JP2010253644A - Workpiece conveying device and machine tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a workpiece conveying device easily adapting to a peripheral device disposed in the periphery of a machine tool and reducing the overall height, and also to provide a machine tool. <P>SOLUTION: The conveying device includes: an end portion of a first arm 41 rotatable around a horizontally-disposed first axial center 43 which is orthogonal to reciprocating direction of a slider 33 which can reciprocate along a long guide member 27, and disposed in a position lower than the guide member 27; a second arm 57 positioned in the end portion of the first arm 41 and rotatable around a second axial center 53 which is parallel to the first axial center 43; and a material clamp 63A and a product clamp 63B disposed at the tip portion of the second arm 57 and mutually changing the positions. The first arm 41 is equipped with a turning arm 47 turnable around the first axial center 43 and a slide arm 49 freely reciprocating against the turning arm 47 in the direction parallel to the first axial center 43. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a workpiece conveying device for supplying a material to a machine tool such as a lathe and carrying out a product after processing, and a machine tool including the workpiece conveying device. The present invention relates to a workpiece transfer device and a machine tool that can easily cope with peripheral devices arranged around a machine and can suppress the overall height to be low.

  For example, in a machine tool such as a lathe, a Cartesian coordinate robot is used to automatically supply the material to the machining part of the machine tool (for example, the chuck of the spindle) and automatically carry out the processed product. And a work transfer device such as an articulated robot (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2002-178238 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-200685

  In the configuration described in Patent Document 1, a robot main body provided with a horizontal guide rail in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the main shaft at a position above the main shaft of the machine tool and provided movably on the guide rail. In addition, a robot arm having a robot hand at the lower end is vertically movable up and down.

  Therefore, in the above configuration, there is a problem that the overall configuration including the cover for covering the robot main body and the like becomes high because the robot hand moves vertically up and down.

  The configuration described in Patent Document 2 is a configuration in which a machine tool and an articulated robot are individually arranged, and the articulated robot is a configuration in which the articulated robot moves horizontally and linearly along the top frame. As a result, there is a problem in that the area occupied by the machine tool and the articulated robot need to be relatively positioned and centered, and the overall configuration becomes higher.

  The present invention has been made in view of the conventional problems as described above. A slider that can reciprocate along a long guide member is provided around a first horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the reciprocating direction of the slider. The tip of the first arm that is freely rotatable is provided at a position below the guide member, and the tip of the first arm is rotatable around a second axis parallel to the first axis. An arm, and a material clamp and a product clamp at the tip of the second arm so that their positions can be freely changed. The first arm rotates around the first axis; The rotary arm includes a slide arm that can reciprocate in a direction parallel to the first axis.

  A machine tool including the workpiece conveying device, the machine tool including a spindle that is rotatable by gripping the workpiece, and workpiece loading / unloading means for loading and unloading the workpiece, the spindle and the workpiece unloading The guide member is provided above the insertion means.

  In the machine tool, a sliding door for preventing scattering of cutting oil from the main shaft to the guide member is movably provided between the guide member and the main shaft. It is.

  According to the present invention, the distal end portion of the first arm that is rotatably supported by the slider that is reciprocally movable along the guide member is provided below the guide member, and the distal end portion of the first arm is provided. In addition, since the second arm provided with the material clamp and the product clamp is rotatably provided at the tip, the tip of the second arm is largely moved in the vertical direction at a position lower than the guide member. be able to. That is, the vertical movement of the tip of the second arm can be increased in a state where the overall height is suppressed to a low level.

  In addition, since the first arm is configured to include a rotation arm and a slide arm, the tip of the first arm can be moved in a direction orthogonal to the rotation direction. Therefore, the degree of freedom of positioning of the second arm supported by the first arm is increased, and the degree of freedom of the arrangement position of the peripheral device arranged around the machine tool is increased.

