The present disclosure relates to a method for managing turret tools for a machine tool, and more particularly, by setting tool information and changing a mounting location of the tool, which is to be mounted or has been mounted, by using visual information about a turret mounted in the machine tool and the tool mounted in the turret, a user may intuitively check information about a tool mounted on the turret and to easily set tool installation information which needs to be set when mounting and detaching the tool, changing a location of the tool, or installing the tool in a machine tool.

A machining status display apparatus includes a display device having a display screen, a stability lobe picture creator creating, based on specifications of a tool to be used, display picture data for displaying a stability lobe as a correlation diagram between a spindle rotation speed and a limit depth of cut of the tool above which regenerative chatter occurs, a first machining information picture creator creating display picture data for displaying machining related information other than regenerative chatter corresponding to set machining conditions, and a display controller displaying the stability lobe and the machining related information with the stability lobe and the machining related information superimposed one on another on the display screen of the display device based on the display picture data created by the stability lobe picture creator and the display picture data created by the first machining information picture creator.

A composite member is manufactured by a manufacturing method including adding, on a surface of a base member composed of a first material, a second material different from the first material, using additive manufacturing employing directed energy deposition as an additive manufacturing process. The manufacturing method is performed by placing the base member in a machining area of a machine tool configured to perform subtractive machining. Accordingly, a composite member can be obtained that is manufactured through additive manufacturing and that is in a state in which the composite member can be promptly machined.

An electric apparatus comprises a foreign matter detection panel arranged inside a casing and configured to detect contact of foreign matter. The electric apparatus comprises a detection controller which receives a signal outputted from the foreign matter detection panel and judges whether or not foreign matter is in contact with a surface of the foreign matter detection panel. The foreign matter detection panel includes a substrate, a transmitter which generates a surface acoustic wave on the substrate. The foreign matter detection panel includes a reflection array which reflects the surface acoustic wave in a predetermined direction and a receiver which receives the surface acoustic wave which has propagated along the substrate.

A machine apparatus that a user can more easily operate includes a machine driver that is mechanically driven, a main operation unit that operates the machine driver, a remote operation unit that transmits an operation instruction signal to the machine driver at a position apart from the main operation unit, a position determiner that determines a position of the remote operation unit, and a controller that, upon determining that the remote operation unit is located in a predetermined area, enables operations by the main operation unit, and upon determining that the remote operation unit is located outside the predetermined area, disables at least some operations by the main operation unit.

A machine tool has the function of monitoring the sealing performance of a control panel. The machine tool measures temperature and humidity inside the control panel, calculates a vapor amount from the measured results, and stores the vapor amount. A vapor amount change ratio is calculated based on a currently calculated vapor amount and a previously calculated and stored vapor amount. An alert is announced when the calculated vapor amount change ratio is greater than or equal to a specific value.

A multi-mode metrology user interface device includes a signal processing and control portion, a user input interface portion, and a communication portion. The signal processing and control portion includes a measurement display mode configured to display measurement values from multiple metrology devices. The signal processing and control portion further includes at least one of: a) a computational mode configured to compute a value based on measurement values from multiple metrology devices; and b) a combination display mode configured to plot a graph of values from two metrology devices.

A machining program editing assist apparatus includes a display controller. When a specific portion on a shape display area is designated via an input device, the display controller allows a display candidate specified by the specific portion to be displayed as a designated display target of the shape display area, and allows at least one portion of data being among at least one display candidate of a program data display area and sectioned by a machining process constituting the at least one machining process and corresponding to the designated display target of the shape display area to be displayed as a designated display target of the program data display area on the program data display area in a state in which a beginning of the at least one portion of data is set to a display start position of the program data display area.

A machining program editing assist apparatus includes a display controller. While the display objects are being displayed in either one of the program data display area and the process list display area, the display controller decides that a designated display object of the one of the display areas is the display object designated by the display objects of the one of the display areas and a specific point, differentiates the designated display object from the other display objects in the one of the display areas, decides that a designated display object of the other of the display areas is the display candidate of the other of the display areas, includes the designated display object in the display objects of the other of the display areas, and differentiates the designated display object from the other display objects in the other of the display areas.

A vertical machining center includes a base; a tilting rotary table, a tool spindle, a tilting shaft, a recessed area, a slide door, and an inner cover. The tilting rotary table is disposed on the base and configured to turn and tilt a table face of a rotary table. The tool spindle is rotatable about a vertical axis line and movable in an X axis direction, a Y axis direction, and a Z axis direction. The tilting shaft is disposed in the tilting rotary table and oriented in the Y axis direction. The recessed area is disposed on a front surface of the vertical machining center. The recessed area is adjacent to a support supporting the tilting shaft. The slide door is configured to cover the front surface. The inner cover is integral with the slide door. The inner cover is configured to cover the recessed area.