Machine tool power consumption prediction system and method

摘要

A machine tool power consumption prediction system configured for predicting power consumption of at least one machine tool. The machine tool being for executing numerical control programs to produce parts, and various parameters are included in each of the numerical control programs. The machine tool power consumption prediction system includes a power consumption database and a computer, the database stores power consumption data associated with different values of the parameters included in numerical control programs. The computer is configured to assess the numerical control program against the power consumption database and generates a power consumption estimate associated with each of the numerical control programs to be executed by the machine tool.