Abstract: An automatic programming method of dividing a machining area into a first process region in which one end of a work model is held for a machining and a second process region in which other end of the work model is held for the machining, and creating a program for controlling a numerical control unit based on the division of the machining area realizes an automatic process dividing processing by calculating a position of evenly dividing the volume of the machining area in a direction of a turning axis as a process-dividing position indicating the boundary between the first process region and the second process region.

Abstract: An automatic programming method includes a first processing including detecting a turning surface having a largest diameter in the product model, and determining a central axis of rotation on the turning surface detected as a turning axis of the product model; a second processing including shifting or rotating the product model so that the turning axis of the product model determined matches a turning axis of the work model; and a third processing including shifting the product model so that an end face of the product model shifted at the second processing matches a program origin preset in the work model, for automatically arranging the product model so as to be overlapped on the work model.

Abstract: Workpiece data involving a product shape and having a smallest diameter for lathe turning around a turning axis is selected from the workpiece database, by comparing dimension data of a workpiece model with dimension data of a product model in a state in which the product model is arranged on the turning axis and the workpiece model is arranged so that a center axis of each workpiece matches a center of the turning axis. The workpiece model for lathe turning is created based on the selected workpiece data.

Abstract: A machining unit corresponding to a cursor position in an editor section and in a synthetic model of a product model and a work model displayed in a model display section is highlight-displayed, and at the time of editing a created NC creation program, it is clearly determined to which machining unit on the model the cursor position in the editor section corresponds.

Abstract: A first machining-program creating unit creates a machining program for a two-spindle machine, including machining programs for a first process performed by using a first main spindle and a second process performed by using a sub-spindle. A second machining-program creating unit creates a machining program for a one-spindle machine, including machining programs for a third process and a fourth process performed by using a second main spindle. A selecting unit determines a type of a machine to use, and selects either one of the first machining-program creating unit and the second machining-program creating unit to start, based on the determined type of the machine.

Abstract: An NC hole-machining programming device according to this present invention includes: a tool information storing unit for storing tool information including types and sizes of tools used for hole machining; a form recognizing unit for extracting a cylindrical surface and conical surface as a local geometry which constitutes a hole-machining form of target objects based on CAD data; a machining method determining unit which generates a hole-machining-form pattern based on the hole-machining form detected by the form recognizing unit and determine machining methods based on the hole-machining-form patterns; a tool determining unit for selecting a tool in accordance with the machining methods determined by the machining method determining unit with reference to the tool information; a tool path determining unit which determines a tool path for each tool selected by the tool determining unit; and an NC program generating unit which generates a NC programs based on the tool paths determined by the tool path determ

Abstract: An automatic programming method includes a first processing including detecting a turning surface having a largest diameter in the product model, and determining a central axis of rotation on the turning surface detected as a turning axis of the product model; a second processing including shifting or rotating the product model so that the turning axis of the product model determined matches a turning axis of the work model; and a third processing including shifting the product model so that an end face of the product model shifted at the second processing matches a program origin preset in the work model, for automatically arranging the product model so as to be overlapped on the work model.

Abstract: A turning data generation unit and a drilling data generation unit generate machining data corresponding to machining forms generated by a machining form generation unit in consideration of the machining forms, and a machining program is generated to remove a machining form from a material form based on the machining data.

Abstract: A machining region data creation apparatus and a machining region data creation method simplifying provision of machining information concerning multiple boring regions. In the machining region data creation apparatus decoding inputted three-dimensional shape data to create machining data for machining a work piece based on the decoding result, a boring region extraction unit receives three-dimensional finish shape data and extracts shapes of boring regions based on the three-dimensional finish shape data, a boring region analysis unit analyzes the shapes and the features of the boring regions based on three-dimensional shape data of each boring region, and a boring region classification unit classifies the boring regions based on the shapes and the features of the boring regions.

Abstract: There are provided a curved-surface state evaluating unit for forming evaluation data by arranging, virtually, a tool on a given scheduled path locus not interfering with a processed surface of a processing object and by setting tool path sample points to evaluate a state of the processed surface, a tool position data forming unit having a command speed deciding portion for deciding a command speed, at which the tool is moved, based on evaluation data of the tool path sample points, and a tool position deciding portion for deciding the tool position based on the command speed and a shape of a worked surface such that the tool does not interfere with the worked surface, wherein operation of the curved-surface state evaluating unit and operation of the tool position data forming unit are executed in real time.

Abstract: A turning data generation unit (23), a drilling data generation unit (25) and the like are provided to generate machining data corresponding to machining forms generated by a machining form generation unit (21) in consideration of the features of the machining forms, and a machining program is generated to remove a machining form from a material form on the basis of the machining data.

Abstract: There are provided a curved-surface state evaluating unit 20 for forming evaluation data by arranging virtually a tool on a given scheduled path locus not to interfere with a processed surface of a processing object and by setting a plurality of tool path sample points to evaluate a state of the processed surface, and a tool position data forming unit 30 having a command speed deciding portion 32 for deciding a command speed, at which the tool is moved, based on evaluation data of the tool path sample points and a tool position deciding portion 33 for deciding the tool position based on the command speed and a shape of a worked surface such that the tool does not interfere with the worked surface, wherein an operation of the curved-surface state evaluating unit 20 and an operation of the tool position data forming unit 30 are executed in real time.

