To change or update each operating pattern and/or an operating condition according to a workpiece feeding state and/or an operating state of a robot. A workpiece transfer system includes: a workpiece infeed device for feeding a workpiece; a robot for transferring the workpiece being fed; a control device for selecting an operating condition of the robot based on a condition related to the workpiece and/or a condition related to the robot, the control device including a storage unit in which plural operating conditions are stored and a selection unit for selecting, as the operating condition of the robot, an optimum operating condition out of the plural operating conditions.

A machine system includes a transport control section which controls transport of a workpiece based on a transport deceleration line provided upstream of an operation limit line of a machine in a direction of travel of the workpiece and a transport acceleration line provided upstream of the transport deceleration line, wherein the transport control section reduces a transport speed of the workpiece when the workpiece passes through the transport deceleration line in an incomplete operation state and increases the transport speed of the workpiece after the operation on the workpiece present between the operation limit line and the transport acceleration line has completed.

A miller, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a method for milling a multi-layered object. The method may include (i) receiving or determining milling parameters related to a milling process, the milling parameters may include at least two out of (a) a defocus strength, (b) a duration of the milling process, (c) a bias voltage supplied to an objective lens during the milling process, (d) an ion beam energy, and (e) an ion beam current density, and (ii) forming a crater by applying the milling process while maintaining the milling parameters, wherein the applying of the milling process includes directing a defocused ion beam on the multi-layered object.

The present invention relates to an automatic fault diagnosable integrated sheet body punching and grinding assembly, including a frame and a conveying slot seat, a processing frame is provided on the conveying slot seat, the processing frame is sequentially provided with a punching device and a grinding device; the frame is provided with a feeding motor and a feeding screw cooperating with each other, the feeding screw is sleeved with a movable feeding block, and the movable feeding block is fixedly connected with a movable feeding seat, the movable feeding seat is provided with a feeding lift cylinder, the feeding lift cylinder is provided with a feeding lift block; the feeding lift block is evenly disposed with feeding blocks that can pass through the feeding slot, and the distance between the processing portion of the punching device and the grinding device is the same as that between the adjacent two feeding blocks. In the present invention, the conveying slot seat cooperates with the fixed distance feeding part to realize the fixed distance feeding of the sheet bodies, the punching device and the grinding device are provided sequentially on the conveying slot seat, which enables continuous automatic punching and grinding of sheet bodies, thereby greatly improves the efficiency of punching and grinding of the sheet bodies.

A control device for a machine tool and a machine tool capable of easily performing cutting with vibration according to the amount of feed is provided. A control device (180) for a machine tool comprises a control means (181) for controlling the relative rotation and feeding of a cutting tool and a material, the control means performing control such that cutting is performed with vibrating the cutting tool relative to the material by combining a forward feed movement in the machining direction, in which the cutting tool machines the material, and a return movement in the counter-machining direction. A return position calculation section (191) for calculating a return position of the cutting tool at time when one vibration is completed on the basis of the number of vibrations and an amount of feed that are predetermined for one rotation of the cutting tool or the material, a forward feed setting section (192) for setting the forward feed movement on the basis of one or more change point setting values that determine a change point from the machining direction to the counter-machining direction, and making the cutting tool reach the determined change point, and a return movement setting means (193) for setting a pulse-like signal that is output as a command for the return movement so that the cutting tool reaches the calculated return position at time when one vibration is completed are included.

A conveyor in a machine tool system is dynamically controlled. A volume of material to be conveyed by the conveyor is iteratively determined. During each iteration, a current position of a tool is determined. An intersection of a tool model representing the tool at the current position and a workpiece model representing a workpiece is determined and a nominal volume of material removed from the workpiece by the tool based on the intersection of the tool model and the workpiece model is determined. The volume of material to be conveyed is updated based on the nominal volume of material removed from the workpiece and an operating state of the conveyor. The operating state of the conveyor is controlled based on the updated volume of material to be conveyed.

A controller of a machine tool includes a plurality of feed axes that feed a tool, machines a workpiece while making the tool oscillate and includes: an oscillation command creation unit which creates an oscillation command based on a machining condition; and a control unit which machines, based on the oscillation command and a movement command, the workpiece while making the tool oscillate, and the oscillation command creation unit creates, when the machining condition indicates machining by an interpolation operation of one feed axis of the plurality of feed axes, the oscillation command so as to make the tool oscillate in a direction along a machining path and changes, when the machining condition indicates machining by a simultaneous interpolation operation of the plurality of feed axes, the oscillation command so as to change the direction of the oscillation with respect to the machining path.

The present invention relates to an automatic fault diagnosable integrated sheet body punching and grinding assembly, including a frame and a conveying slot seat, a processing frame is provided on the conveying slot seat, the processing frame is sequentially provided with a punching device and a grinding device; the frame is provided with a feeding motor and a feeding screw cooperating with each other, the feeding screw is sleeved with a movable feeding block, and the movable feeding block is fixedly connected with a movable feeding seat, the movable feeding seat is provided with a feeding lift cylinder, the feeding lift cylinder is provided with a feeding lift block; the feeding lift block is evenly disposed with feeding blocks that can pass through the feeding slot, and the distance between the processing portion of the punching device and the grinding device is the same as that between the adjacent two feeding blocks. In the present invention, the conveying slot seat cooperates with the fixed distance feeding part to realize the fixed distance feeding of the sheet bodies, the punching device and the grinding device are provided sequentially on the conveying slot seat, which enables continuous automatic punching and grinding of sheet bodies, thereby greatly improves the efficiency of punching and grinding of the sheet bodies.

A control device for controlling a machine tool, wherein the machine tool and the control device are configured such that a tool and/or workpiece disposed on the machine tool can be moved with at least one first speed and at least one second speed. When switching from a movement with the first speed to a movement with the second speed, the tool or the workpiece is at first stopped prior to the execution of the movement with the second speed, if the second speed is greater than the first speed by at least a predetermined factor. The control device has an input device for triggering the movement with the second speed, and the subsequent execution of the movement with the second speed is triggered by an operator input on the input device. A corresponding control method for controlling a machine tool is also described.

Computer-implemented methods and systems for feeding workpieces to a manufacturing line are provided. An example method involves operating at least one processor to: receive, from at least one image device proximal to a bowl feeder, a sequence of images of workpieces within the bowl feeder; determine a flow velocity of the workpieces within the bowl feeder; generate bowl feeder control settings by applying the flow velocity to a predictive model; and automatically apply the bowl feeder control settings to the bowl feeder. Computer-implemented methods and systems for predicting anomalies in a manufacturing line are also provided. An example method involves operating at least one processor to: receive a sequence of images of workpieces in the manufacturing line; extract feature data from the sequence of images; apply the feature data to a predictive model to detect anomalies in the manufacturing line; and generate annotations to locate the anomalies within the images.