JP2019067093A - Control device for machine tool having consumable parts purchase order creation function - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to order consumable parts for machine tool easily and accurately.SOLUTION: A control device in a machine tool 202 comprises: a consumable parts management unit 110 for displaying a maintenance message on a consumable parts management screen when the consumption degree of the consumable parts exceeds a predetermined value; a purchase order creation unit 106 for generating a preview of a purchase order and displaying it along with an output button on a purchase order confirmation screen when tapping or clicking an order button displayed corresponding to a consumable part name on the consumable part management screen; and an output unit 108 for outputting electronic data of the purchase order for the consumable part by tapping or clicking the output button.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for a machine tool having a consumable order creation function capable of ordering consumables of a machine tool simply and accurately.

  In Patent Document 1, drawing data (CAD data) used when a parts maker produces parts is displayed on a parts ordering terminal, and parts numbers are obtained by designating parts with a pointing device on this display screen. An online ordering system has been described which makes it possible to create a purchase order.

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  The on-line ordering system of Patent Document 1 creates ordering data of parts based on drawing data, and therefore, without referring to the catalog, the parts for which the operator knows which part shape and which part of the machine to use Although it is possible to search for part numbers and create order data, it must be said that it is difficult to use the system in practice because the operator must be familiar with the machine parts.

  The online ordering system of Patent Document 1 creates ordering data of parts based on drawing data, but when the operator misunderstands the parts that should be truly ordered, ordering the wrong parts Can not prevent. Further, in the on-line ordering system of Patent Document 1, since the operator selects the parts to be ordered using the pointing device, the user selects the many parts data in the drawing data for ordering the necessary parts using the pointing device. Sometimes, you may click on the wrong part and select it.

  Furthermore, the on-line ordering system of Patent Document 1 is independent of the machine tool, and the operation thereof does not mutually relate to the machine tool at all. Therefore, the operator is required for maintenance of the machine tool and parts replacement. Whether or not such replacement parts are correctly input to the on-line ordering system depends on the operator's input operation, and the system side gives no guarantee at that point.

  The present invention has as its technical problem the solution of the problems of the prior art, and has a control function with a purchase order creation function of consumables for machine tools that makes it possible to order consumables for machine tools easily and accurately. It is intended to provide a device.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a control of a machine tool attached to a machine tool, which controls the operation of the machine tool, and performs maintenance of consumables used in the machine tool In the apparatus, a storage unit for storing a predetermined maintenance time for each of the consumables, information on the machine tool, information on a supplier of consumables, and format data of a purchase order, and the predetermined maintenance stored for each of the consumables A consumables management unit which calculates the consumption degree based on time and displays it in the consumables management screen and displays a maintenance message in the consumables management screen when the calculated value exceeds a predetermined consumption degree. When the operator operates the order button corresponding to the consumable item name displayed in the consumable item management screen, the information on the machine tool from the storage unit, the supplier information on the consumable item, and the order form When the order form creation unit reads out the format data, generates a preview of the order form in which the consumable item information, the orderer information, and the delivery destination information are described, and displays it in the order form confirmation screen, and the output button is operated There is provided a control device of a machine tool having a consumable item purchase order creation function, comprising: an output unit that outputs purchase order data of the consumable item.

  According to the present invention, the maintenance message is displayed in the consumables management screen when the degree of consumption of the consumables exceeds the predetermined value, and the order button corresponding to the consumables name displayed in the consumables management screen is displayed. When the operator operates, a preview of the purchase order is generated and displayed in the purchase order confirmation screen, and by operating the output button, the purchase order data of the consumables is output, so the operator can timely It is possible to easily and accurately send a purchase order to a consumable provider, for example, a service company.

