US Patent Issued to FANUC on June 9 for "Numerical controller and computer readable storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,679, issued on June 9, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Numerical controller and computer readable storage medium" was invented by Kousuke Uno (Minamitsuru-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A numerical controller includes: a spindle load detection unit that detects time-series data on a load on a spindle when a workpiece is machined; a target load setting unit that sets a target load on the spindle; a machining time prediction unit that, based on the time-series data, predicts a machining time taken when a feed rate of the spindle is controlled so that a load on the spindle matches the target load; and a machin...