CA2343230A1 - Machine movement control panel - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to control panels (4) that are used to control the movements of machines (7) such as lathes, enabling said machine movements to be controlled in a simple, obvious and reliable manner when control elements (1a, 1b) are rotationally actuated. The inventive control panel enabling manual control of the moving components of a machine, whereby the movements of said components form a given angle in relation to each other, consists of rotational operating elements, especially control gears, and is characterize d in that the axis of rotation (2a, 2b, 2c) of each operating element, especially each control gear, is perpendicular to, i.e. lies at a right angl e to, the direction (X, Y, Z) of the movement of the associated component resulting therefrom.
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Applicants: Boehringer Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
Our file: 50313 AI/Gr/US
Control console for controlling machine movements The invention concerns control consoles for controlling machines, for example lathes.
The control of physical components on a machine is not to be confused with the control of a cursor on a monitor surface of a computer, 1o which is nowadays usually implemented with a computer mouse.
In the case of a computer mouse of that kind, for example in accordance with German utility model No G 84 19 546.0 or US patent No 5 095 303, it is certainly known that such a mouse includes actuating members in the form of actuating wheels, the axes of rotation of which are arranged at a right angle to each other in the casing of the computer mouse.
However, the position of the axis of rotation of the actuating wheel of the computer mouse is not spatially defined in terms of its relationship with the movement implemented thereby of the cursor on the monitor screen, ZO as this depends on the position of the mouse in relation to the computer, and in addition the cursor can only ever be moved two-dimensionally and not three-dimensionally on the monitor screen surface, quite apart from the fact that this does not involve a physical component.
Moreover, a computer mouse of that kind is not fixedly arranged on z5 a machine, for example a machine tool.
Control consoles of conventional kind on machine tools are usually controlled by actuating members which are arranged on parallel axes and which are operated by a rotational movement, such as for example hand wheels. Those actuating members have an actuating range of several 3o revolutions, with the displacement distance of the movement produced usually being proportional to the angle of rotational movement of the actuating member. Those control consoles are frequently used to control processes which in the event of incorrect control, can cause considerable damage, for example on machine tools. This arrangement of the actuating members is governed by historical considerations as originally those hand wheels were used to manually apply the energy for moving the machining tool. Nowadays the actuating members serve only for information input and movement of the machining tool is effected by a drive, for example by electric motors.
That concept suffers from serious deficiencies from the point of view of manifestness, in particular directional manifestness, that is to say coincidence in terms of actuating members and the arrangement thereof.
Translatory movements which are perpendicular to each other are controlled by rotational movements about axes which are parallel to each other. In other words, the association of identical actuating movements with the movements produced requires various contradictory internal models on the part of the user of the machine.
In that respect a particular problem arises out of the association of the direction of rotation of the actuating member, on the direction of movement executed at the machine.
By virtue of the described arrangement, on the one hand there is a safety risk in terms of using machines, in particular in regard to la spontaneous reactions to critical states. In addition, there is an increased amount of learning involved as actuating member arrangements which are not manifest require increased training.
Accordingly the object of the present invention is to provide a control console which, while using actuating members operated with a rotational movement, permits simple, manifest and thus reliable control of machine movements.
That object is attained by the features of claims 1 and 15.
Advantageous embodiments are set forth in the appendant claims.
1o By virtue of the correspondence between the actuating movement implemented by the operator at the actuating member, in particular an actuating wheel, and the component movement executed thereby, there is no need for mental conversion operations as between an actuating movement and a component movement on the part of the operator, as in the case of the earlier actuating wheels which produced component movement by means of screwthreaded spindles, and the electromechanical actuating wheels which were later used in a similar manner, with the same operative direction.
The fact that the actuating wheels are partially covered over by the 2o housing of the control console means that only a small contact region or engagement point is at all accessible for the operator on the actuating wheel so that the actuating movement produced is also always clearly defined, that is to say, different actuating movements or tangential directions thereof cannot be imagined by virtue of different points of engagement of the operator with the actuating wheel.
By virtue of the arrangement at a right angle of both the component movements and also the actuating movements relative to each other, the possibility of moving to any point within a displacement plane or a three-dimensional displacement space by means of the two or three possible actuating movements is also manifest, without the necessity for a mental geometrical re-interpretation process.