It is a block diagram of a control device of a machine tool according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart showing a purchase order creation procedure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed on a display * input part. It is a figure which shows an example of the consumable item management screen displayed on a display * input part. It is a figure which shows an example of the components information tab of a consumable item management part screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the purchase order confirmation preparation screen displayed on a display * input part. It is a figure which shows an example of the purchase order confirmation screen displayed on a display * input part. It is a figure which shows an example of the alarm screen displayed on a display * input part.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In FIG. 1, a machine tool 202 is controlled by a machine control device 100 and an NC device 200. The machine tool 202 is controlled by the NC device 200 to control a work (not shown) fixed to a table (not shown) as an example and an optical head (not shown) for irradiating the work with a laser beam. It is a laser processing machine which is relatively moved by an apparatus (not shown) to process a workpiece. A device unit other than the feeding device of the laser processing machine, for example, an oscillator for emitting a laser beam from the optical head, an alignment adjustment device for a laser beam, and a pure for ejecting water jet from the optical head to guide the laser beam. The water supply device and the like are controlled by the machine controller 100.

  A machine control unit 100 controls a machine control unit 102 that controls the above-mentioned unit of the machine tool 202, and a display / input unit 104 that forms an essential part of a control unit for a machine tool having the consumable item order creation function of the present invention. An order form creation unit 106, an output unit 108, a consumable management unit 110, and a storage unit 112 are provided. That is, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the control device of the machine tool having the consumable item purchase order creation function of the present invention is formed of a part of the machine control device 100 of the machine tool 202. However, the control device of the machine tool having the consumable item purchase order creation function of the present invention may be a control device independent of the machine control device 100.

  The machine control unit 102 controls the above-mentioned device units of the machine tool 200 except the feeding device according to the machining program read and interpreted by the NC device 200 and the instruction of the operator input through the display / input unit 104. The operation status of the device unit is externally displayed through the display / input unit 104.

  The display / input unit 104 can be provided on a control panel (not shown) of the machine tool 202, and can be formed by a touch panel (not shown) that allows the operator to select a desired part by touching the screen. Can. The display / input unit 104 displays various screens based on the outputs from the NC apparatus 200, the machine control unit 102, the consumable item management unit 110, and the order form creation unit 106, as described later. In the display / input unit 104, instead of the touch panel type, the display unit and the input unit are independent of each other, and the pointing device of the input unit instructs the display unit or a machine disposed near the display unit of the operation panel Information may be input using a button switch of the formula.

  The output unit 108 can be provided on an operation panel (not shown) of the machine tool 202, and a USB port (not shown) for connecting the machine control device 100 and a removable drive such as a printer (not shown) or a USB memory. Such as a printer (not shown) connected to the in-house LAN, a wired or wireless LAN port (not shown) connecting the personal computer 206, the Internet 208, etc., or a serial or parallel port). It can be configured by an input / output port (not shown) or the like.

  The storage unit 112 can be formed from a storage area defined in a storage device such as a hard disk (not shown) for storing electronic data or a solid state drive (SSD) (not shown). The machine control unit 102, the order form creation unit 106, and the consumable item management unit 110 are a central processing unit (not shown), a random access memory (not shown), and a read only memory (not shown) that constitute the machine control apparatus 100. ), Storage areas defined in the storage unit 112, a bidirectional bus (not shown) for interconnecting them, and related software.

  The storage unit 112 contains machine tool information such as model number, manufacturing number, date of manufacture, name of customer of machine tool 202, address, telephone number, signature of department in charge, user information such as date of delivery, etc. Purchase order information such as the format of the purchase order for consumables, and electronic data related to service company information such as the name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the service company who provides the consumables to the customer are stored. Ru.

  The consumables management unit 110 is provided with consumables maintenance information such as the name, model, maintenance time, maintenance method, image, delivery date, inspection / replacement method and the like of each consumable of the machine tool 202, and maintenance work performed in the past. In addition to storing consumables history information such as date of year, inspection / replacement, etc., the period elapsed since the last replacement of each consumable is integrated, and this is the replacement time predetermined for each consumable. Calculate the ratio to, that is, the degree of wear. The consumables management unit 110 also displays the consumables maintenance information, consumables history information, and the degree of wear on the display / input unit 104.

