EP2412500B1 - Une perceuse pour le bois comprenant un système d'alimentation pour paneaux amélioré - Google Patents

Une perceuse pour le bois comprenant un système d'alimentation pour paneaux amélioré Download PDF

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EP2412500B1
EP2412500B1 EP11175042.8A EP11175042A EP2412500B1 EP 2412500 B1 EP2412500 B1 EP 2412500B1 EP 11175042 A EP11175042 A EP 11175042A EP 2412500 B1 EP2412500 B1 EP 2412500B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27M—WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES
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  • the present invention refers to the field of woodworking and in particular it concerns a feeding device for moving panels in a drilling machine.
  • the piece of furniture is assembled starting from panels, preferably made from solid wood or chipboard, having standard sizes and pre-processed with the slits, grooves and holes necessary for the connection with other panels, and also provided with finishing details, locks and other accessories in general.
  • panels preferably made from solid wood or chipboard, having standard sizes and pre-processed with the slits, grooves and holes necessary for the connection with other panels, and also provided with finishing details, locks and other accessories in general.
  • holes are drilled so as to allow for the insertion of pins, the fastening of the hinge elements to the doors, or to allow for the arrangement of the locks and/or handles.
  • Such workings on the panels are carried out on numerical control workstations commonly known with the name "point-to-point drilling machines".
  • the drilling machine is programmed with the mapping of the slits and holes to be made on the panel, which is displaced so as to translate on a plane inside the machine, positioning itself in correspondence with a tool-bearing head movable (at least) along a direction that is orthogonal with the aforementioned plane.
  • pneumatically operated pincers are normally used, being capable of gripping and holding the panel which is transported and positioned in correspondence of the various drilling steps that are managed by the numerical control.
  • This type of feeding although effective and very common, involves nonetheless a number of problems.
  • the run of the pincer along the feeding direction is limited (generally the run is of about one metre, or slightly longer), due both to bulk and structural reasons. Consequently, when the panel is longer than the maximum run of the pincer, the machine must stop its working cycle, and the panel need be locked, while the pincer is disengaged, returns to its run start point, and grabs the panel again to proceed further with the subsequent drilling steps. Clearly, this operation is rather lengthy, and requires the panel to be grabbed many times. Therefore, in addition to the long working time and to the waste of energy, there is also the risk of damaging the finishing of the surface of the panel, when delicate surfaces like lacquered or enamelled boards are being processed.
  • a further problem in connection with the above described grabbing of the panel with a pincer is the following: when a hole to be formed is in a position occupied by the pincer, there is again a problem of mutually repositioning the pincer and the panel. This is a particularly serious problem when small sized panels are worked, since the fraction of surface occupied by the pincer, with respect to the overall panel surface, is significant.
  • a further problem is related to the fact that, when the processing to be carried out comprises the use of a disk-type milling cutter, for example to form a groove, if the panel has a length that exceeds the maximum run of the pincer, the panel is grabbed again by the pincer either with the tool remaining inserted in the groove under formation, or before lowering the tool and reinserting it in the groove. In both cases, in the point of contact with the tool, a scratching in the surface of the panel is formed. The result is a panel that does not have the desired finishing quality, being thus aesthetically unsatisfactory, and causes an economic detriment (since the damaged panel has lesser value).
  • EP1405693 discloses a known woodworking drilling machine with a single belt feeder.
  • the feeder is upstream of the drilling station and requires the provision and cooperation with a second transportation system making use of a pincer device.
  • This machine has basically the same drawbacks mentioned above.
  • a known system according to the preamble of attached claim 1 is disclosed in DE37132260 .
  • the object of the present invention is therefore that of solving the aforementioned problems by providing a drilling machine with a compact and efficient feeding device, in particular in connection with working speed and productivity, irrespective of the dimensions of the panel.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a drilling machine with a panel feeding device that involves a reduced displacement of mass, and that is easier to control with respect to known systems.
  • a feeding device is integrated in a drilling machine or numerical control workstation for processing, and in particular for drilling, wooden panels (and/or the like) intended for the production of furniture.
  • the overall characteristics of the drilling device are in accordance with the prior art; the machine, therefore, is neither illustrated nor described in detail.
  • the drilling device comprises a feeding or insertion channel 1 of a wooden panel P to be processed on a working plane, typically, like in the example, horizontal.
  • the panel P (shown only schematically in figure 5 ) moves on said plane according to a loading and feeding direction X inside the drilling machine, until it becomes positioned in a working area of a tool-bearing head of a drilling unit (indicated with reference numeral 4 and visible in figures 2 and 6 ).
  • the unit is placed below the feeding plane, so as to drill the panel itself.
  • the operation of the drilling unit is controlled by a numerical control system that, following a pre-programmed mapping of the holes and other workings to be made, drives the same unit; figure 1 shows generic interface means 100 of the numerical control (such as a screen and a keypad).
  • the drilling unit as mentioned, is positioned below the working plane and comprises a mounting head for the drill bits (or tools in general) which can be reciprocated from below towards the panel, so as to obtain a consequent advancement motion of the tool (the opposite movement corresponding to a tool return motion).
