling a spindle as a rotation axis of a workpiece, a first shaft driving a tool performing vibration cutting machining on the workpiece, and a second shaft driving a tool performing vibration cutting machining on the workpiece. The computation unit includes: a storage unit storing a machining program; a determination unit determining whether the number of vibrations of the first shaft and the second shaft follows a rotation speed of the spindle specified by the machining program; and a number-of-vibrations calculation unit that, in response to the determination that the number of vibrations of at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft does not follow the rotation speed of the spindle, calculates the number of vibrations following the rotation speed of the spindle for the drive shaft assessed as not following it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Yoshinori YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11163296
    Abstract: A numerical control device for a machine tool, the machine tool including: a reference shaft that moves a tool or a workpiece; and a superimposition shaft that moves a tool or the workpiece. The numerical control device superimposes the movement amount of the reference shaft on the movement amount of the superimposition shaft. The numerical control device including a control computation unit that, in response to a superimposition control command, changes at least one of a first vibration rate, a second vibration rate, and a main shaft rotation speed on a basis of a first vibration command, a second vibration command and a main shaft rotation speed command such that the first vibration rate stays constant and the second vibration rate stays constant. The first vibration rate is a number of times that of the reference shaft vibrates per rotation of a main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Sagasaki, Satoru Inokuchi, Yuki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20210311460
    Abstract: A numerical control device for a machine tool, the machine tool including: a reference shaft that moves a tool or a workpiece; and a superimposition shaft that moves a tool or the workpiece. The numerical control device superimposes the movement amount of the reference shaft on the movement amount of the superimposition shaft. The numerical control device including a control computation unit that, in response to a superimposition control command, changes at least one of a first vibration rate, a second vibration rate, and a main shaft rotation speed on a basis of a first vibration command, a second vibration command and a main shaft rotation speed command such that the first vibration rate stays constant and the second vibration rate stays constant. The first vibration rate is a number of times that of the reference shaft vibrates per rotation of a main shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Satoru INOKUCHI, Yuki HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11131979
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a main shaft, which is a rotating shaft for a workpiece, a drive shaft that drives a tool for vibration cutting of the workpiece in an X-axis direction, and a drive shaft that drives the tool or the workpiece in a Z-axis direction, includes: a storage unit that stores a machining program for vibration cutting of the workpiece; and a control computation unit that calculates a specific point that the tool passes during vibration cutting on the basis of a tolerance value, which is an allowable error in machining of a corner of the workpiece, and generates a vibration waveform of the tool indicating a movement path of the tool passing the specific point, in which the control computation unit controls movement and vibration of the tool in accordance with the machining program and the vibration waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Sagasaki, Satoru Inokuchi, Yoshinori Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210247734
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a main shaft, which is a rotating shaft for a workpiece, a drive shaft that drives a tool for vibration cutting of the workpiece in an X-axis direction, and a drive shaft that drives the tool or the workpiece in a Z-axis direction, includes: a storage unit that stores a machining program for vibration cutting of the workpiece; and a control computation unit that calculates a specific point that the tool passes during vibration cutting on the basis of a tolerance value, which is an allowable error in machining of a corner of the workpiece, and generates a vibration waveform of the tool indicating a movement path of the tool passing the specific point, in which the control computation unit controls movement and vibration of the tool in accordance with the machining program and the vibration waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Satoru INOKUCHI, Yoshinori YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10921783
    Abstract: A numerical control device includes a first control unit to write a control right request for a second system axis to a shared area in a case where a machining program contains an axis exchange command designating a second system axis that is driven by a second control unit, and determines acquisition of a control right for the second system axis based on a response from the second control unit written to the shared area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kato, Masakazu Sagasaki
  • Publication number: 20200379438
