Provided is an assistance device which can reduce a work load when executing a simulation. The assistance device is provided with: a detection unit which detects a change in a simulation condition for executing a simulation; a working relationship information storage unit which stores working relationship information indicating an influence of a change in a simulation condition on a working simulation result by an industrial machine; a determination unit which determines, from among a plurality of forms of simulation, a form of simulation in which the change in the simulation condition influences the result of the working simulation, on the basis of the change in the simulation condition and the working relationship information; and a selection unit which selects, on the basis of the determination result from the determination unit, the simulation form in which the change in the simulation condition influences the working simulation result.

One or more aspects of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for part analytics, in particular for analyzing the quality, the machining process and preferably the engineering process, of a workpiece machined by at least one CNC machine. According to these aspects, the method may include providing a digital machine model of the CNC machine with realtime and non-realtime process data of the at least one CNC machine, the realtime and non-realtime process data being recorded during the machining process of the workpiece under consideration; and subsequently simulating the machining process under consideration by means of the digital machine model based at least partially on the recorded realtime and non-realtime process data.

A cell controller capable of optimizing the operation of a production system having a plurality of industrial machines operated by an operation program. The cell controller includes: a system operational information analyzer configured to analyze time-series operational information received from the industrial machines via a network, so as to find a part in the system which generates an adverse effect on a cycle time of the entire production system; a state quantity analyzer configured to analyze a state quantity of the industrial machines so as to calculate a degree of margin of motion of each industrial machine; a program modifier configured to automatically modify a velocity or acceleration in the operation program based on the degree of margin; and a simulator configured to execute an operational simulation of the production system in order to confirm a modification result of the operation program.

A CNC machining device (1) comprises a control console (3) and a CNC machine (5). A training assembly (33) for training operation of the CNC machining device includes a training control console (35) substantially identical to the control console (3) of the CNC machining device (1); a digital twin (36) of the CNC machine (5), comprising a simulator (37) configured to simulate the effect of commands from the training control console (35) on the CNC machine (5); and a display device (39) configured for a trainee to view the current state of the simulator (37).

One or more aspects of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method for part analytics, in particular for analyzing the quality, the machining process and preferably the engineering process, of a workpiece machined by at least one CNC machine. According to these aspects, the method may include providing a digital machine model of the CNC machine with realtime and non-realtime process data of the at least one CNC machine, the realtime and non-realtime process data being recorded during the machining process of the workpiece under consideration; and subsequently simulating the machining process under consideration by means of the digital machine model based at least partially on the recorded realtime and non-realtime process data.

A program optimization system is provided with a CNC simulator configured to sequentially read out a machining program and perform a machining simulation, a machining program storage unit configured to successively transfer the machining program to the CNC simulator, and a transfer speed control unit configured to control a transfer speed to be a predetermined lower limit value. The CNC simulator optimize the machining program when a state of buffering deficiency in which the machining program to be read out is insufficient is detected in a cutting section and create optimized machining program free from a buffering deficiency.

A distributed machining simulation partitions a model of the workpiece to produce a set of sub-workpieces and modifies the machining instructions for each sub-workpiece to produce a set of groups of modified machining instructions different from the machining instructions. Each group of the modified machining instructions is associated with a sub-workpiece and includes effective machining instructions that move the machining tool through the sub-workpiece and at least one fake machining instruction that moves the machining tool through the model of the workpiece outside of the sub-workpiece. The distributed machining simulation remote hosts to simulate the machining of the workpiece using at least one group of the modified machining instructions to produce geometries of a machining simulation of the workpiece, each geometry is associated with a corresponding sub-workpiece and reconstructs a representation of the machined workpiece using a portion of each geometry within the volume of the corresponding sub-workpiece.

The present application provides a method for generating operation simulation information of a numerical control device. The method includes: acquiring physical operation information of the numerical control device; acquiring model information corresponding to the numerical control device; generating operation simulation information of the numerical control device based upon the physical operation information and the model information, and outputting the operation simulation information to a client. Embodiments of the application have the advantage that it enables a remote user to see detailed information in a numerical control device operation process, such as a machining workpiece, a cutting tool and an operation procedure, in a visually direct way. This facilitates remote management of a factory by the user.

A CNC machining device (1) comprises a control console (3) and a CNC machine (5). A training assembly (33) for training operation of the CNC machining device includes a training control console (35) substantially identical to the control console (3) of the CNC machining device (1); a digital twin (36) of the CNC machine (5), comprising a simulator (37) configured to simulate the effect of commands from the training control console (35) on the CNC machine (5); and a display device (39) configured for a trainee to view the current state of the simulator (37).

A numerical control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure capable of easily setting a tip point control is provided with: an edge shape information storage unit; a center position calculation unit that calculates a center position of rotation of a multi-edge tool having machining edges; an edge switching determination unit that determines whether or not edge switching is to be performed; a calculation method changing unit that takes the edge shape information into account and changes, in association with the edge switching, a method for calculating the center position by the center position calculation unit; a tip position back calculation unit that, on the basis of the calculation method changed by the calculation method changing unit, back-calculates a tip position after the edge switching from the center position immediately before the edge switching; and a change amount calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of a tip position and a shaft angle before the edge switching and the tip position and a shaft angle after the edge switching that have been calculated by the tip position back calculation unit, a required change amount of the center position, and calculates a driving amount of a driving shaft for moving a tool rotation axis by the calculated change amount.