Patent classifications
G05B2219/49331
PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING SCATTERING DIRECTION OF MOLTEN METAL, LASER PROCESSING MACHINE, AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD
An optimum scattering angle calculator calculates an optimum scattering angle at which molten metal is most desirably scattered at a time of piercing processing of opening a pierced hole in a sheet metal to fabricate a first product, the molten metal being not adhered to an approach path and not adhered to a processing path for a second product positioned within a search region centered on a center of the pierced hole at the optimum scattering angle. A program creator creates a processing program by adding an auxiliary code to a code for fabricating the first product, the auxiliary code indicating that, at a time of the piercing processing on the first product, a position of a laser beam in an opening of a nozzle is displaced in an angle direction of the optimum scattering angle from a center of the opening, the laser beam being emitted from the opening.