The direct and in particular simultaneous implementation of the component movement, by virtue of the actuating movement, additionally makes it possible, when using an actuating wheel as an actuating member, to imagine a rolling motion in which the actuating wheel which would have to be arranged virtually at the associated component rolls with a point on its periphery on the structural member carrying that component to be moved, while on the opposite side it is caused to rotate by the operator.
To assist with that notion, it is advantageous if the actuating member is rotatable through a full revolution and preferably any number of successive revolutions.
It is also advantageous if the individual actuating members are in closely adjacent relationship, in particular being combined together in one and the same housing as a control console, in order to permit optical correlation in respect of the actuating movements produced and thus also the component movements executed.
It is also advantageous for the actuating movement and the component movement, which are directed in parallel relationship, to be kept as small as possible in terms of their mutual spacing and in particular as far as possible to coincide, so that the tangential direction of the rotational actuating movement is experienced as a direct push on the associated component to be moved.
z0 For that purpose however it is generally necessary for the respective actuating member to be arranged directly at the associated component to be moved, so that as a consequence the individual actuating members can be distributed to different components and not combined in a common housing, that is to say in a common control console.
As conversion of the actuating movement into the component movement is preferably effected electrically or electromechanically, the displacement distance and displacement speed of the component to be moved can be correlated with the kind of actuating movement, in different ways.
The magnitude of the deflection of the actuating member or actuating wheel can be correlated either with the speed or with the distance of the component movement to be implemented. Likewise the speed of the deflection of the actuating member can be correlated with the speed of the component movement.
In that respect, depending on the notion of a virtual rolling movement, the following correlation is to be preferred:
- the magnitude of the deflection of the actuating member corresponds to the length of the component movement; and - the speed of the deflection of the actuating member corresponds to the speed of the component movement.
Preferably, in addition there is to be provided a respective optical l0 display in respect of the absolute position of and/or the distance covered by the component to be moved, in particular in the form of a digital display.
In this respect, preferably the respective actuating wheel should be rotatable with such a small amount of force and,ior should involve such a great inherent mass that a one-time actuation of the actuating wheel by the operator at the point of engagement therean can produce multiple revolutions of the actuating wheel and a correspondingly great actuating movement and a component movement implemented thereby.
If in that respect the actuating movement and the associated component movement should go beyond the maximum permissible displacement range, safety elements which have an automatic deceleration function are to be provided at least at the components to be moved, that is to say limit switches and/or switches arranged in front of the components, for reducing the speed of displacement.
Embodiments according to the invention are described in greater Z5 detail by way of example hereinafter. In the drawing:
Figure 1 shows a control console with two actuating wheels, Figure 2 shows a control console with two actuating wheels which are only partly accessible, Figure 3 shows a control console with three actuating wheels which are each only partly accessible, Figures 4 show sectional views of a component to be moved, with actuating wheel, and Figures 5 show plan views on to a turning machine or lathe with the control console according to the invention.
Figure 1 is a three-dimensional view of a control console with a cuboidal housing. The machine or machine components at which the control console is arranged or which are to be moved by means of the control console are not shown. The same applies in regard to Figures 2 and 3.
In Figure 1, a respective actuating wheel la, lb is rotatably arranged at two adjacent vertical surfaces, which are at a right angle to each other, of the cuboidal housing 3, insofar as the cylindrical actuating wheels 1b are to supported with their face on the side walls of the housing 3 of the control console 4.
The axes of rotation 2a, 2b of the actuating wheels la, lb are therefore perpendicular to the side wall carrying the respective actuating wheel and also at a right angle to each other so that the axes of rotation 2a, 2b define a horizontal plane which in particular is parallel to the underside and the top side of the cuboidal housing 3.
If the actuating movement involved is imagined as touching the actuating wheels la, 1b at the highest point thereon at their peripheral surface and thereby causing the actuating wheels to rotate, the respective actuating movement 9a is the tangent to the periphery of the actuating wheel at the highest point thereof. The actuating movement 9a and 9b respectively is then parallel to the component movement 10a, lOb, that is to say the movement, produced by the movement of the actuating wheel 1a or lb, of the component, coupled thereto, of the machine which is not shown in Figure 1.
