The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method and a planer for calculating at least one supplementary processing plan for a workpiece to be processed by a processing machine. The method comprises the steps of: Measuring workpiece properties, including a thickness parameter of the workpiece; Providing at least one supplementary processing plan, which is specific for the measured workpiece properties. Due to the present invention, measurement of the workpiece properties is performed before starting to process the workpiece. Therefore, time and material can be saved, and scrap and waste are reduced.

Prior to the rolling of a flat rolling material (2) on a rolling line that includes a number of roll stands (1), a control system (3) receives actual variables (I) and target variables (Z) of the material (2). The control system (3) determines desired values (S*) for the roll stands (1), based on the actual (I) and target variables (Z) in combination with a model (10) of the rolling line, such that expected variables (E1) of the material (2) after its rolling are aligned as far as possible with the target variables (Z) and transfers the desired values (S*) to the roll stands (1) such that the material (2) is rolled according to the desired values (S*). The target variables (Z) comprise at least one freely selectable, discrete characteristic variable (K1 to K5, K2′ to K4′, K2″ to K4″) defining the contour (K) of the flat rolling material (2).

A process control system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first system for generating thickness information about an internal defect layer included in a carbon steel product; and a second system which receives the thickness information about the internal defect layer from the first system through a network, and which controls an etching process for removing at least a part of the internal defect layer from the carbon steel product by using the thickness information about the internal defect layer, wherein the first system provides the second system with a calculation module necessary for the second system to control the etching process, and the second system provides the first system with the information necessary for the first system to update the calculation module.

A plate width control device capable of improving the precision of the width of a material to be rolled is provided. In a rolling system, a plate width control device includes an arithmetic unit calculating an estimated value of a deviation amount of the width of the material to be rolled in the vertical rolling mill, and calculating an estimated value of an expansion amount of the width of the material to be rolled when a head end of the material to be rolled is caught in the horizontal rolling mill, and a control unit controlling a gap amount of the vertical rolling mill such that the deviation amount of the width of the material to be rolled is eliminated, and compensating for the gap amount of the vertical rolling mill when the head end of the material to be rolled is caught in the horizontal rolling mill.

The invention relates to a method for operating a machine, in particular a grinding machine, comprising the steps of: detecting a workpiece to be machined and setting various setting values of the machine, performing machining of the workpiece, detecting a first actual value and a second actual value during or after performance of the machining, wherein the first actual value is assigned a higher prioritization than the second actual value, comparing the first actual value with a first set value range and the second actual value with a second set value range, and changing the setting values of the machine such that the actual values meet the assigned target value range according to the prioritization.

Provided are a robot system and a control method with which it is possible to highly precisely acquire the thickness of an object. This robot system comprises an imaging unit that is mounted on a robot and that captures a two-dimensional image of an object, an image processing unit that acquires distance information pertaining to the object on the basis of the two-dimensional image, a distance image generation unit that generates a distance image on the basis of the distance information, and a thickness calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the object on the basis of the distance image, the imaging unit capturing the two-dimensional image of the object irrespective of the positional relationship between the side surface of the object and the imaging unit.

A method for controlling, on a metallic coated coil being wound, the coating thickness homogeneity, the method including the following steps of A) measuring a first distance between a first reference point and a first point on the coil surface; B) measuring a second distance between a second reference point and a second point on the coil surface the first and second points on the coil being situated at different spots along the coil width; C) computing a difference between the first distance and the second distance, the difference is noted Δ12true; D) saving the difference Δ12true defining a threshold value, comparing each saved difference Δ12true to said threshold value and/or comparing a sum of differences Δ12true to the threshold value, emitting an alert when the difference Δ12true and/or the sum of differences Δ12true is higher than the threshold value.

A rolling line for rolling a flat rolling material (2) includes a number of roll stands (1). Prior to the rolling, a control system (3) receives actual variables (I) of the material (2) before the rolling and target variables (Z) after the rolling. The control system (3) determines desired control variables (S*) for the roll stands (1), based on the actual (I) and target variables (Z), in combination with a description (B) of the rolling line, using a model (10) of the rolling line. The control system (3) determines the desired values (S*) such that expected variables (E1) for the material (2) after its rolling are aligned as far as possible with the target variables (Z). The control system (3) transfers the desired values (S*) to the roll stands (1) such that the material (2) is rolled according to the transferred desired values (S*). The target variables (Z) comprise at least one freely selectable, discrete characteristic variable (K1 to K5, K2′ to K4′, K2″ to K4″) defining the contour (K) of the flat rolling material (2).

A wire electrical discharge machine machines a workpiece so as to have different machined shapes on a top surface and a bottom surface of the workpiece. The wire electrical discharge machine includes: a distance measuring sensor for moving within a machining area of the wire electrical discharge machine and measuring a distance between the distance measuring sensor and an object to be measured; and a vertical position calculating unit for calculating a distance between a reference surface and the top surface and a distance between the reference surface and the bottom surface, from a distance between the reference surface and the distance measuring sensor, a distance between the top surface and the distance measuring sensor, and a distance between the bottom surface and the distance measuring sensor, measured by the distance measuring sensor.

A method and system may be provided for determining a set of parameters for preparing a skin for assembly to a substructure. The skin may be nondestructively inspected to gather a data set relating to the skin thickness. Sets of as-built thickness values for the skin and of deviations from a nominal map of the skin thickness may be calculated. A mating area for the skin and substructure and a set of one or more locations for fastener holes in the mating area may be determined. A set of parameters for the one or more fastener holes and a set of one or more fastener lengths may be generated using the deviations. A tool may cut the one or more fastener holes using the set of parameters and the skin and substructure may be fastened using fasteners selected according to the generated set of one or more fastener lengths. The system may be used with a numerically-controlled machine, a nondestructive inspection system, and may include a computer coupled to the nondestructive inspection system for calculating the parameters for preparing the holes and the lengths of the one or more fasteners.