    Abstract: A numerical control device includes a first control unit to write a control right request for a second system axis to a shared area in a case where a machining program contains an axis exchange command designating a second system axis that is driven by a second control unit, and determines acquisition of a control right for the second system axis based on a response from the second control unit written to the shared area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KATO, Masakazu SAGASAKI
  • Patent number: 10684606
    Abstract: A numerical control apparatus that is a selection apparatus causes, when an automatic lathe that fabricates a workpiece from a bar is unable to fabricate a workpiece that is a fabrication target from a remaining material that is a remaining part of the bar being machined, the automatic lathe to select another workpiece that the automatic lathe is able to fabricate from the remaining material. The numerical control apparatus includes a selection unit to select, when there are a plurality of other workpieces that are able to be fabricated from the remaining material, a workpiece to be fabricated on the basis of a length of the remaining material and priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masakazu Sagasaki
  • Patent number: 10671046
    Abstract: A numerical control device is for machining a machining object by moving a tool and the machining object relative to each other along a movement path while applying vibration, by use of a drive axis provided for the tool or the machining object. The device includes a storage unit that holds an invalid frequency region, and a vibration condition determining unit to determine a frequency for the vibration, based on a rotational speed of a main shaft for rotating the machining object, a number of vibrations of the vibration in each one rotation of the main shaft, and the invalid frequency region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Watanabe, Masakazu Sagasaki, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Takanori Shinohara, Kazuhiko Sannomiya, Yuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 10625355
    Abstract: A numerical control apparatus includes: a drive unit controlling a main shaft rotating a workpiece, a first drive shaft feeding a cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along a perpendicular direction to a lead direction of a thread, and a second drive shaft feeding the cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along the lead direction; and a vibration unit superimposing, on movement of the first drive shaft, vibration having a period having a predetermined ratio with a rotation period of the main shaft, and forms a thread on the workpiece by moving the cutting tool and the workpiece relative to each other and performing cut processes on the workpiece. The numerical control apparatus includes a thread-cutting vibration adjustment unit controlling the drive unit to shift phase of the vibration with respect to phase of the main shaft by a predetermined vibration phase shift amount every time in the cut processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD, CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Watanabe, Masakazu Sagasaki, Yuki Hirata, Kazuhiko Sannomiya, Takaichi Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20190278248
    Abstract: A numerical control apparatus that is a selection apparatus causes, when an automatic lathe that fabricates a workpiece from a bar is unable to fabricate a workpiece that is a fabrication target from a remaining material that is a remaining part of the bar being machined, the automatic lathe to select another workpiece that the automatic lathe is able to fabricate from the remaining material. The numerical control apparatus includes a selection unit to select, when there are a plurality of other workpieces that are able to be fabricated from the remaining material, a workpiece to be fabricated on the basis of a length of the remaining material and priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu SAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190202017
    Abstract: A selecting device causes a machine tool, which machines a workpiece from a bar material, to select another workpiece that the machine tool can machine from a leftover material, which is a remaining part of the bar material being machined, when a workpiece to be machined is not machinable from the leftover material. The selecting device includes: a selecting unit that refers to mountable tool data indicating a tool that can be mounted on a mount position of the machine tool, and causes the machine tool to select another workpiece that is machinable by the tool that can be mounted on the machine tool, in selecting another workpiece to be machined by the machine tool from the leftover material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu SAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180281090
    Abstract: A numerical control apparatus includes: a drive unit controlling a main shaft rotating a workpiece, a first drive shaft feeding a cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along a perpendicular direction to a lead direction of a thread, and a second drive shaft feeding the cutting tool relatively to the workpiece along the lead direction; and a vibration unit superimposing, on movement of the first drive shaft, vibration having a period having a predetermined ratio with a rotation period of the main shaft, and forms a thread on the workpiece by moving the cutting tool and the workpiece relative to each other and performing cut processes on the workpiece. The numerical control apparatus includes a thread-cutting vibration adjustment unit controlling the drive unit to shift phase of the vibration with respect to phase of the main shaft by a predetermined vibration phase shift amount every time in the cut processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo WATANABE, Masakazu SAGASAKI, Yuki HIRATA, Kazuhiko SANNOMIYA, Takaichi NAKAYA