  • the insertion channel 1 is delimited sideways, i.e. along the sides parallel to the feeding and loading direction X, by a feeding device according to the invention comprising a fixed feeder 2 and a movable stop device 3; the latter is adapted to translate along a transversal direction Y that is perpendicular to said feeding and loading direction X, so as to reduce the distance (considered along said transversal direction Y) with the fixed feeder 2 and, therefore, to reduce the transversal spacing of the feeding device; in this way, the device can be adjusted in accordance with the width of the panel P to be processed.
  • the fixed feeder and the movable stop device have guide members 20 and 30, respectively, which linearly extend along the feeding direction X.
  • These guides are mounted so as to partially project outside the drilling device (and in particular from the channel 1); accordingly, they act as a support for the panel during the insertion inside the machine and assist the staff in the panel feeding operations.
  • the guides 20 and 30, in pairs arranged in a square-like fashion, are provided with rollers, or other analogous elements for reducing friction, so that the panel P, once it is supported by the guides themselves, can be pushed inside the channel until it engages with engagement and feeding means provided on the fixed feeder 2.
  • engagement and feeding means comprise a toothed belt 21 which acts from the above on the panel to be drilled, along one side thereof, under the effect of first pressing means.
  • first pressing means comprise a lever system, such as, for example, a pantograph system 22 actuated, again purely as an example, by a pneumatic cylinder 23.
  • the cylinder 23, through the pantograph system 22, thus makes it possible to exert a pressure on the belt that is sufficient to keep the hold with the panel and to prevent a relative sliding between the belt itself and the panel.
  • the panel P is pressed on the roller guide 20, said pressure also exerting a force that opposes the drilling thrust by the drilling tool.
  • the drilling unit is positioned below the working plane, and most of the drilling operations are carried out with an upwards motion and consequent thrust.
  • the opposing force that the pantograph lever system exerts is thus necessary in order to keep the panel P on the working plane and simultaneously promotes the correct execution of the drilling or milling procedures.
  • Feeding means such as an electric motor 24, e.g. a brushless motor or another analogous type of motor, controlled by the numerical control system of the drilling machine, drive the belt 21 into motion, thus transporting the panel P along the feeding and loading direction X, making it take up, step by step, the various work positions in correspondence with the drill bit or cutting blade tools, so that the processes can be carried out in the exact desired position.
  • an electric motor 24 e.g. a brushless motor or another analogous type of motor
  • the numerical control system of the drilling machine controlled by the numerical control system of the drilling machine, drive the belt 21 into motion, thus transporting the panel P along the feeding and loading direction X, making it take up, step by step, the various work positions in correspondence with the drill bit or cutting blade tools, so that the processes can be carried out in the exact desired position.
  • the belt 21 winds up on rollers 25 (smooth so as to ensure that permanent angles are not formed over the belt), including a drive roller 25a fed by the motor 24, projecting from a movable plate 2a.
  • the plate 2a supports, on the opposite side with respect to that of the belt, the brushless motor 24.
  • the rollers are arranged so as to follow - and thus making the belt take on - a substantially overturned U-shaped path, defining a central recess which prevents the risk of interfering with the working tools, in particular as far as sideways drilling operations are concerned.
  • a further pressing cylinder 27 is fixed to the movable plate 2a inside the path of the overturned U-shaped belt; this second pressure means 27, acting in turn with pressure on the panel through own idler rollers 27a, and pressing the same panel centrally, against the roller guides 20, exerts a further improved contrast to the vertical drilling operations.
  • the plate 2a is, as a whole, driven by the pantograph system 22 and is thus mobile along an axis Z that is orthogonal with respect to the plane XY.
  • the belt faces towards the loading channel 1, so as to be able to contact the panel to be processed.
  • An analogous rear plate 2b is placed parallel to the fixed plate 2a and is spaced from it, enough to allow both the pantograph leverage 22 and the pneumatic cylinder 23 to be housed in the gap thus obtained.
  • the rear plate is steadily fixed, and the cylinder 23 is integrally mounted on it. Brackets 26 project from the rear plate 2b so as to allow the feeder unit to be fixed to the frame of the machine.
  • the movable stop device 3 ( figure 5 ) is analogously equipped with second pressing means like a pantograph lever system 32 actuated in the direction Z by a pneumatic cylinder 33, so as to push a series of rollers 31 on the panel P, along the side opposite to that for engagement with the belt 21 of the fixed feeder 2. This opposite side of the panel becomes thus engaged between the rollers 31 and the guide 30.
  • the entire group of the movable stop device 3 is slidable, manually driven through a handle 35, along the direction Y, on sliders 36 supported along guides 37 ( figure 2 ).
  • the handle 35 makes it possible for a staff worker, in charge of the loading/unloading operations, to grip the drilling device.
  • the rollers 31 are in this case idle (since they are not controlled by an actuator, be it electrical or mechanical) and, by contacting the panel P, make it possible to press it against the lower member of the pair of guides 30, so as to stabilize the engagement and feeding action.
  • a further pair of pressure rollers 39 is provided, actuated by a pressure cylinder (not visible in the figures).