In that respect it is immaterial whether engagement of the actuating wheel by the hand of the operator actually occurs at the highest point of the actuating' wheel or at other locations on the periphery thereof. In that case the actuating movement is only the notional direction of engagement on the actuating wheel la, lb.
In order to bring that conceived notion into harmony with the real handling of the actuating wheel la and lb respectively, then preferably, as shown in Figure 2, the actuating wheel 1a, 1b is enclosed in part as shown in Figure z or preferably over its entire axial extent, over a large part of its periphery, by the housing 3 of the control console so that only a limited angular sector, the contact region 1z at the top side of the actuating wheels la, lb which are positioned with horizontal axes of rotation 2a, 2b, is accessible for the operator. In that case the actual direction of engagement of the actuating movement 9a and 9b is again in conformity in regard to direction with the component movements 10a, lOb which are to be implemented thereby.
Figure 4a shows in regard to the actuating wheel la a sectional view l0 including the component 8a to be moved. It is displaceable along the bed 6 in the direction of viewing Figure 4a, this being the component movement 10a. That component movement l0a is implemented by rotation of the actuating wheel la whose axis of rotation extends horizontally, like the direction of displacement of the component 8a, but at a right angle thereto.
In Figure 4a the actuating wheel 2a is also accessible only in its uppermost angular segment, and is otherwise covered by the housing 3 of the control console 4, which is constructed in one piece together with the component 8a. By touching and displacing the upwardly disposed peripheral regions of the actuating wheel 1a in the direction of viewing Figure 4a, that is to say z0 in the actuating movement direction 9a, the component 8a is caused to move along the bed 6 in the component movement direction 10a.
In that respect, the actuating wheel 1a is not accessible over its entire axial extent but only over a portion thereof and in addition in an arcuate portion of the face, in that the large part of the face which faces z5 towards the operator is covered over by the housing 3, while the opposite face is completely covered over and the peripheral surface on the side remote from the operator is also completely enclosed by the housing 3, whereas in the remaining region it is enclosed only over a large part of the periphery.
30 In contrast thereto, in the structure shown in Figure 4b, the actuating wheel 2a projects with its highest region out of the flat top side of the housing 3 which is designed in one piece with the component 8a which is to be moved by the actuating wheel la.
Our file: 50313 AI/Gr/US
Control console for controlling machine movements The invention concerns control consoles for controlling machines, for example lathes.
The control of physical components on a machine is not to be confused with the control of a cursor on a monitor surface of a computer, 1o which is nowadays usually implemented with a computer mouse.
In the case of a computer mouse of that kind, for example in accordance with German utility model No G 84 19 546.0 or US patent No 5 095 303, it is certainly known that such a mouse includes actuating members in the form of actuating wheels, the axes of rotation of which are arranged at a right angle to each other in the casing of the computer mouse.
However, the position of the axis of rotation of the actuating wheel of the computer mouse is not spatially defined in terms of its relationship with the movement implemented thereby of the cursor on the monitor screen, ZO as this depends on the position of the mouse in relation to the computer, and in addition the cursor can only ever be moved two-dimensionally and not three-dimensionally on the monitor screen surface, quite apart from the fact that this does not involve a physical component.
Moreover, a computer mouse of that kind is not fixedly arranged on z5 a machine, for example a machine tool.
Control consoles of conventional kind on machine tools are usually controlled by actuating members which are arranged on parallel axes and which are operated by a rotational movement, such as for example hand wheels. Those actuating members have an actuating range of several 3o revolutions, with the displacement distance of the movement produced usually being proportional to the angle of rotational movement of the actuating member. Those control consoles are frequently used to control processes which in the event of incorrect control, can cause considerable damage, for example on machine tools. This arrangement of the actuating members is governed by historical considerations as originally those hand wheels were used to manually apply the energy for moving the machining tool. Nowadays the actuating members serve only for information input and movement of the machining tool is effected by a drive, for example by electric motors.
That concept suffers from serious deficiencies from the point of view of manifestness, in particular directional manifestness, that is to say coincidence in terms of actuating members and the arrangement thereof.
Translatory movements which are perpendicular to each other are controlled by rotational movements about axes which are parallel to each other. In other words, the association of identical actuating movements with the movements produced requires various contradictory internal models on the part of the user of the machine.