It is front explanatory drawing which shows the whole structure of the machine tool which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 1 is an explanatory right side view showing an overall configuration of a machine tool according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is front explanatory drawing which showed roughly the whole structure of the workpiece conveyance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is right side explanatory drawing which showed roughly the whole structure of the workpiece conveyance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a lathe as an example of a machine tool. However, the machine tool is not limited to a lathe, and can be applied to other various processing machines such as a milling machine and a grinding machine.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a machine tool 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base 3, and a headstock 5 is provided on one side upper portion of the base 3. The spindle stock 5 is provided with a spindle 9 having a chuck 7 for clamping a work (not shown) horizontally and rotatably. A tool post 11 having various cutting tools (not shown) for cutting the workpiece clamped by the chuck 7 is provided at a position facing the spindle 9 so as to be movable in the X and Z axis directions. It has been.

  In an ordinary lathe, the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 1 is the X-axis direction, and the direction parallel to the axis of the main shaft 9 (the left-right direction in FIG. 1) is the Z-axis direction. By the way, since the lathe as the machine tool described above has a well-known configuration, a detailed description of the lathe and its operation will be omitted.

  A base frame 15 of a work loading / unloading means 13 as an example of a peripheral device is detachably attached to a side surface of the base 3 opposite to the main shaft 9 with the tool post 11 therebetween. The workpiece carry-in / out means 13 includes a carry-in means 17 such as a belt conveyor for carrying a material (not shown) and a carry-out means 19 such as a belt conveyor for carrying out a product after cutting (not shown). Are provided in parallel in the X-axis direction. The carry-in means 17 and the carry-out means 19 are driven by servo motors 21 and 23 provided respectively.

  A workpiece transfer device 25 is provided for supplying the material carried in by the carry-in means 17 to the chuck 7 of the main shaft 9 and carrying out the processed product from the chuck 7 to the carry-out means 19. More specifically, a linear guide member 27 is horizontally provided over the main shaft 9 and the work loading / unloading means 13. The guide member 27 is provided on a support frame 29A provided on a side portion in the X-axis direction of the headstock 5 and a support frame 29B provided on the base 3 on the work loading / unloading means 13 side away from the support frame 29A. It is supported horizontally.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a guide rail 31 that is long in the Z-axis direction is provided on the side surface in the X-axis direction of the guide member 27, and a slider 33 can reciprocate on the guide rail 31. It is supported. The movement and positioning of the slider 33 in the Z-axis direction is performed by controlling the servo motor 35 by a control device 37 (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The reciprocation of the slider 33 in the Z-axis direction is performed by a configuration in which a pinion (not shown) rotated by the servo motor 35 is engaged with a Z-axis rack 39 provided in the guide member 27.

  The slider 33 is provided with a first arm 41 that can rotate (swing) around a horizontal axis. More specifically, the slider 33 is provided with a horizontal support shaft (not shown) in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the slider 33 (X-axis direction). It is provided so as to be rotatable around an axis (first axis) 43 of the support shaft. The first arm 41 is rotated by driving a servo motor 45 attached to the slider 33.

  The distal end portion of the first arm 41 is provided at a position below the guide member 27. The first arm 41 is supported by a rotation arm 47 that is rotatable around the first axis 43, a tip end portion of the rotation arm 47, and the first axis 43. The slide arm 49 is movable in a parallel direction (X-axis direction). In other words, the first arm 41 is divided into a rotation arm 47 and a slide arm 49, and a slide rail 51 provided in the slide arm 49 in the X-axis direction is moved to the rotation arm 47 in the X-axis direction. It is a configuration that is movably supported.

  The movement of the slide arm 49 in the X-axis direction with respect to the rotating arm 47 is configured such that a pinion rotated by a servo motor (not shown) provided in the rotating arm 47 is engaged with a rack provided in the slide rail 51. A configuration employing a linear motor can be adopted. That is, various configurations can be adopted as a configuration for reciprocating the slide arm 49 in the X-axis direction with respect to the rotation arm 47.

  A servo motor 55 having a rotation shaft 53 parallel to the first axis 43 is attached to the tip of the slide arm 49, and the rotation shaft 53 of the servo motor 55 is attached to the rotation arm 53 of the second arm 57. The base side is attached. That is, the second arm 57 is provided so as to be rotatable (swingable) about the axis (second axis) of the rotating shaft 53.