  • the rollers 39 are arranged, as shown in figure 5 , in a central position with respect to the idler rollers 31, and, in normal conditions, are lifted from the panel, being lowered to come into contact with it only when an abutment opposing the drilling force generated along the axis Z is required.
  • the movement of the movable stop device can also be of the automatic type instead of manual, for example controlled electronically by the same numerical control which manages the workstation.
  • electronic control means can also equip the fixed feeder, for example, to control the movement of the pantograph lever system.
  • respective protection elements 28 and 38 prevent the accidental insertion of hands or fingers of a worker inside the feeding device.
  • the invention makes it possible to obtain a continuous movement of the panel, and thus to efficiently feed the panel without interruptions regardless of the dimensions, with the use of a single feeder equipped with a belt (that is, the fixed feeder 2), considerably simplifying the feeding system of the machine, without needing complex transmission systems and thus also with a substantial reduction of inaccuracies due to mechanical plays.
  • the operation is completely efficient thanks to the movable stop device 3 which allows for the necessary containment to be obtained, so that the panel P can be transported in a correct and stable manner.

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  1. Machine de perçage pour la menuiserie comprenant un canal de chargement (1) définissant un plan de travail (XY) et une direction d'alimentation et de chargement (X) d'un panneau (P) à traiter, une unité de perçage (4) étant agencé pour fonctionner en correspondance avec ledit plan de travail (XY), ladite unité de perçage (4) étant adaptée pour s'approcher et s'éloigner dudit panneau (P) placé sur ledit plan de travail (XY), la machine comprenant un dispositif d'alimentation pour charger ledit panneau le long de ladite direction d'alimentation et de chargement, ledit dispositif d'alimentation comprenant un seul dispositif d'alimentation fixe (2) avec une courroie (21) disposée sur un côté dudit canal de chargement parallèle à ladite direction d'alimentation et de chargement (X), le dispositif d'alimentation (2), comprenant des premiers moyens de pression (22, 23) adaptés pour presser ladite courroie (21) contre ledit panneau le long d'un axe (Z) orthogonal audit plan de travail (XY), dans lequel ladite courroie (21) suit une trajectoire sensiblement en forme de U renversé définissant un évidement central adapté pour éviter toute interférence avec les outils de travail, caractérisée en ce que ledit dispositif d'alimentation fixe (2) comprend une pluralité de rouleaux (25) autour desquels s'enroule ladite courroie (21), lesdits rouleaux faisant saillie à partir d'une plaque mobile (2a), lesdits premiers moyens de pression (22, 23) comprenant des moyens d'actionnement (23) montés sur une plaque fixe (2b) et entraînant ladite plaque mobile (2a) par l'intermédiaire d'un moyen de transmission comprenant un système de levier (22) disposé entre lesdites deux plaques.
  2. La machine de perçage selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit dispositif d'alimentation comprend en outre un dispositif d'arrêt mobile (3) disposé sur le côté opposé dudit canal de chargement (1) par rapport audit dispositif d'alimentation fixe (2), ledit dispositif d'arrêt mobile (3) comprenant des seconds moyens de pression (32, 33, 31) agissant sur ledit panneau le long dudit axe (Z).
  3. La machine de perçage selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle la position dudit dispositif d'arrêt mobile (3) est réglable le long d'une direction transversale (Y) perpendiculaire à ladite direction d'alimentation et de chargement (X).
  4. La machine de perçage selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle ledit dispositif d'arrêt mobile (3) comprend une poignée (35) pour permettre la préhension et l'entraînement, par une action manuelle, dudit dispositif d'arrêt le long de ladite direction transversale (Y).
  5. La machine de perçage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle ledit dispositif d'alimentation fixe (2) comprend en outre un moteur électrique sans balais (24) fixé à ladite plaque mobile (2a) et entraînant un rouleau d'entraînement (25a) desdits rouleaux (25).
  6. La machine de perçage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans laquelle lesdits seconds moyens de pression comprennent un vérin pneumatique (33), une pluralité de rouleaux montés fous (31) déplacés le long dudit axe (Z) par ledit vérin pneumatique (33) afin d'être pressés contre ledit panneau par l'intermédiaire d'un système de transmission à levier en pantographe (32), lesdits rouleaux monté fous (31) étant agencés linéairement le long de ladite direction d'alimentation et de chargement (X).
  7. La machine de perçage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, dans laquelle ledit élément d'arrêt mobile (3) et ledit dispositif d'alimentation fixe (2) comportent des rouleaux de guidage (20, 30) couplés et agencés en carré, lesdits rouleaux de guidage s'étendant de manière linéaire le long de ladite direction d'alimentation et de chargement (X), lesdits rouleaux de guidage étant adaptés pour fournir un support inférieur et latéral audit panneau.
  8. La machine de perçage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle des moyens de pression supplémentaires (27, 27a, 39) pour exercer une force de pression centrale sur ledit panneau (P) contre lesdits guides (20, 30), sont agencés respectivement sur ledit dispositif d'alimentation (2) et ledit élément d'arrêt mobile (3).
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