In that respect a particular problem arises out of the association of the direction of rotation of the actuating member, on the direction of movement executed at the machine.
By virtue of the described arrangement, on the one hand there is a safety risk in terms of using machines, in particular in regard to la spontaneous reactions to critical states. In addition, there is an increased amount of learning involved as actuating member arrangements which are not manifest require increased training.
Accordingly the object of the present invention is to provide a control console which, while using actuating members operated with a rotational movement, permits simple, manifest and thus reliable control of machine movements.
That object is attained by the features of claims 1 and 15.
Advantageous embodiments are set forth in the appendant claims.
1o By virtue of the correspondence between the actuating movement implemented by the operator at the actuating member, in particular an actuating wheel, and the component movement executed thereby, there is no need for mental conversion operations as between an actuating movement and a component movement on the part of the operator, as in the case of the earlier actuating wheels which produced component movement by means of screwthreaded spindles, and the electromechanical actuating wheels which were later used in a similar manner, with the same operative direction.
The fact that the actuating wheels are partially covered over by the 2o housing of the control console means that only a small contact region or engagement point is at all accessible for the operator on the actuating wheel so that the actuating movement produced is also always clearly defined, that is to say, different actuating movements or tangential directions thereof cannot be imagined by virtue of different points of engagement of the operator with the actuating wheel.
By virtue of the arrangement at a right angle of both the component movements and also the actuating movements relative to each other, the possibility of moving to any point within a displacement plane or a three-dimensional displacement space by means of the two or three possible actuating movements is also manifest, without the necessity for a mental geometrical re-interpretation process.
The direct and in particular simultaneous implementation of the component movement, by virtue of the actuating movement, additionally makes it possible, when using an actuating wheel as an actuating member, to imagine a rolling motion in which the actuating wheel which would have to be arranged virtually at the associated component rolls with a point on its periphery on the structural member carrying that component to be moved, while on the opposite side it is caused to rotate by the operator.
To assist with that notion, it is advantageous if the actuating member is rotatable through a full revolution and preferably any number of successive revolutions.
It is also advantageous if the individual actuating members are in closely adjacent relationship, in particular being combined together in one and the same housing as a control console, in order to permit optical correlation in respect of the actuating movements produced and thus also the component movements executed.
It is also advantageous for the actuating movement and the component movement, which are directed in parallel relationship, to be kept as small as possible in terms of their mutual spacing and in particular as far as possible to coincide, so that the tangential direction of the rotational actuating movement is experienced as a direct push on the associated component to be moved.
z0 For that purpose however it is generally necessary for the respective actuating member to be arranged directly at the associated component to be moved, so that as a consequence the individual actuating members can be distributed to different components and not combined in a common housing, that is to say in a common control console.
As conversion of the actuating movement into the component movement is preferably effected electrically or electromechanically, the displacement distance and displacement speed of the component to be moved can be correlated with the kind of actuating movement, in different ways.
The magnitude of the deflection of the actuating member or actuating wheel can be correlated either with the speed or with the distance of the component movement to be implemented. Likewise the speed of the deflection of the actuating member can be correlated with the speed of the component movement.
In that respect, depending on the notion of a virtual rolling movement, the following correlation is to be preferred:
- the magnitude of the deflection of the actuating member corresponds to the length of the component movement; and - the speed of the deflection of the actuating member corresponds to the speed of the component movement.
Preferably, in addition there is to be provided a respective optical l0 display in respect of the absolute position of and/or the distance covered by the component to be moved, in particular in the form of a digital display.
In this respect, preferably the respective actuating wheel should be rotatable with such a small amount of force and,ior should involve such a great inherent mass that a one-time actuation of the actuating wheel by the operator at the point of engagement therean can produce multiple revolutions of the actuating wheel and a correspondingly great actuating movement and a component movement implemented thereby.
If in that respect the actuating movement and the associated component movement should go beyond the maximum permissible displacement range, safety elements which have an automatic deceleration function are to be provided at least at the components to be moved, that is to say limit switches and/or switches arranged in front of the components, for reducing the speed of displacement.
Embodiments according to the invention are described in greater Z5 detail by way of example hereinafter. In the drawing:
Figure 1 shows a control console with two actuating wheels, Figure 2 shows a control console with two actuating wheels which are only partly accessible, Figure 3 shows a control console with three actuating wheels which are each only partly accessible, Figures 4 show sectional views of a component to be moved, with actuating wheel, and Figures 5 show plan views on to a turning machine or lathe with the control console according to the invention.