  The tip end of the second arm 57 is provided with an inclined rotation shaft 59 that is inclined by 45 ° when the second arm 57 is in a vertical state. When the support block 61 is rotated around the axis of the inclined rotation shaft 59, the support block 61 provided in the section is oriented in a vertically downward direction and horizontally oriented in the main shaft 9 direction. A pair of work clamps 63A and 63B are provided that can change the directing direction. The work clamps 63A and 63B serve as material clamps when clamping the material on the carry-in means 17, and serve as product clamps when clamping the product held by the chuck 7 of the spindle 9. And the product clamp can be repositioned with respect to each other. The support block 61 is rotated by an appropriate actuator (not shown) such as a servo motor or a fluid pressure cylinder.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, a slide door 65 is provided between the main shaft 9 and the guide member 27 so as to reciprocate in the X-axis direction (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 1). The slide door 65 has a function of preventing cutting oil from being scattered in the direction of the guide member 27 when the material is gripped and processed by the chuck 7 of the main shaft 9. In order to reciprocate the slide door 65, a bracket 67 supported by the support frames 29A and 29B above the slide door 65 is provided with a reciprocating actuator 69 such as a fluid pressure cylinder. An operating rod such as a piston rod provided in the reciprocating actuator 69 is connected to the slide door 65.

  Therefore, by operating the reciprocating actuator 69, the slide door 65 is moved in the X-axis direction to open and close the upper position of the main shaft 9.

  In the configuration as described above, the material on the loading / unloading means 17 in the workpiece loading / unloading means 13 is supplied to the chuck 7 of the spindle 9 and the processed product is unloaded from the chuck 7 onto the unloading means 19 in the workpiece loading / unloading means 13. To do this, do the following:

  That is, when the material is processed in a state where the material is gripped by the chuck 7 of the main shaft 9 and the upper portion of the main shaft 9 is closed by the slide door 65, the slider 33 in the work conveying device 25 is moved to the guide rail. It moves to the work carrying in / out means 13 side along 31. Then, the first arm 41 is rotated around the first axis 43 and the second arm 57 is rotated around the axis of the rotating shaft 53 to hold the second arm 57 in a vertical state. Further, the slide arm 49 is moved in the X-axis direction with respect to the rotating arm 47 of the first arm 41, and one work clamp 63A is appropriately carried into a predetermined position by the carrying-in means 17 in the work carrying-in / out means 13. Position it in the upper position corresponding to the material. Then, while rotating the first arm 41 and the second arm 57 so that the work clamp 63A always points in the vertical downward direction, the work clamp 63A is lowered to clamp the material.

  As described above, after clamping the material by one work clamp 63A, the work clamp 63A is raised by appropriately rotating the first and second arms 41 and 57. When the material processing is completed, the slide door 65 is moved downward in the guide member 27 and the upper portion of the main shaft 9 is opened. When the upper portion of the main shaft 9 is thus opened, the slider 33 in the workpiece transfer device 25 is moved upward of the main shaft 9. At this time, the slide arm 49 is moved with respect to the rotation arm 47 of the first arm 41, and the second arm 57 is rotated in response to the rotation of the first arm 41, so that the other work clamp 63B is rotated. Is oriented in the horizontal direction and corresponds to the product held by the chuck 7 of the main shaft 9.

  After the product is gripped by the other work clamp 63B, the support block 61 is rotated so that the material gripped by the one work clamp 63A corresponds to the chuck 7 of the main shaft 9. Thereafter, after the material held by one work clamp 63A is supplied to the chuck 7, the slider 33 is moved back to the work loading / unloading means 13 side. Then, the product held by the other work clamp 63B is placed at a predetermined position of the carry-out means 19 in the work carry-in / out means 13.

  As described above, after the other work clamp 63B places the product on the carry-out means 19, the slide arm 49 in the first arm 41 is moved in the X-axis direction, and the work carry-in / out means 13 on the carry-in means 17 is moved. The material positioned at a predetermined position is returned to the initial state by being gripped by the other work clamp 63B.

