EP1536916B1 - Eine inhärent ausgeglichene spindel für werkzeugköpfe zum eichen, glätten oder polieren von steinplatten und/oder von keramikfliesen - Google Patents

Eine inhärent ausgeglichene spindel für werkzeugköpfe zum eichen, glätten oder polieren von steinplatten und/oder von keramikfliesen Download PDF

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EP1536916B1
EP1536916B1 EP03727953A EP03727953A EP1536916B1 EP 1536916 B1 EP1536916 B1 EP 1536916B1 EP 03727953 A EP03727953 A EP 03727953A EP 03727953 A EP03727953 A EP 03727953A EP 1536916 B1 EP1536916 B1 EP 1536916B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B41/00—Component parts such as frames, beds, carriages, headstocks
    • B24B41/005—Feeding or manipulating devices specially adapted to grinding machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B27/00—Other grinding machines or devices
    • B24B27/0084—Other grinding machines or devices the grinding wheel support being angularly adjustable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B41/00—Component parts such as frames, beds, carriages, headstocks
    • B24B41/04—Headstocks; Working-spindles; Features relating thereto
    • B24B41/042—Balancing mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B41/00—Component parts such as frames, beds, carriages, headstocks
    • B24B41/04—Headstocks; Working-spindles; Features relating thereto
    • B24B41/047—Grinding heads for working on plane surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B7/00—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor
    • B24B7/20—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground
    • B24B7/22—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground for grinding inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain

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  • the invention relates to a spindle for tool heads used in calibrating, smoothing or polishing natural stone slabs and/or ceramic tiles, as per the preamble of claim 1.
  • a spindle for tool heads used in calibrating, smoothing or polishing natural stone slabs and/or ceramic tiles, as per the preamble of claim 1.
  • An example of such a spindle is disclosed by GB 2 226 783 A.
  • spindles adapted to hold a variety of rotary tool heads with their pivot axis normal to a work surface.
  • the spindle is rotated through a belt drive, which means that an electric motor must be mounted with its centerline parallel to the rotation axis of the spindle.
  • the center of gravity of the assembly comprised of the spindle, motor and rotary head, operated for rotational and feed movements relative to the work surface, has to be placed far from the spindle axis. This results in the assembly becoming susceptible to vibrations transmitted by abrasive tools to said head and finally supported by the supporting structure to which said spindle is fixed.
  • a second problem occurs in known prior art spindles when mounting the spindle on said supporting structure.
  • Said structure is made of conveniently bent and welded sheet and it has said spindle lock slot to be fitted with the correct position required by the material working; it is thus necessary to correctly position said spindle on said supporting structure and it is known in the art to side-shim the locking flange of said spindle tubular pan to said structure, so as to adjust small construction differences or errors of said metal supporting structure.
  • Said operation is difficult and it requires a considerable testing with following attempts to achieve the correct lie and position required by the spindle axis.
  • the underlying technical problem of this invention is to provide a spindle assembly for abrasive machining, wherein the spindle, motor and tool head combination is inherently balanced and the spindle/tool head axis can be readily set relative to the work surface in a reliable manner.
  • a spindle for tool heads used in calibrating, smoothing or polishing natural stone slabs and/or ceramic tiles, having the features of claim 1.
  • the electric motors rate equally as to power and torque, have their centerlines arranged symmetrically, and have respective pinion gears in mesh engagement with the gear wheel keyed to the spindle shaft.
  • the body of the spindle is coaxial with said cylinder actuator and connected rigidly to the piston rod of the cylinder.
  • the spindle body is bored and holds the spindle shaft rotatively, said spindle body forming the piston rod of said spindle-setting cylinder actuator.
  • the bottom chamber of said cylinder actuator has a larger working area than the top chamber overlying the cylinder piston.
  • the advantages of this invention are: the masses involved in the spindle holding abrasive tool heads are balanced such that the spindle center of gravity lies on the axis of the spindle itself and the overall mass is adequate to dampen vibration. This results in lessened transfer of vibration from the tooling to the spindle shaft, the vibration being more easily taken up by the metal supporting structure because unamplified by any offset mass.
  • the aligned cylinder actuator by having its piston rod coincident with the spindle body, allows a more compact design, more reliable construction, more convenient servicing, and does away with outward projecting lugs from the spindle bodv.
  • the increased mass of the spindle, head, reduction gear, and electric motors effectively increases the inertia of the spindle assembly for greatly improved self-dressing of the abrasive tools.
  • the thrust from the cylinder is counterbalanced, directed along the spindle axis, and adequate to take said mass of the spindle assembly and withstand the pressure on the material by virtue of the differential cylinder design and the controlled air pressure.
  • tubular housing for holding the spindle securely on the metal support structure allows, through the upper spherical support and the spherical guide at the other end, the directional setting of the abrasive tool head to be achieved readily and precisely, thereby to accommodate errors or inaccuracies of the metal structure advantageously-constructed by welding.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic axial section view of the inventive spindle driven off standard electric motors and having its shaft bored to allow the water supply line therethrough;
  • Figure 2 is a schematic sectional view of the coupling of said motors to the spindle shaft;
  • Figure 3 is a schematic sectional view of the cylinder actuator incorporated to the spindle body;
  • Figure 4 is a schematic sectional view of the spindle-holding tubular housing as assembled to the supporting structure.
  • Shown at 1 in Figure 1 is the spindle carrying the abrasive tool head, not shown, and at 2 the metal structure of the machine tool for calibrating, smoothing and polishing slabs of granite, hard stone, marble, or possibly hard-fired porcelain tiles.
  • the spindle is attached to the structure 2 through the swinging tubular housing 3 provided with a spherical ring 4 that bears through a flange 5 on an added ring 6, also spherical in shape, which is attached to said metal supporting structure 2 of the machine tool.
  • the flange 5 is secured by screws 7, and the other end of the tubular housing 3 is guided by the spherical band 8 of the tubular housing being in contact with the cylindrical seat 9 of the metal supporting structure 2.
  • the tubular housing 3, and with it the spindle 1 is further secured by the elastic fastening arrangement 10 acting on the added flange 11 at the latter end of the tubular housing.
  • Figure 1 also shows that the body 12 of the spindle 1 can slide along its axis and is provided with a piston 13 movable inside the cylinder liner 14, having at one end an integral cap 15 and at the other end the added cap 16 that acts as a tubular slideway for said body.
  • the flange 17 is clamped onto said body 12 to cover said tubular slideway of said added cap 16 with a tube 18.
  • a tongue 19 intervening between said tubular slideway and the tube 18 allows mutual sliding movement and inhibits rotation.
  • Fast with the flange 17 is the body of the reduction gearbox 20 that carries the electric motors 21, the latter being attached to the cover 22 of the reduction gearbox by means of set rings 23.
  • the electric motors are provided each with a pinion gear 24 that is keyed to their shaft to mesh with the center wheel 25, itself keyed to the hub 26 of the bored shaft 27.
  • FIG. 1 shown in Figure 1 is a drilled sleeve 28 set coaxially with the shaft 27 to allow a water supply line 29 therethrough that leads to the abrasive tool head.
  • the drilled shaft is rigid with the face joint 30 to the shaft of the spindle 31, also drilled through, at the opposite end whereof said abrasive tool head, not shown, is mounted.
  • the head is conventionally mounted detachably on the end flange 32 of the shaft of the spindle 31 for rotation therewith.
  • the reaction pin abuts the detent 33 that is rigid with the spindle body 12 for axial sliding movement therewith, so as to transmit the necessary torque to said head.
  • Figure 3 shows the seals 34 for the end caps 15 and 16 of the cylinder actuator 35 in which the piston 13 is slidable, the piston being provided with a seal 36.
  • the cylinder 35 is supplied a working fluid, advantageously air, in either direction through a line 37 in communication with the bottom chamber 38 having a larger working area, and through a line 39 communicated to the top chamber 40 having a smaller working area.
  • the working area differential is obtained by reducing the diameter of the body 12 in the bottom chamber 38, with regards to the diameter of said body in top chamber 40.
  • the screws 7 used for securing the flange 5 of the tubular housing 3 are passed through clearance holes to thread into wide washers 41; the clearance in the holes being ample to allow the fasteners to be tightened even when a substantial tilt angle exists between the metal structure 2 and the tubular housing 3.
  • Figure 4 shows the slant setting 42 afforded for the tubular housing 3, and hence the spindle 1 with the tool head, relative to the metal supporting structure 2 in order to accommodate assembling inaccuracies in the metal parts of the structure 2.
  • the spindle assembly 1 is mounted on the metal supporting structure 2 by inserting the tubular housing 3 into the structure 2 and, after a precise setting is achieved, tightening the screws 7.
  • the screws are tightened to secure the tubular housing in a possibly slanted position 42 by swinging movement about the ball joint 4 between the flange 5 of the tubular housing and the ring 6 affixed to the structure 2.
  • the spherical band 8 allows the tubular housing to be set at said position 42 without losing contact with the cylindrical surface of the seat 9 to which it is attached. This end connection is enhanced by the elastic fasteners 10 acting on the tubular housing 3 through the added flange 11 to which it is rigidly connected.
  • the spindle is driven through the center gear wheel 25, which is keyed to the hub 26 of the hollow shaft 27.
  • the electric motors 21 are standard motors, since the coolant supply line 29 to the tooling is not passed through the motors 21.
  • the mass distribution is inherently balanced by having two or more motors 21 placed at equal intervals around the position circumference of the pinion gears 24 keyed to the respective motor shaft.
  • the cylinder actuator 35 is operated to feed the rotary head toward the slab workpiece by supplying the pressurized fluid, advantageously air, into one of the chambers on either side of the piston 13.
  • a small pressure in the bottom chamber 38 of larger area will raise the spindle assembly to a "floating" position, accommodating the substantial mass of the assembly of the spindle 1 over the work material.
  • a controlled pressure in the top chamber 40 will urge the rotary tool head toward and against the surface of the material being processed, thereby adjusting the working pressure exerted on the material for the desired value.
  • This substantial mass having considerable inertia, dampens vibration and slows down the "floated" assembly to produce a constant working pressure on the work surface that effectively improves the abrasive tool self-dressing feature.
  • the cylinder actuator 35 is positioned under a high pressure, and the working depth is set externally by means of a conventional micrometric adjuster, not shown.
  • the cylinder actuator 35 when held in the position shown under said pressure, allows the tool to be quickly moved away from the work material as the calibrating process is discontinued.