Figure 1 is a three-dimensional view of a control console with a cuboidal housing. The machine or machine components at which the control console is arranged or which are to be moved by means of the control console are not shown. The same applies in regard to Figures 2 and 3.
In Figure 1, a respective actuating wheel la, lb is rotatably arranged at two adjacent vertical surfaces, which are at a right angle to each other, of the cuboidal housing 3, insofar as the cylindrical actuating wheels 1b are to supported with their face on the side walls of the housing 3 of the control console 4.
The axes of rotation 2a, 2b of the actuating wheels la, lb are therefore perpendicular to the side wall carrying the respective actuating wheel and also at a right angle to each other so that the axes of rotation 2a, 2b define a horizontal plane which in particular is parallel to the underside and the top side of the cuboidal housing 3.
If the actuating movement involved is imagined as touching the actuating wheels la, 1b at the highest point thereon at their peripheral surface and thereby causing the actuating wheels to rotate, the respective actuating movement 9a is the tangent to the periphery of the actuating wheel at the highest point thereof. The actuating movement 9a and 9b respectively is then parallel to the component movement 10a, lOb, that is to say the movement, produced by the movement of the actuating wheel 1a or lb, of the component, coupled thereto, of the machine which is not shown in Figure 1.
In that respect it is immaterial whether engagement of the actuating wheel by the hand of the operator actually occurs at the highest point of the actuating' wheel or at other locations on the periphery thereof. In that case the actuating movement is only the notional direction of engagement on the actuating wheel la, lb.
In order to bring that conceived notion into harmony with the real handling of the actuating wheel la and lb respectively, then preferably, as shown in Figure 2, the actuating wheel 1a, 1b is enclosed in part as shown in Figure z or preferably over its entire axial extent, over a large part of its periphery, by the housing 3 of the control console so that only a limited angular sector, the contact region 1z at the top side of the actuating wheels la, lb which are positioned with horizontal axes of rotation 2a, 2b, is accessible for the operator. In that case the actual direction of engagement of the actuating movement 9a and 9b is again in conformity in regard to direction with the component movements 10a, lOb which are to be implemented thereby.
Figure 4a shows in regard to the actuating wheel la a sectional view l0 including the component 8a to be moved. It is displaceable along the bed 6 in the direction of viewing Figure 4a, this being the component movement 10a. That component movement l0a is implemented by rotation of the actuating wheel la whose axis of rotation extends horizontally, like the direction of displacement of the component 8a, but at a right angle thereto.
In Figure 4a the actuating wheel 2a is also accessible only in its uppermost angular segment, and is otherwise covered by the housing 3 of the control console 4, which is constructed in one piece together with the component 8a. By touching and displacing the upwardly disposed peripheral regions of the actuating wheel 1a in the direction of viewing Figure 4a, that is to say z0 in the actuating movement direction 9a, the component 8a is caused to move along the bed 6 in the component movement direction 10a.
In that respect, the actuating wheel 1a is not accessible over its entire axial extent but only over a portion thereof and in addition in an arcuate portion of the face, in that the large part of the face which faces z5 towards the operator is covered over by the housing 3, while the opposite face is completely covered over and the peripheral surface on the side remote from the operator is also completely enclosed by the housing 3, whereas in the remaining region it is enclosed only over a large part of the periphery.
30 In contrast thereto, in the structure shown in Figure 4b, the actuating wheel 2a projects with its highest region out of the flat top side of the housing 3 which is designed in one piece with the component 8a which is to be moved by the actuating wheel la.
Figure 3 is a perspective view similarly to Figure 2 showing a control console which differs in that a third actuating wheel 1c is again arranged rotatably about its axis of rotation 2c on the cuboidal housing 3 of the control console 4. In this case the axis of rotation 2c is parallel to one of the axes of rotation of the other two actuating wheels, for example the axis of rotation 2a, and thus projects perpendicularly out of the one vertical side face of the housing 3. In this arrangement, the peripheral surface of the actuating wheel lc projects slightly above the second side face which is adjacent thereto and which is also vertical and at an angle to the first-mentioned side face, and thereby forms here the region for engagement by the operator. The direction of engagement and thus the actuating movement is vertical and the component movement implemented thereby in respect of the movement-coupled machine component (not shown) is the direction of movement lOc which is also vertical.