  As can be understood from the above description, the work clamps 63A and 63B are moved up and down by always rotating (swinging) the first and second arms 41 and 57 in the work transport device 25 at a position below the guide member 27. In other words, since the first and second arms 41 and 57 do not project greatly upward from the guide member 27, a cover that covers the workpiece transfer device 25 is provided. Even if it is a case, the height of a cover can be restrained low, Comprising: The whole height of the machine tool 1 can be restrained low.

  Moreover, in the said structure, the 1st arm 41 by the side of the base in the workpiece conveyance apparatus 25 is divided | segmented into the rotation arm 47 and the slide arm 49 which can move to an X-axis direction, Therefore A configuration in which the two arms 57 can be moved more in the X-axis direction than when the two arms 57 are divided into a rotating arm and a slide arm can be employed. Accordingly, the degree of freedom of movement of the work clamps 63A and 63B becomes large, and when the work loading / unloading means 13 as an example of a peripheral device is provided, the allowable value of the positioning range of the work loading / unloading means 13 with respect to the spindle 9 is large. Thus, the peripheral devices can be easily arranged.

  Further, since the first arm 41 is divided into the rotation arm 47 and the slide arm 49, the second arm 57 is more separated than the case where the second arm 57 on the distal end side is divided into the rotation arm and the slide arm. The weight of 57 can be reduced, and the inertia when the first and second arms 41 and 57 are rotated can be reduced. Therefore, the movement positioning of the work clamps 63A and 63B provided at the tip of the second arm 57 can be performed more quickly and accurately.

  The swinging direction of the first and second arms 41 and 57 in the work transfer device 25 is a swinging direction around an axis parallel to the X-axis direction, and the position change in the X-axis direction is the slide rail 51. Therefore, the tip of the second arm 57 is not greatly displaced in the X-axis direction. Therefore, the width dimension in the X direction of the work transfer device 25 can be suppressed small.

  By the way, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in other forms by making appropriate changes. For example, the workpiece transfer device 25 is provided in parallel. Then, the product that is held by the chuck 7 of the main spindle 9 by, for example, the work clamp 63B in one work transfer device 25 is appropriately held, and then the product can be delivered to, for example, the work clamp 63A in the other work transfer device 25. And Further, the product held by the work clamp 63 </ b> A in the other work transfer device 25 is again supplied to the chuck 7.

  By adopting the above-described configuration, the front and back of the product can be reversed and supplied to the chuck 7 of the main shaft 9, and the front and back of the material can be processed continuously.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Machine tool 5 Main stand 7 Chuck 9 Main spindle 11 Tool post 13 Work loading / unloading means 17 Loading means 19 Unloading means 25 Work conveying apparatus 27 Guide member 31 Guide rail 33 Slider 41 First arm 43 First shaft center 47 Rotating arm 49 Slide arm 51 Slide rail 53 Rotating shaft 57 Second arm 59 Inclined rotating shaft 61 Support block 63A, 63B Work clamp 65 Slide door 69 Reciprocating actuator

Claims (3)

  A slider that can reciprocate along a long guide member has a tip end portion of a first arm that is rotatable about a horizontal first axis perpendicular to the reciprocating direction of the slider below the guide member. The first arm is provided with an arm pivotable around a second axis parallel to the first axis, and a material clamp and a product clamp are provided at the tip of the second arm. The first arm has a rotating arm that rotates about the first axis, and a direction parallel to the first axis with respect to the rotating arm. And a reciprocating slide arm.   A machine tool comprising the workpiece transfer device according to claim 1, comprising: a main shaft that grips and rotates a workpiece; and a workpiece loading / unloading means for loading and unloading the workpiece; A machine tool characterized in that the guide member is provided above the work carry-in / out means.   3. The machine tool according to claim 2, wherein a slide door for preventing scattering of cutting oil from the main shaft to the guide member is movably provided between the guide member and the main shaft. A machine tool.

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