  As described later, the purchase order creation unit 106 reads out the machine tool information, the purchase order supplier information of the consumables, and the format data of the purchase order from the storage unit 112 in relation to the consumables selected by the operator. Create electronic data of the purchase order. The purchase order creation unit 106 also displays the electronic data of the purchase order on the display / input unit 104 as a preview or outputs the electronic data of the purchase order to the outside of the machine control device 100 through the output unit 108.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, referring to FIG. 3, an example of the operation screen 10 showing the status of the machine tool 202 being processed is shown. The operation screen 10 includes a production tab 12, a status tab 14, a function selection area 16, a program display area 18, an NC execution condition display area 20, a coordinate display area 24 and a processing condition display area 26. The operation screen 10 is a screen that is normally displayed based on the output from the NC device 200 and the machine control unit 102 while the machine tool 202 is operating, and the operator can monitor the operation screen 10 by monitoring the operation screen 10. The current machining status of the machine tool 202 and the operation status of each device unit are grasped.

  Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a flow chart showing a procedure for creating a purchase order when the operator places an order for consumables. When the operator opens the status tab 14 in the operation screen 10 while the machine tool 202 is in operation, when the consumables management button 32a described later is tapped or clicked, the consumables management unit 110 displays the consumables management shown in FIG. The screen 30 is displayed on the display / input unit 104 (step S10). The consumables management screen 30 includes a function selection area 32, a parts consumption rate display area 34, an elapsed time display area 36 for consumables, and a maintenance information display area 38. The function selection area 32 includes at least the consumable item management button 32 a and the alarm button 32 b described above. The maintenance information display area 38 includes a guide tab 40, an inspection history tab 44 and a part information tab 50. In the function selection area 32, buttons for selecting a category displayed on the consumable item management screen 30 are displayed together with item names.

  When the degree of consumption, which is the ratio of the period elapsed since the last replacement to the predetermined replacement time for each consumable item, exceeds a predetermined value, the consumables management unit 110 performs maintenance It displays on the consumption rate display area 34 (step S12). The maintenance message may display consumables simply requiring maintenance / replacement together with the related device unit, or may be displayed together with a quotation mark. The threshold of the degree of exhaustion for displaying the maintenance message can be determined individually for each consumable, for example, it takes a long time for delivery, which is a period from when the order is actually delivered to the delivery destination. With regard to the product, the maintenance message can be displayed in the component wear rate display area 34 even if the degree of wear is small. When the consumable item name displayed in the component consumption rate display area 34 is selected by tapping or clicking, the last inspection date, the operation time and the elapsed time are displayed in the elapsed time display area 36 of the consumable item. In FIG. 4, core maintenance of the coupling unit is selected for coupling the laser beam and water jet emitting nozzle (not shown) of the laser processing machine to the optical head.

  When the operator taps or clicks the reference button 42 in the guide tab 40 of the maintenance information display area 38, the consumables management unit 110 divides the maintenance method into major steps and illustrates them (shown by three square blanks in FIG. 4). Is displayed. Maintenance methods include text information such as replacement time and tools used. If you show the maintenance method in a movie, you can display a movie about something that is obvious. In addition, if it is configured to exchange information with the service company 210 through the Internet 208, if the maintenance method described in the maintenance manual initially distributed to the machine tool user is revised, the consumables will be discontinued due to discontinuation You can view the latest maintenance methods, etc.

  When the parts information tab 50 is opened, as shown in FIG. 5, a list of consumables, in the present embodiment, a list of consumables of the coupling unit core is displayed. The list of consumables includes a part name column 52, a part number column 54, a type column 56 of the part, and an order button 58. The operator determines the necessity of ordering for each component part, taps or clicks the order button 58 corresponding to the desired consumable item to select, and taps or clicks the purchase order confirmation button 60 (step S14) The purchase order creation unit 106 opens the purchase order confirmation creation screen 80 shown in FIG.

