Microcomputer control system

Claim 1

A microcomputer control system for operating a die press stamping machine including a cutting die mounted in a head assembly over a movable table upon which is located stock material to be die cut by said cutting die following a predetermined cutting program selected from a multiple number of cutting programs each defined by a sequence of programmed machine positions with each position represented by a head, angle and table coordinate respectively, servo drive feedback means for adjusting the relative position between said head assembly and table along transverse axes and for rotating said cutting die in response to command signals generated from said control system in correspondence with each programmed machine position and means for reciprocating said cutting die; said microcomputer control system comprising: non-volatile random access data storage memory means; adjustable program position display means for identifying each address location in said memory means; means for manually presetting the head, angle and table coordinates for each machine position and for converting said preset coordinates into digital data; means for transferring the digital data for each preset machine position into consecutive address locations in said memory means in a direct correspondence with consecutive settings of said adjustable program position display means such that said data storage memory means contains a multiplicity of programmed machine positions in a consecutive sequence with a first given number of machine positions representing a first cutting program and a second given number of machine positions a second cutting program, etc., thereby forming said multiple number of cutting programs; means for selecting a predetermined cutting program from said multiple number of cutting programs; means responsive to the selected program for generating command signals for each machine position within such selected program; and manual input adjustable means for modifying the magnitude of each generated command signal for each of said head, angle and table coordinates respectively so as to accommodate for any variations in any of such coordinates.