The purpose is to provide a numerical control device that can easily suppress the occurrence of burrs. The numerical control device comprises: an analysis unit that analyses a processing program for processing a workpiece in a machine tool; and a corner specifying unit that specifies the corner that causes burrs on the workpiece based on the analyzed processing program.

A method and a corresponding system and computer program are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing is obtained. Geometric features to be machined as part of manufacturing the object are identified based on the model. The identified geometric features include a composite geometric feature including a plurality of geometric subfeatures. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature and separate strategies for machining the respective geometric subfeatures. Strategies for machining the respective geometric features are selected from the strategies included in the database. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object in accordance with the selected strategies are provided. Selecting strategies for machining the respective geometric features via subtractive manufacturing includes selecting the composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature.

An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative tools that allow multiple designers and programmers to remotely submit design input to the same automation system project in parallel while maintaining project consistency. These collaborative features can include, for example, brokering between different sets of design input directed to the same portion of the system project, generating notifications to remote designers when a portion of the system project is modified, sharing of development interfaces or environments, facilitating involvement of outside technical support experts to assist with design issues, and other collaborative features.

A machining-process generation device includes: a process-instance storage section to store therein a process instance that is an instance of a machining process indicating machining details of each machining-operation unit; a process generation section to generate a machining process on a basis of the process instance and a generation condition for the machining process, and to generate background information indicating a background to generation of the machining process, the background information including information of the process instance used to generate the machining process; and a display section capable of displaying the background information on a display device.

-- A computer program product, a control unit, a machine tool and method for operating a machine tool includes providing a control command set for a tool, providing an actual contour of the workpiece, determining a first material entrance point of the tool into the workpiece and generating a first positioning command for an approach to the first material entrance point, wherein the first positioning command specifies a track path which differs from a track path specified by the control command set, where as an alternative, or additionally, a rapid movement of the tool and or clamping of the workpiece is specified by the first positioning command. --

Provided is a technique for converting an NC program into an NC program capable of ensuring appropriate precision in working while avoiding the occurrence of differences in levels caused by correction during the cutting of a cut surface of a workpiece. In the NC program conversion processing method to convert a conversion source NC program (1424) and generate a conversion result NC program (1425), the method includes based on a plurality of blocks in the conversion source NC program (1424), identifying a contactless portion tool path, which is a path on which a tool of a work machine executing the conversion source NC program does not come into contact with a workpiece during the processes corresponding to the blocks; identifying contactless blocks, which are the blocks having only the contactless portion tool path as a path; determining the tool route correction quantity in the tool radial direction in a work process of the workpiece according to the following blocks, which are one or more of the blocks following the contactless blocks; and creating blocks including descriptions for correcting the tool route by the tool route correction quantity, before the following blocks.

A method and system for assisting in the manufacture of composite parts such as those used for various high-strength assemblies such as aircraft wings, vertical stabilizers, racing car shells, boat hulls, and other parts which are required to have a very high strength to weight ratio. The system uses laser technology to measure the resultant surfaces of a first manufactured composite part. A computer system analyzes and compares the as-built dimensions with the required production specifications. Supplemental composite filler plies are designed including shape and dimensions. These plies are nested together into a single composite sheet and manufactured to minimize wasted material. The plies are then cut out and applied to the first part guided by a laser projection system for locating the plies on the part. The part is then re-cured. The final assembly is then re-measured for compliance with production dimensions.

An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative tools that allow multiple designers and programmers to remotely submit design input to the same automation system project in parallel while maintaining project consistency. These collaborative features can include, for example, brokering between different sets of design input directed to the same portion of the system project, generating notifications to remote designers when a portion of the system project is modified, sharing of development interfaces or environments, facilitating involvement of outside technical support experts to assist with design issues, and other collaborative features.

A method for qualifying a manufacturing process for a first component including a common geometric feature includes obtaining manufacturing data for the common geometric feature. The manufacturing data is associated with one or more qualified second components. The one or more qualified second components are different than the first component. Each of the one or more qualified second components include the common geometric feature. The method further includes modeling the manufacturing process for the common geometric feature of the one or more qualified second components using the manufacturing data, modeling the manufacturing process for the common geometric feature of the first component, obtaining manufacturing process parameters for the manufacturing process for the common geometric feature of the one or more qualified second components, and qualifying the manufacturing process for the common geometric feature of the first component.

In one aspect the invention relates to a method for calculating control instructions (CI) for controlling a cutting head (H) of a laser machine (L) for cutting a set of contours in a workpiece. The method comprises reading (S71) an encoded cutting plan (P), and continuously determining a state (S73) relating to the processing of the workpiece by the laser machine (L) by means of a set of sensor signals (sens). Further, the method provides a computer-implemented decision agent (DA), which dynamically calculates an action (a) for the machining head (H) to be taken next and based thereon providing control instructions (CI) for executing the processing plan (P) by accessing a trained model with the encoded cutting plan (P) and with the determined state (s).