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  1. Spindel für Werkzeugköpfe zum Kalibrieren, Glätten und Polieren von Natursteinplatten und/oder Keramikfliesen, umfassend: ein rohrförmiges Gehäuse (3), in dem der Spindelkörper bewegbar angeordnet ist, wobei der Spindelkörper eine Welle (31) umfasst, die einen drehenden abrasiven Werkzeugkopf an einem Ende (32, 33) trägt; einen Zylinder-Aktuator zum Einstellen der Position des Spindelkörpers und des zugeordneten Werkzeugkopfes bezogen auf eine metallene Halteanordnung (2); einen elektrischen Motor (21) zum Drehen der Spindel (1) und einen Antrieb, der den Motor mit der Spindelwelle verbindet; wobei das rohrförmige Gehäuse (3) um eine sphärische Fläche (4) geschwenkt werden kann, die einen Endflansch (5) des rohrförmigen Gehäuses (3) trägt, während das andere Ende ein sphärisches Führungsband (8) zum Führen des letztgenannten Endes an einer passenden zylindrischen Fläche (9) aufweist, und eine Befestigungseinrichtung (7, 10) zum Arretieren des rohrförmigen Gehäuses (3) und der Spindel (1) in einer bestimmten Position beinhaltet; wobei die Befestigungseinrichtung Schrauben (7) umfasst, die durch Durchgangslöcher in dem Endflansch (5) greifen und mit großen Unterlegscheiben (41) zusammenwirken, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Befestigungseinrichtung elastische Befestigungsmittel (10) für einen zweiten Flansch (11) umfassen, der dem anderen Ende des rohrförmigen Gehäuses (3) hinzugefügt ist.
  2. Spindel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Spindelkörper (12) der Spindel (1) koaxial (35) zum Zylinder-Aktuator angeordnet und fest mit dessen Kolbenstange verbunden ist.
  3. Spindel nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Spindelkörper (12) gebohrt ist und die Spindelwelle (27, 31) rotierend hält, wobei der Spindelkörper die Kolbenstange des die Spindel einstellenden Zylinder-Aktuators (35) bildet.
  4. Spindel nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Zylinder-Aktuator (35) eine untere Kammer (38) mit einer größeren Arbeitsfläche als die obere Kammer (40) aufweist, die den Zylinderkolben (13) abdeckt.
  5. Spindel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Motor- und Antriebskombination durch zwei oder mehr Motoren (21) ersetzt ist, die antriebsmäßig mit der Spindelwelle (27) durch Getriebemittel (24, 25) verbunden sind, die angeordnet sind, deren Masse und deren Antriebsmoment gleichmäßig zu verteilen und auch zu ermöglichen, dass die Kühlmittelzuführungsleitung (29) zu dem Kopfwerkzeug durch das hohle Innere der Spindelwelle (31) verläuft, wobei gewöhnliche elektrische Motoren (21) verwendet werden.
  6. Spindel nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die elektrischen Motoren hinsichtlich Leistung und Drehmoment gleich ausgelegt sind, deren Mittellinien symmetrisch angeordnet sind und entsprechende Antriebszahnräder (24) in kämmendem Eingriff mit einem Zahnrad (25) aufweisen, das mit der Spindelwelle (27) verkeilt ist.
  7. Spindel nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Stirnverbindung (30) zwischen einem ersten gebohrten Wellenabschnitt (27), der mit den elektrischen Motoren über den Zahnradantrieb (24, 25) verbunden ist, und der gebohrten Spindelwelle (31) vorgesehen ist, die den abrasiven Werkzeugkopf hält.
EP03727953A 2002-05-20 2003-05-15 Eine inhärent ausgeglichene spindel für werkzeugköpfe zum eichen, glätten oder polieren von steinplatten und/oder von keramikfliesen Expired - Lifetime EP1536916B1 (de)

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IT2002MO000135A ITMO20020135A1 (it) 2002-05-20 2002-05-20 Mandrino intrinsecamente equilibrato portante teste di calibratura, levigatura o lucidatura di materiali lapidei naturali e piastrelle ceram
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