US Patent Issued to FANUC on May 13 for "Machining time prediction device and machining time prediction method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,735, issued on May 13, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Machining time prediction device and machining time prediction method" was invented by Tarou Ogiso (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining time prediction device for a machine tool that controls at least one axis to machine a workpiece on the basis of a machining program, the machining time prediction device comprising: an analysis unit that analyzes the machining program and generates operation instructions for the axis; an execution control unit that supervises the execution of operation instructions, instructs the operation of the axis on ...