A control device is for controlling an industrial machine. The control device has a display control unit that divides a screen displayed on a display unit into a plurality of regions and displays representations, on the regions, concerning respective motion executions of the machine, a detection unit that, when a plurality of the representations are displayed in a combination, detects operation of a user on the machine or detects a time period in which a display pattern indicating the combination of representations has been displayed without change, and a saving unit that, when the detected operation is a predetermined operation having been set in advance or the display time period of the detected display pattern is equal to or longer than a predetermined time period having been set in advance, saves the display pattern when the detection has been performed as an intended display pattern.

The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the productivity of a machining process of at least one CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine, the CNC machine comprising at least one machining tool movable by one or a plurality of drive axes, the machining process being controlled by a given NC (Numerical Control) program defining at least a tool path for the at least one machining tool and a path velocity profile along the tool path, wherein the method includes increasing the path velocity along the tool path as compared to the path velocity profile defined by the given NC program, wherein increasing the path velocity along the tool path is effected in due consideration of the respective dynamical limit of each of the one or the plurality of drive axes, in particular in due consideration of the maximum axis-velocity and the maximum axis-acceleration of each of the one or the plurality of drive axes, and in due consideration of processing limits affecting the path velocity due to the machining capacity of the CNC machine, in particular of the machining tool. The method further comprises adapting the given NC program by the increased path velocity along the tool path.

The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the productivity of a machining process of at least one CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine, the CNC machine comprising at least one machining tool movable by one or a plurality of drive axes, the machining process being controlled by a given NC (Numerical Control) program defining at least a tool path for the at least one machining tool and a path velocity profile along the tool path, wherein the method includes increasing the path velocity along the tool path as compared to the path velocity profile defined by the given NC program, wherein increasing the path velocity along the tool path is effected in due consideration of the respective dynamical limit of each of the one or the plurality of drive axes, in particular in due consideration of the maximum axis-velocity and the maximum axis-acceleration of each of the one or the plurality of drive axes, and in due consideration of processing limits affecting the path velocity due to the machining capacity of the CNC machine, in particular of the machining tool. The method further comprises adapting the given NC program by the increased path velocity along the tool path.

Techniques to facilitate visualization of an application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed. In at least one implementation, a display composer interface comprising tiles arranged in a grid is presented that enables a user to design a customized display layout for the application associated with the industrial automation environment. Display position instructions are received that indicate an arrangement of data items over the tiles on the grid of the display composer interface, wherein the data items are associated with industrial automation operations. The display position instructions are processed to generate the customized display layout for the application. Based on the customized display layout, a graphical user interface is rendered to the application having the data items positioned according to the display position instructions, wherein the arrangement of the data items over the tiles dictates how the data items are positioned for a particular display size and orientation.

A screen creation device, which supports the creation of a user interface screen for a numerical controller, is provided with a part library that stores parts to be placed on the user interface screen and composite parts that are combinations of a plurality of parts. The screen creation device: acquires mechanical information about a machine tool to be controlled by the numerical controller; determines composite parts that can be used on the user interface screen based on the mechanical information about the machine tool; presents the usable composite parts to a user; and accepts the placement of the usable composite parts onto the user interface screen.