  The order form confirmation creation screen 80 includes an order source display area 82, a delivery destination display area 84, an order item list 86, and an operation button 88. The order source display area 82 displays orderer information including at least the name of the orderer, the address, and the name of the person in charge. The orderer information can include the orderer's order number, zip code, telephone number, fax number, name of department in charge, person-in-charge e-mail address, and the like. In the delivery destination display area 84, delivery destination information including at least the delivery destination name and address of the consumable item is displayed. The delivery destination information may include a delivery destination zip code, a telephone number, a department, a person in charge, and the like. The order item list 86 displays order part information including at least the name of the consumable to be ordered, the part number, and the number of orders. The ordered item list 86 may display the unit price, action status, total price, etc. of the consumable item to be ordered. The operation button 88 includes a return button 88a, an order form creation button 88b, and a cancel button 88c.

  By tapping or clicking the back button 88a, the consumables management screen 30 including the parts information tab 50 showing the list of consumables in FIG. 5 is returned. This allows the operator to add consumables to be ordered. By tapping or clicking the cancel button 88 c, all consumables selected on the consumables management screen 30 are cancelled, and the consumables management screen 30 is returned to. As described above, the purchase order creation unit 106 enables the operator to select consumables to be placed in an interactive manner while referring to the list of ordered products, and create a purchase order (step S16). When the operator taps or clicks the purchase order creation button 88b, the purchase order creation unit 106 displays a purchase order confirmation screen 90 shown in FIG.

  The purchase order confirmation screen 90 includes a preview screen of the purchase order which is finally transmitted to the supplier and output buttons 94 to 98. The output buttons 94 to 98 include a print button 94, an electronic data button 96 and a mail button 98. The preview screen has an area 90a for displaying the order date, an area 90b for displaying the address of the order form, an area 90c for displaying information on the order source and information on the machine tool 202, an area 90d for displaying the total amount, and a delivery destination. An area 90 e for displaying delivery destination information such as a name, an address, a person-in-charge name, a telephone number and the like, and a list of ordered products 92. By displaying the preview screen in the purchase order confirmation screen 90, the operator can visually check and confirm the purchase order finally transmitted to the purchaser (step S18).

  After confirmation, when the operator selects one button from the output buttons 94 to 98 and taps or clicks it, the purchase order creation unit 106 outputs the electronic data of the created purchase order to the output unit 108 according to the selection of the operator (step S20). When the operator taps or clicks the print button 94, the electronic data of the purchase order is output to the printer (not shown) connected to the output unit 108, and the paper purchase order is printed and output. In this case, the operator can transmit (step S22) to the service company 210 (FIG. 1) by fax 204 (FIG. 1) or by mail using the printed paper order form.

  When the operator taps or clicks the electronic data button 96, electronic data of the purchase order is output from the output unit 108 to an external storage medium, such as a USB memory (not shown). In this case, the operator connects the USB memory to the personal computer 206 connected to the Internet 208 (FIG. 1), attaches the output electronic data to an electronic mail, and transmits it to the service company 210 (step S22). be able to. When the operator taps or clicks the mail button 98, an electronic mail attached with electronic data of an order form is automatically transmitted from the output unit 108 to the service company 210 via the communication network, specifically the Internet 208 (step S22). .