Figure 5a shows a plan view of a turning machine or lathe equipped with the control console according to the invention. Disposed on a bed 6 at the left-hand end is the headstock 13 with the jaw chuck 14 which projects therefrom at the end thereof and which has the known clamping jaws at the free face. Opposite thereto at the right-hand end of the machine bed 6 zo is the tailstock 15 with the dead center which is directed therefrom towards the chuck.
Extending along the bed 6 are guide tracks 17 which are horizontal and in mutually parallel relationship and on which a longitudinal slide 8a is displaceable.
Extending in turn on the longitudinal slide 8a are guide tracks 16 which are directed transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bed 6 and which are spaced relative to each other and along which a cross slide 8b is displaceable in order to move a tool (not shown) carried thereon into the desired position with respect to the bed 6 of the machine.
The control console 4 is fitted on to the cross slide 8b with its cuboidal housing 3. Two actuating wheels la, lb project with their peripheral surface slightly upwardly out of the top side of the housing 3, which in particular is arranged horizontally.
Figure 5a shows a plan view of a turning machine or lathe equipped with the control console according to the invention. Disposed on a bed 6 at the left-hand end is the headstock 13 with the jaw chuck 14 which projects therefrom at the end thereof and which has the known clamping jaws at the free face. Opposite thereto at the right-hand end of the machine bed 6 zo is the tailstock 15 with the dead center which is directed therefrom towards the chuck.
Extending along the bed 6 are guide tracks 17 which are horizontal and in mutually parallel relationship and on which a longitudinal slide 8a is displaceable.
Extending in turn on the longitudinal slide 8a are guide tracks 16 which are directed transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bed 6 and which are spaced relative to each other and along which a cross slide 8b is displaceable in order to move a tool (not shown) carried thereon into the desired position with respect to the bed 6 of the machine.
The control console 4 is fitted on to the cross slide 8b with its cuboidal housing 3. Two actuating wheels la, lb project with their peripheral surface slightly upwardly out of the top side of the housing 3, which in particular is arranged horizontally.
In that arrangement the actuating wheels la, lb are rotatable in the housing 3 about horizontally disposed axes of rotation which are at a right angle to each other, the axes of rotation in one case extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the machine, that is to say the turning center, and in the other case at a right angle thereto, in each case being horizontal.
In this case, the longitudinal slide 8a is moved by means of that actuating wheel la whose axis of rotation extends transversely with respect to the turning center of the machine, while the cross slide 8b is displaced to along the longitudinal slide 8a, by means of the other actuating wheel lb whose axis of rotation is parallel to the turning center, thereby affording the associations of actuating movements with component movements corresponding to Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 5b shows the same view illustrating a similar structure, with the only difference being that in this case the control console 4 with the once again cuboidal housing 3 is not arranged on the cross slide 8b which is displaceable on the longitudinal slide 8a, but it is arranged at the front of the longitudinal slide 8a, projecting therefrom horizontally forwardly, transversely with respect to the turning center of the machine 7.
zo The arrangement of the actuating wheels la, lb in the housing 3, with a contact region only at the top side of the actuating wheels, protruding slightly out of the top side of the housing 3, is identical to the structure shown in Figure 5a.
Figure 5c in turn differs only by virtue of the arrangement of the z5 control console: it is now disposed on the bed 6 of the machine, that is to say immovably. The arrangement of the actuating wheels la, lb in the housing 3 of the control consoles 4 is again identical to the arrangement shown in Figures 5a and 5b and likewise again the association with the movable components 8a, 8b.
In this case, the longitudinal slide 8a is moved by means of that actuating wheel la whose axis of rotation extends transversely with respect to the turning center of the machine, while the cross slide 8b is displaced to along the longitudinal slide 8a, by means of the other actuating wheel lb whose axis of rotation is parallel to the turning center, thereby affording the associations of actuating movements with component movements corresponding to Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 5b shows the same view illustrating a similar structure, with the only difference being that in this case the control console 4 with the once again cuboidal housing 3 is not arranged on the cross slide 8b which is displaceable on the longitudinal slide 8a, but it is arranged at the front of the longitudinal slide 8a, projecting therefrom horizontally forwardly, transversely with respect to the turning center of the machine 7.
zo The arrangement of the actuating wheels la, lb in the housing 3, with a contact region only at the top side of the actuating wheels, protruding slightly out of the top side of the housing 3, is identical to the structure shown in Figure 5a.
