Abstract: A virtual verification system according to the present invention includes a real-time simulator; and a drive controller that can be connected to the real-time simulator in a virtual verification mode, and is capable of driving an electric motor in an actual operation mode. The drive controller includes an output unit that supplies electrical power to the electric motor in the actual operation mode, and outputs a signal corresponding to a virtual verification model installed in the real-time simulator in the virtual verification mode.

Abstract: The roller-to-roller conveyance control apparatus includes an amplitude target setting unit that sets an amplitude target value of the tension deviation; an adjustment execution command generation unit that provides a command to adjust the control gain; an adjustment manipulated-variable output unit that outputs an adjustment manipulated variable; a manipulated-variable amplitude determination unit that increases the amplitude of the adjustment manipulated variable until the amplitude of the tension deviation becomes larger than the amplitude target value; and a control-gain calculation device that calculates the control gain from the amplitude and the vibration period of the tension deviation. A tension-shaft speed controller controls a tension-control-shaft motor on the basis of the line speed reference and the adjustment manipulated variable during the adjustment of the control gain.

Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machining apparatus capable of improving the shape precision of a continuous corner part includes a corner speed coefficient calculation device calculating a machining speed ratio between a middle corner section and a straight part from a machining volume ratio between the straight part and the middle corner section in which machining volume becomes a constant value. A corner speed coefficient interpolation device interpolates a speed coefficient calculated by the corner speed coefficient calculation device in a pre-corner section and a post-corner section. A speed reference calculation device calculates a machining speed reference based on a representative speed and the corner speed coefficient, and a drive control device controls a drive device. A continuous corner detection device determines whether continuous corner sections overlap each other when the length of the straight part connecting two corner parts is shorter than the length of the pre-corner section.

Abstract: The roller-to-roller conveyance control apparatus includes an amplitude target setting unit that sets an amplitude target value of the tension deviation; an adjustment execution command generation unit that provides a command to adjust the control gain; an adjustment manipulated-variable output unit that outputs an adjustment manipulated variable; a manipulated-variable amplitude determination unit that increases the amplitude of the adjustment manipulated variable until the amplitude of the tension deviation becomes larger than the amplitude target value; and a control-gain calculation device that calculates the control gain from the amplitude and the vibration period of the tension deviation. A tension-shaft speed controller controls a tension-control-shaft motor on the basis of the line speed reference and the adjustment manipulated variable during the adjustment of the control gain.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining system is provided which distinguishes an abnormal discharge caused by an immediate discharge and an abnormal discharge caused not by the immediate discharge to suitably control in each case.

Abstract: The roller-to-roller conveyance control apparatus includes an amplitude target setting unit that sets an amplitude target value of the tension deviation; an adjustment execution command generation unit that provides a command to adjust the control gain; an adjustment manipulated-variable output unit that outputs an adjustment manipulated variable; a manipulated-variable amplitude determination unit that increases the amplitude of the adjustment manipulated variable until the amplitude of the tension deviation becomes larger than the amplitude target value; and a control-gain calculation device that calculates the control gain from the amplitude and the vibration period of the tension deviation. A tension-shaft speed controller controls a tension-control-shaft motor on the basis of the line speed reference and the adjustment manipulated variable during the adjustment of the control gain.

Abstract: The roller-to-roller conveyance control apparatus includes an amplitude target setting unit that sets an amplitude target value of the tension deviation; an adjustment execution command generation unit that provides a command to adjust the control gain; an adjustment manipulated-variable output unit that outputs an adjustment manipulated variable; a manipulated-variable amplitude determination unit that increases the amplitude of the adjustment manipulated variable until the amplitude of the tension deviation becomes larger than the amplitude target value; and a control-gain calculation device that calculates the control gain from the amplitude and the vibration period of the tension deviation. A tension-shaft speed controller controls a tension-control-shaft motor on the basis of the line speed reference and the adjustment manipulated variable during the adjustment of the control gain.

Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machining apparatus capable of improving the shape precision of a continuous corner part includes a corner speed coefficient calculation device calculating a machining speed ratio between a middle corner section and a straight part from a machining volume ratio between the straight part and the middle corner section in which machining volume becomes a constant value. A corner speed coefficient interpolation device interpolates a speed coefficient calculated by the corner speed coefficient calculation device in a pre-corner section and a post-corner section. A speed reference calculation device calculates a machining speed reference based on a representative speed and the corner speed coefficient, and a drive control device controls a drive device. A continuous corner detection device determines whether continuous corner sections overlap each other when the length of the straight part connecting two corner parts is shorter than the length of the pre-corner section.

Abstract: In order to detect a wire breakage as soon as possible, the wire electrical discharge machining apparatus includes a speed fluctuation compensator that generates a speed fluctuation suppression command that is a speed compensation value that suppresses fluctuation of the rotational speed of the tension motor on the basis of the rotational speed of the tension motor and a breakage detecting device that detects a breakage of the wire electrode on the basis of a comparison of a preset breakage detection threshold and a speed fluctuation suppression command output from the speed fluctuation compensator.

Abstract: An electric-discharge machining device including an electric-discharge-state determination unit that determines whether an electric discharging state between a machining electrode and a workpiece is either a state of normal electric discharge or of abnormal electric discharge, and a machining-condition switching unit that changes at least one machining condition, further includes a storage unit that stores therein an electric-discharge-state determination indicator, a standard-deviation calculation unit, and a boundary calculation unit that calculates a boundary to be applied to a determination in the electric-discharge-state determination unit based on the electric-discharge-state determination indicator, wherein the machining-condition switching unit changes the machining condition according to a comparison result between the standard deviation calculated by the standard-deviation calculation unit and a standard deviation reference set as a reference of the standard deviation.

Abstract: A numerical control device for a wire electric discharge machining apparatus generates a wire-breakage sign signal, outputs a machining-condition re-setting instruction and wire-breakage threshold re-setting instruction from the wire-breakage sign signal and wire-breakage threshold, sets the wire-breakage threshold according to the wire-breakage threshold re-setting instruction and a wire-breakage signal, calculates a machining energy from a discharge pulse count, measures a machining speed from position information, calculates a board thickness of the workpiece from the machining energy and machining speed, outputs, according to a predetermined algorithm, a machining-condition switching instruction from the board thickness, the machining-condition re-setting instruction, and the wire-breakage signal, sends an oscillation instruction to a oscillator and sends a shaft feed instruction to a servo amplifier so that the machining condition is set to one determined by the machining-condition switching instruction,

Abstract: A wire electric discharge machining apparatus that performs an electric discharge machining by applying a pulse voltage between a wire electrode (1) and a workpiece (2), the wire electric discharge machining apparatus including, a machining speed detection unit (14) that detects relative machining speed of the workpiece (2) and the wire electrode (1); a machining energy calculation unit (13) that calculates machining energy of a discharge pulse; a board thickness calculation unit (12) that calculates a board thickness of the workpiece (4) based on the machining speed detected by the machining speed detection unit (14) and the machining energy calculated by the machining energy calculation unit (13); a stationary state determination unit (16) that determines whether the machining is in a stationary state from a machining state during the machining, after the machining condition is switched in accordance with a board thickness of the workpiece (4) calculated by the board thickness calculation unit (12); and a m

Abstract: An electric discharge machining system is provided which distinguishes an abnormal discharge caused by an immediate discharge and an abnormal discharge caused not by the immediate discharge to suitably control in each case.

