Abstract: An operation panel for operating a machine tool includes a first display unit for displaying information related to the machine tool, a keyboard, and a plurality of buttons. The button includes a second display unit and a transparent cover. The second display unit displays a first key image indicating a first function and is able to be switched to display a second key image indicating a second function depending on an application screen displayed on the first display unit.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing method capable of effectively utilizing a variety of types of information collected from a machine tool. The information processing method includes the step of communicating with a plurality of machine tools (S10). The plurality of machine tools each include a sensor to sense information about the machine tool as sensed information. The step of communicating (S10) includes the step of receiving as collected data from each of the plurality of machine tools part information about a part of the machine tool and the sensed information obtained by the sensor. The information processing method further includes the steps of storing in a storage unit the collected data received from each of the plurality of machine tools (S20A, S20B); and based on the plurality of collected data stored in the storage unit, learning a correlation between part information of a machine tool and sensed information obtained by the sensor internal to that machine tool (S32).

Abstract: A machining system includes an information processing system, a first machine tool communicable with the information processing system, and a second machine tool communicable with the information processing system. The information processing system includes a reception unit that receives setting data set in the first machine tool, a storage device that stores the setting data received from the first machine tool, and a transmission unit that transmits the setting data of the first machine tool stored in the storage device to the second machine tool in response to a setting data acquisition request, when the setting data is inheritable to the second machine tool. The second machine tool includes a setting unit that allows the second machine tool to inherit the setting data received from the information processing system.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing method capable of effectively utilizing a variety of types of information collected from a machine tool. The information processing method includes the step of communicating with a plurality of machine tools (S10). The plurality of machine tools each include a sensor to sense information about the machine tool as sensed information. The step of communicating (S10) includes the step of receiving as collected data from each of the plurality of machine tools part information about a part of the machine tool and the sensed information obtained by the sensor. The information processing method further includes the steps of storing in a storage unit the collected data received from each of the plurality of machine tools (S20A, S20B); and based on the plurality of collected data stored in the storage unit, learning a correlation between part information of a machine tool and sensed information obtained by the sensor internal to that machine tool (S32).

Abstract: A display apparatus has a display 40, a model data storage unit 37 storing therein three-dimensional model data of a movable structure and a structure having a possibility of interfere with the movable structure, a model generation unit 33 generating a three-dimensional model in which three-dimensional models of the structures are arranged in a three-dimensional space, an interference-caution-portion specifying unit 34 specifying a portion of the movable structure having a possibility of contact with an interfering structure as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure exists and specifying a leading portion of the movable structure in a moving direction as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure does not exist, and an image display unit 35 generating an image with the interference caution portion highlighted based on the three-dimensional model generated by the model generation unit 33 and displaying the image on the display 40.

Abstract: A numerical control system, a machine tool having a numerical control system, and a data structure of a machining program, capable of automatically setting a plurality of tailstock settings corresponding to various machining processes, without increasing hardware resources on the numerical control apparatus side, are provided. A numerical control system 1 includes a numerical control apparatus 12 that controls driving of a machine tool 11 provided with a tailstock 10, and an external storage device 13. The external storage device 13 includes a machining program storage unit 14 that stores a machining program having a data structure including job data and setup data associated with a plurality of tailstock settings. The numerical control apparatus 12 includes a tailstock setting buffer 32, an active buffer region selection unit 43, and a tailstock setting writing unit 44.

Abstract: An operating device includes a touch panel, a display screen data storage unit storing display screen data to be displayed on a display unit of the touch panel, an operation information storage unit storing operation information corresponding to positions on the display screens, an attribute information storage unit storing attribute information set for operation screens of each operation mode, a display control unit displaying the screens on the display unit, an input signal processing unit processing a signal from an input unit of the touch panel and transmitting an operation signal to an operation controller, and further transmitting a display screen changing signal to the display control unit, and an automatic mode switching unit monitoring display of the operation screens by the display control unit, and in the case where the attribute information is set for the operation screens displayed, outputting a mode switching signal to the operation controller.

Abstract: A display apparatus has a display 40, a model data storage unit 37 storing therein three-dimensional model data of a movable structure and a structure having a possibility of interfere with the movable structure, a model generation unit 33 generating a three-dimensional model in which three-dimensional models of the structures are arranged in a three-dimensional space, an interference-caution-portion specifying unit 34 specifying a portion of the movable structure having a possibility of contact with an interfering structure as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure exists and specifying a leading portion of the movable structure in a moving direction as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure does not exist, and an image display unit 35 generating an image with the interference caution portion highlighted based on the three-dimensional model generated by the model generation unit 33 and displaying the image on the display 40.

Abstract: An operating device includes a touch panel, a display screen data storage unit storing display screen data to be displayed on a display unit of the touch panel, an operation information storage unit storing operation information corresponding to positions on the display screens, an attribute information storage unit storing attribute information set for operation screens of each operation mode, a display control unit displaying the screens on the display unit, an input signal processing unit processing a signal from an input unit of the touch panel and transmitting an operation signal to an operation controller, and further transmitting a display screen changing signal to the display control unit, and an automatic mode switching unit monitoring display of the operation screens by the display control unit, and in the case where the attribute information is set for the operation screens displayed, outputting a mode switching signal to the operation controller.