A controller includes data collect circuitry configured to collect machining data including a date and a time when at least one machined portion of a workpiece has been machined by a machine tool, temperature circuitry configured to obtain, at predetermined time intervals, temperature data at positions on the machine tool, dimension data input circuitry configured to receive dimension measurement data which includes a dimension of the machined portion after the machined portion has been machined, learning data generate circuitry configured to generate learning data based on the machining data and the dimension measurement data, and machine learning circuitry configured to execute a machine learning based on the temperature data and the learning data to obtain a correction coefficient based on which a displacement caused by a change in a temperature of the machine tool is corrected according to a thermal displacement correction equation.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of automatically converting thermal displacement compensation parameters of a machine tool, which automatically convert a compensation parameter of a thermal displacement compensation equation of a machine tool so that the compensation parameter is optimized to a current thermal displacement state of the machine tool in real time based on Z-directional or Y-directional displacement data of a tool tip end of a reference tool measured by a tool measuring unit according to an operation state of the machine tool or various kinds of machine tools or thermal displacement data of the machine tool calculated by measuring a processed portion of a processed material, and temperature data measured by a temperature measuring unit, to minimize a processing error according to thermal displacement and improve processing accuracy of the machine tool.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for compensating for a thermally induced change in position on a numerically controlled machine tool, wherein: a characteristic map describing the thermoelastic behaviour of the machine tool is provided to a control system of the machine tool; one or more temperature values are determined by means of one or more temperature sensors on the machine tool; one or more compensation parameters are determined on the control system of the machine tool on the basis of the one or more temperature values determined and of the characteristic map provided; and wherein a temperature-dependent change in position on the machine tool is performed according to the one or more compensation values determined. According to the invention, the characteristic map provided is adjusted or updated by means of a neural network running on a computer.

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) obtaining, within a local environment in which a user is in physical contact with an electronic device, a current value for each of a plurality of measurable characteristics associated with at least one of the user or the local environment, (2) determining, based on the current value for each of the plurality of measurable characteristics, a temperature threshold for the electronic device, (3) measuring a current temperature of the electronic device, (4) comparing the current temperature to the temperature threshold, and (5) initiating, in response to the current temperature exceeding the temperature threshold, a heat mitigation operation of the electronic device to lower the current temperature. Various other methods, electronic devices, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

An information handling system includes an enclosure having a front portion and a rear portion. An exhaust duct is located in between a first central processing unit and a first set of downstream components within the rear portion. The exhaust duct directs first airflow from the first central processing unit out of the information handling system without the first airflow reaching an inlet of the first set of downstream components. A first top cover is attached to the rear portion. The first top cover includes a first hole cut above the exhaust duct. The first hole enables the first airflow to escape from the rear portion.

A numerical control system according to the present invention controls machine drive systems included in a machine tool that performs machining using a tool, according to a numerical control program, and includes a coordinate transformation unit that acquires a disturbance force or a disturbance torque applied to each machine drive system, and coordinate-transforms the disturbance force or the disturbance torque into a tool reference coordinate system for output, and an identification unit that calculates cutting process parameters that determine characteristics of a cutting process model and dynamic characteristic parameters that determine characteristics of a dynamics model of the machine tool, using the disturbance force or the disturbance torque output from the coordinate transformation unit, states of the machine drive systems, predetermined equation models, and cutting conditions. The equation models define relationships between the cutting process parameters, the dynamic characteristic parameters, and the disturbance force or the disturbance torque.

A management device includes: storage unit which stores a known intake air temperature of a heating element, and a heat transfer characteristic of a cooling device; heat extraction amount calculation unit which calculates a heat extraction amount of the cooling device, by use of the refrigerant information input by the input means, and a cooling capacity of the refrigerant; and air volume calculation unit which calculates an air volume of air supplied to the cooling device, by applying the heat extraction amount to air volume dependence of the heat extraction amount, being derived by use of air volume dependence of a difference temperature between a temperature of the refrigerant and a temperature of exhaust air from the heating element, and the heat transfer characteristic, the air volume dependence of the difference temperature being derived by use of the intake air temperature, the power consumption, and the refrigerant information.

Provided is a thermal displacement correction method using a machine learning method but making it possible to, on a user side, calculate a thermal displacement amount appropriate to a machine tool of the user and correct the thermal displacement. In a machine tool on a target user side, a thermal displacement amount between workpiece and tool corresponding to a temperature at a preset measurement point is calculated based on a parameter defining a relation between the temperature and the thermal displacement amount, and a positioning position for workpiece and tool is corrected in accordance with the calculated thermal displacement amount. On a manufacturer side, operational status information of the machine tool on the target user side is obtained, an operational status identical to the obtained operational status on the target user side is reproduced with a machine tool of a same type as the machine tool on the target user side based on the obtained operational status information, a temperature at a measurement point identical to the measurement point on the machine tool on the target user side and a thermal displacement amount between workpiece and tool are measured during reproduction, and the parameter is calculated by machine learning based on the measured temperature and thermal displacement amount. The parameter in the machine tool on the target user side is updated with the calculated parameter.

A machining center processes a section not to be corrected of a workpiece and a crankshaft bearing hole in a different position from the section not to be corrected and which is separated from an upper deck surface of the workpiece. The machining center supplies a coolant to the hole during processing and detects a temperature of the coolant. A control apparatus estimates the temperature of the coolant when a predetermined time elapses from a start of the processing to be a temperature of the workpiece, calculates a deformation amount of the workpiece due to thermal expansion, corrects a position of the hole with respect to the upper deck surface based on the deformation amount, and starts processing of the hole after the predetermined time. The predetermined time ends when a difference between a temperature near the hole and the temperature of the coolant falls within a predetermined range.

A crossflow air deflector part for directing airflow includes a front central spine, a first arcuate wall extending from the spine to a first back lateral edge of the airflow deflector, and a second arcuate wall extending from the spine to a second back lateral edge of the airflow deflector opposing the first back lateral edge. Such an airflow deflector can be implemented into a storage server, positioned between a laterally adjacent pair of data storage device (DSD) chambers and a pair of vertically stacked fans, such that the crossflow air deflector functions to direct airflow from one of the lateral DSD chambers into the lower fan and to direct airflow from the other lateral DSD chamber into the upper fan. Independent airflow control for each DSD chamber and each corresponding DSD is thereby provided.