GB1349187A - Apparatus for and method of tool selection - