US Patent Issued to FANUC on Oct. 14 for "Controller and method for controlling a machine for performing turning of a workpiece using a multi-edge tool" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,160, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Controller and method for controlling a machine for performing turning of a workpiece using a multi-edge tool" was invented by Makoto Suzuki (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A numerical control device comprises: a tool shape information storage/generation unit that generates and stores, as tool shape information, geometrical information relating to the shape of a multi-edge tool for turning; a machining shape information generation unit that generates machining shape information from relative movement direction information pertaining to the workp...