To provide a controller for a machine tool capable of shredding chips without use of oscillation during machining by cutting. A controller is for a machine tool used for machining by cutting of a work as a cutting target by means of coordinated motion of multiple axes including at least a spindle axis. The controller comprises: a movement command generation unit that outputs a movement command for cutting the work by moving a cutting tool and the work relative to each other in a machining direction; and a stop determination unit that outputs a stop instruction for intermittently stopping the relative move in the machining direction to the movement command generation unit. The movement command generation unit outputs a movement command for stopping the relative move between the cutting tool and the work in the machining direction based on the stop instruction. The stop determination unit outputs the stop instruction for a period when the spindle axis rotates 360 degrees or more.

A method of machining a workpiece may include continuously rotating the workpiece, continuously rotating a tool having at least one cutting surface, and positioning the tool relative to the workpiece so that the at least one cutting surface engages the workpiece at a first discrete location at a periphery of the workpiece. The method may further include continuing to rotate the workpiece and the tool so that the at least one cutting surface engages a second discrete location at the periphery of the workpiece, and controlling a tool surface velocity VT relative to the workpiece surface velocity VW so that the first and second discrete locations are discontinuous. The tool may make multiple iterative passes over the workpiece to engage subsequent discrete locations, wherein the first discrete location, second discrete location, and multiple subsequent discrete locations may form a machined surface that extends continuously around the workpiece.

To provide a controller for a machine tool capable of shredding chips without use of oscillation during machining by cutting. A controller is for a machine tool used for machining by cutting of a work as a cutting target by means of coordinated motion of multiple axes including at least a spindle axis. The controller comprises: a movement command generation unit that outputs a movement command for cutting the work by moving a cutting tool and the work relative to each other in a machining direction; and a stop determination unit that outputs a stop instruction for intermittently stopping the relative move in the machining direction to the movement command generation unit. The movement command generation unit outputs a movement command for stopping the relative move between the cutting tool and the work in the machining direction based on the stop instruction. The stop determination unit outputs the stop instruction for a period when the spindle axis rotates 360 degrees or more.

A numerical control device includes: a first control unit which rotates a workpiece about a rotation axis of the workpiece; a second control unit which rotates a rotary tool at a rotation speed with a constant ratio with respect to the rotation speed of the workpiece about the rotation axis, of the rotary tool, parallel to the rotation axis of the workpiece; and a third control unit which controls the relative positions of the rotation axis of the rotary tool and the center axis of a polygon so that the positional relationship between the rotation axis of the rotary tool and the center axis of the polygon is fixed, and the center axis of the polygon passes through a predetermined position of the workpiece and is parallel to the rotation axis of the workpiece.

A machine tool comprising: a first body; a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg coupled to the first body via first joints and configured to support at least the first body; a second body including a tool holder; a fourth leg, a fifth leg, and a sixth leg coupled to the second body via second joints and configured to support at least the second body; and a first actuator coupled to the first body and to the second body, the first actuator being configured to cause rotational motion between the first body and the second body to enable a change in walking direction of the machine tool and/or to enable a change in machining stiffness and a change in work volume of the machine tool.

A cam data display device is designed to perform waveform display of a motion of an electronic cam and is provided with a cam-shape data storage unit configured to store cam-shape data in which a phase of a camshaft is associated with a position of a slave axis, a camshaft rotational speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotational speed of the camshaft, and a waveform generation unit configured to generate the waveform display indicative of the relationship between time and the motion of the slave axis, based on the cam-shape data and the rotational speed of the camshaft.

A method of machining a workpiece may include continuously rotating the workpiece, continuously rotating a tool having at least one cutting surface, and positioning the tool relative to the workpiece so that the at least one cutting surface engages the workpiece at a first discrete location at a periphery of the workpiece. The method may further include continuing to rotate the workpiece and the tool so that the at least one cutting surface engages a second discrete location at the periphery of the workpiece, and controlling a tool surface velocity VT relative to the workpiece surface velocity VW so that the first and second discrete locations are discontinuous. The tool may make multiple iterative passes over the workpiece to engage subsequent discrete locations, wherein the first discrete location, second discrete location, and multiple subsequent discrete locations may form a machined surface that extends continuously around the workpiece.

A method of machining a workpiece may include continuously rotating the workpiece, continuously rotating a tool having at least one cutting surface, and positioning the tool relative to the workpiece so that the at least one cutting surface engages the workpiece at a first discrete location at a periphery of the workpiece. The method may further include continuing to rotate the workpiece and the tool so that the at least one cutting surface engages a second discrete location at the periphery of the workpiece, and controlling a tool surface velocity VT relative to the workpiece surface velocity VW so that the first and second discrete locations are discontinuous. The tool may make multiple iterative passes over the workpiece to engage subsequent discrete locations, wherein the first discrete location, second discrete location, and multiple subsequent discrete locations may form a machined surface that extends continuously around the workpiece.