Abstract: A wire electric discharge machining apparatus according to embodiments includes a wire electrode, a wire supplying unit that supplies the wire electrode, a collecting motor that collects the wire electrode at a predetermined speed, a tension motor that controls a tension of the wire electrode between the wire supplying unit and the collecting motor, a speed calculating unit that calculates a traveling speed of the wire electrode at a predetermined time interval, a speed storing unit that stores the traveling speed calculated by the speed calculating unit, a differential speed calculating unit that calculates a differential speed between a current traveling speed output from the speed calculating unit and a past traveling speed stored in the speed storing unit, and a breakage detecting unit that detects breakage of the wire electrode by comparing the differential speed with a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Based on a discharging gap value and machining allowance value stored in a corner-control-information storing means 20, a speed-ratio calculating means 23 being a machining-volume calculating means calculates machining volumes of a straight line portion and a corner portion to calculate a volume ratio therebetween. A corner-portion-speed calculating means 24 calculates a machining feed speed at the corner portion based on a volume ratio calculated by the speed-ratio calculating means 23, and then outputs to a servo amplifier 8 on the basis of the length of a pre-corner section outputted by a pre-corner-section calculating means 21 and the length of a post-corner section outputted by a post-corner-section calculating means 22, instructions about machining feed speeds from entering the pre-corner section till getting out of the post-corner section.

Abstract: In order to detect a wire breakage as soon as possible, the wire electrical discharge machining apparatus includes a speed fluctuation compensator that generates a speed fluctuation suppression command that is a speed compensation value that suppresses fluctuation of the rotational speed of the tension motor on the basis of the rotational speed of the tension motor and a breakage detecting device that detects a breakage of the wire electrode on the basis of a comparison of a preset breakage detection threshold and a speed fluctuation suppression command output from the speed fluctuation compensator.

Abstract: An object is to enable highly accurate machining by correcting machining conditions by referring to a programmed trajectory to obtain a desired machining shape. A wire electric discharge machining apparatus includes a machining-condition correcting unit that corrects machining conditions in each machining stage corresponding to a circular arc radius of a portion corresponding to a corner portion of a programmed trajectory, in the corner portion formed by changing a direction of relatively moving a wire electrode, when the wire electrode is moved on a wire center trajectory, which is offset from the programmed trajectory prestored in order to obtain a desired machining shape to perform finish machining in each machining stage with an offset amount being changed.

Abstract: An electric-discharge machining device including an electric-discharge-state determination unit that determines whether an electric discharging state between a machining electrode and a workpiece is either a state of normal electric discharge or of abnormal electric discharge, and a machining-condition switching unit that changes at least one machining condition, further includes a storage unit that stores therein an electric-discharge-state determination indicator, a standard-deviation calculation unit, and a boundary calculation unit that calculates a boundary to be applied to a determination in the electric-discharge-state determination unit based on the electric-discharge-state determination indicator, wherein the machining-condition switching unit changes the machining condition according to a comparison result between the standard deviation calculated by the standard-deviation calculation unit and a standard deviation reference set as a reference of the standard deviation.

Abstract: In a wire electrical discharge machining apparatus, an upper main-discharge power supply is connected between an upper conducting terminal and a workpiece using an upper main-feeder line capable of configuring outward and homeward paths, and a lower main-discharge power supply is connected between a lower conducting terminal and the workpiece using a lower main-feeder line capable of configuring outward and homeward paths. Moreover, a sub-discharge power supply is connected between the upper conducting terminal and the workpiece and between the lower conducting terminal and the workpiece using an upper and a lower sub-feeder lines that have higher impedances than the impedances of the upper and the lower main-feeder lines and can configure outward and homeward paths.

Abstract: A wire electric discharge machining apparatus according to embodiments includes a wire electrode, a wire supplying unit that supplies the wire electrode, a collecting motor that collects the wire electrode at a predetermined speed, a tension motor that controls a tension of the wire electrode between the wire supplying unit and the collecting motor, a speed calculating unit that calculates a traveling speed of the wire electrode at a predetermined time interval, a speed storing unit that stores the traveling speed calculated by the speed calculating unit, a differential speed calculating unit that calculates a differential speed between a current traveling speed output from the speed calculating unit and a past traveling speed stored in the speed storing unit, and a breakage detecting unit that detects breakage of the wire electrode by comparing the differential speed with a predetermined threshold.