Figure 5c in turn differs only by virtue of the arrangement of the z5 control console: it is now disposed on the bed 6 of the machine, that is to say immovably. The arrangement of the actuating wheels la, lb in the housing 3 of the control consoles 4 is again identical to the arrangement shown in Figures 5a and 5b and likewise again the association with the movable components 8a, 8b.
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la, 1b actuating wheel 2a, 2b axes of rotation 3 housing control console plane of movement bed machine 8a, 8b component 9a, 9b, c actuating movement lOa,lOb,lOc component movement 11 operator 12 contact region/engagement point 13 headstock 14 jaw chuck 15 tailstock 16 guide plane 1~ guide plane
la, 1b actuating wheel 2a, 2b axes of rotation 3 housing control console plane of movement bed machine 8a, 8b component 9a, 9b, c actuating movement lOa,lOb,lOc component movement 11 operator 12 contact region/engagement point 13 headstock 14 jaw chuck 15 tailstock 16 guide plane 1~ guide plane
Claims (11)
1. A control console (4) for manually controlling the movable components (8) on a machine (7) whose component movements (10a, b, ...) are at an angle to each other, wherein the control console (4) has rotatable actuating members, in particular actuating wheels (1a, b, ...), characterised in that - the control console (4) is arranged immovably on a part of the machine (7), and - the axis of rotation (2a, b, ...) of each actuating member, in particular an actuating wheel (1a, b, ...) is transverse, in particular at a right angle with respect to the direction of the component movement (10a, b, c) implemented thereby of the associated component (8a, b, ...).
2. A control console as set forth in claim 1 characterised in that with only two different directions of the component movement (10a, b, c) which define a plane of movement (5), the axes of rotation (2a, b) of the associated actuating members, in particular actuating wheels (1a, b), are parallel to said plane of movement (5).
3. A control console as set forth in claim 1 characterised in that there are three component movement directions (10a, b, c) which are at an angle and in particular a right angle to each other and the axis of rotation (2a, b, ...) of the respective actuating wheel (1a, 1b) is parallel to that through the component movement directions of the other two components which are not associated.
4. A control console as set forth in one of the preceding claims characterised in that the control console is arranged on the component (8) to be displaced, in particular the tool unit of a machine tool.
5. A control console as set forth in one of claims 1 through 3 characterised in that the control console is arranged on the bed (6) of the machine (7).
6. A control console as set forth in one of the preceding claims characterised in that the actuating wheels (1a, 1b) are covered over a part and in particular more than half and more particularly more than three quarters of their periphery and in the axial direction at least in part by the housing (2) of the control console (4) so that only the contact region (12) is accessible for movement by the operator (11).
7. A control console as set forth in claim 6 characterised in that the tangential direction of the actuating movement (9a, b, ...) by the operator at the actuating wheel (1a, b, ...) in the contact region (12) thereof is parallel to the component movement (10a, b, ...) of the associated component (8a, b, ....).
8. A control console as set forth in one of the preceding claims characterised in that the actuating member and in particular the actuating wheel (1a, b, ...) is rotatable through more than 180°, in particular through more than 360° and in particular endlessly.
9. A control console as set forth in one of the preceding claims characterised in that the speed of the component movement (10a, b, ...) correlates with the magnitude of the deflection angle out of the zero position of the actuating member, in particular the actuating wheel (1a, b, ...).
10. A control console as set forth in one of claims 1 through 8 characterised in that the speed of the component movement (10a, b, ...) correlates with the speed of the deflection of the actuating member, in particular the actuating wheel (1a, b, ...) out of the zero position thereof.
11. A control console as set forth in one of claims 1 through 8 or claim 10 characterised in that the displacement distance of the component movement (10a, b, ...) corresponds to the angle of the deflection of the actuating member, in particular the actuating wheel (1a, b, ...) out of the zero position.
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