Abstract: An automatic programming apparatus comprises a machining unit preparing section for preparing plural machining units, a machining unit defining section for selecting a designated machining unit from the prepared machining units and designating the arrangement and size of the machining area of the selected machining unit, and an machined material creating section for creating a shape with the machining area shape removed from the material shape. The automatic programming apparatus and method for an NC machine which can easily create a machining program in complicated machining and also create a correct program quickly in complicated machining by trial and error.

Abstract: A numerical control apparatus allows for the machining of a workpiece based on a three-dimensional work shape which is inputted. The shape of the workpiece is set and the shape of the workpiece and three-dimensional work shape determine the work region to be extracted. The extracted work region is divided into work regions of spot work, contour work, and region work by the characteristics of the work. The work order is set to determine the order in which the divided work regions are to be machined. The work information for each work region is then inputted and command data used in moving a tool is generated from the work order data and the work information.

Abstract: An actuator for liquid ejection which is provided with a plug for closing the ejection spout disposed at the distal portion thereof. This actuator is capable of preventing a residual liquid which is left inside the actuator after an ejection operation from being contacted with an outer atmosphere, thereby preventing the denaturing or degradation of the liquid. Further, it is capable of preventing a ejection spout from being stopped up and of preventing a filmy cover or block to be made. This plug is mounted on an elastic rod-like member disposed in and along the liquid-discharging passage, and is adapted to be moved backward, thus opening the ejection spout as the elastic rod-like member is forced to bend by an actuating rod when the actuator is pushed downward.

Abstract: An actuator for liquid ejection which is provided with a plug for closing the ejection spout disposed at the distal portion thereof. This actuator is capable of preventing a residual liquid which is left inside the actuator after an ejection operation from being contacted with an outer atmosphere, thereby preventing the denaturing or degradation of the liquid. Further, it is capable of preventing an ejection spout from being stopped up and of preventing a filmy cover or block to be made. This plug is mounted on an elastic rod-like member disposed in and along the liquid-discharging passage, and is adapted to be moved backward, thus opening the ejection spout as the elastic rod-like member is forced to bend by an actuating rod when the actuator is pushed downward.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a helical scan type rotary magnetic head device employed for example in a video tape recorder in which the magnetic tape is caused to run obliquely while it contacts the head and in which recording tracks are formed on the magnetic tape at a predetermined angle of inclination relative to the tape. According to the present invention, the tape guide drum along the side of which the magnetic tape is caused to run while contacting with it has a cut-out at its portion free of contact with the magnetic tape, while a rotary transformer adapted for receiving and transmitting recording and/or reproducing signals at or from a rotary magnetic head is mounted so as to be enclosed within the interior of the tape guide drum to reduce the size and thickness of the rotary magnetic head device.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus which includes a rotary magnetic head device, a reel block base plate provided on a chassis plate and having a pair of reel blocks horizontally reciprocable relative to the rotary magnetic head device and operatively engaged with a pair of tape reels of a tape cassette, a cassette holder which is supported by a supporting arm on the chassis base plate so as to be vertically movable relative to the reel block and in which the tape cassette is inserted and retained, an operating mode changeover lever for selecting the various operating modes, including constant speed running, rapid feed and rewind modes, for the magnetic tape pulled out of the tape cassette and loaded into the predetermined tape path, and a drive gear driven into rotation by a driving electric motor, wherein the drive gear is operatively associated with the supporting arm and the reel block base plate.

Abstract: A disc player fitted for automatic change of discs comprises a disc pack receiving table for receiving and holding a disc pack containing a plurality of discs, a disc rotating device for rotating a disc taken out from the disc pack and loaded thereon, and a movable chassis operative to move up and down in relation to the disc pack receiving table and provided with a mechanical arrangement comprising a sliding lever for actuating a sliding member provided in the disc pack to take a selected disc out of the disc pack, a motor for rotating selectively in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, a driving roller for being rotated with the rotatory driving force produced by the motor to carry the selected disc taken out from the disc pack to the disc rotating device, and a driving mechanism actuated with the rotatory driving force produced by the motor for driving the sliding lever in the manner for taking a disc out of the disc pack when the motor rotates in one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directi

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for a winder for anchoring an indefinite length of thread supplied from a supply source onto an anchoring disc in said winder. The method comprises the steps of offsetting the thread to a position facing the anchoring disc, spanning the thread vertically, arresting the spanned thread, protruding the thread outwardly from the disc, and displacing the thread slantly across the anchoring disc so as to anchor the thread to the disc. The apparatus comprises a traverse guide, a carriage movable parallel to the traverse guide, a thread offsetting mechanism including a thread offsetting guide for moving a thread being supplied between the opposite out sides of the traverse range of the thread, a thread spanning mechanism for spanning the thread vertically, and a thread anchoring mechanism for anchoring the thread to an anchoring disc in a winder, the thread offsetting mechanism, the thread spanning mechanism and the thread anchoring mechanism being provided on the carriage.