  Further, when the operator opens the status tab 14 of the operation screen 10 and taps or clicks the alarm button 32b, the consumables management unit 110 displays the alarm screen 70 shown in FIG. 8 on the display / input unit 104. The alarm screen 70 includes a current alarm tab 72 and an alarm history tab 74. FIG. 8 shows that the alarm tab 72 is currently open. The alarm tab 72 displays a list of device units for which an alarm has occurred when the operator taps or clicks on the alarm button 32b, that is, a device unit that has some sort of malfunction. Next, when the operator selects and taps or clicks a device unit having a problem, the consumables management unit 110 displays the consumables management screen 30 on the display / input unit 104. When the operator taps or clicks the reference button 42 of the guide tab 40 of the consumable item management screen 30, as described above, the maintenance method is divided into major steps and displayed with an illustration, and the operator easily solves the problem It is possible to At that time, when it is necessary to replace the part, as described above, it is possible to open the part information tab 50 and easily create an order form as described according to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the embodiment described above, the machine tool 202 is a laser beam machine, but a work (not shown) fixed to a table (not shown) and a tool attached to a rotating spindle (not shown) A machining center that processes a workpiece by relatively moving by a feeder (not shown) controlled by the NC device 200, a workpiece attached to a rotating spindle (not shown), and a tool attached to a tool post (not shown) NC lathe for machining a workpiece by relatively moving it by a feeder (not shown) controlled by the NC device 200, a workpiece (not shown) fixed to a table (not shown), and a formed electrode or wire It may be an electric discharge machine in which the workpiece is machined by relatively moving the electrodes with a feeding device (not shown) controlled by the NC device 200.

30 Consumables management screen 34 Parts consumption rate display area 36 Elapsed time display area 38 Maintenance information display area 80 Purchase order confirmation screen 90 Purchase order confirmation screen 94 Print button 96 Electronic data button 98 E-mail button 100 Machine control unit 102 Machine control unit 104 display / input unit 106 purchase order creation unit 108 output unit 110 consumables management unit 112 storage unit 202 machine tool

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a control of a machine tool attached to a machine tool, which controls the operation of the machine tool, and performs maintenance of consumables used in the machine tool In the apparatus, a storage unit for storing a predetermined maintenance time for each of the consumables, information on the machine tool, information on a supplier of consumables, and format data of a purchase order, and the predetermined maintenance stored for each of the consumables The consumption degree is calculated based on the time, displayed on the consumables management screen of the display / input unit of the operation panel of the machine tool, and the maintenance information of each consumable is displayed, and the calculated value exceeds the predetermined consumption degree when is a consumable management unit for displaying a maintenance message to the consumable management screen, the consumable management screen the maintenance information apply button which is corresponding to the displayed depleted product name as an operator manipulation of the When the information of the machine tool, the supplier information of the consumable item, and the format data of the order sheet are read out from the storage unit, the preview of the order sheet describing the consumable item information, the orderer information and the delivery destination information A machined product having a consumable item order creation function including: a purchase order creation unit that generates and displays in the purchase order confirmation screen; and an output unit that outputs purchase order data of the consumable when the output button is operated. A control device of a machine is provided.

Claims (4)

In a control device of a machine tool attached to a machine tool, which controls the operation of the machine tool and performs maintenance of consumables used in the machine tool.
A storage unit for storing a predetermined maintenance time for each of the consumables, information on the machine tool, supplier information on consumables, and format data of an order form;
The consumption degree is calculated based on the predetermined maintenance time stored for each of the consumables and displayed in the consumables management screen, and the maintenance message is displayed when the calculated value exceeds the predetermined consumption degree. Consumables management unit displayed in the consumables management screen,
When the operator operates the order button corresponding to the consumable item name displayed in the consumable item management screen, the machine tool information, the supplier information of the consumable item, and the format data of the order form are read out from the storage unit. And a purchase order creation unit that generates a preview of the purchase order in which the consumables information, the orderer information, and the delivery destination information are described, and displays the preview on the purchase order confirmation screen;
An output unit that outputs purchase order data of the consumable when the output button is operated;
A control device for a machine tool having a consumables purchase order creation function characterized by comprising:   The output button is a print button for outputting the order form data to a printer connected to the control device of the machine tool, an electronic data button for outputting the electronic data as it is to an external recording medium, and ordering via a communication network. The control device for a machine tool according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of a mail button that is attached to an e-mail and sent first.   The consumables management unit stores inspection / replacement history of consumables and displays the inspection / replacement history in the consumables management screen according to an instruction from the operator. apparatus.   The machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the consumables management unit stores images of consumables and inspection / replacement methods, and displays images of consumables and inspection / replacement methods according to an instruction of the operator. Control device.

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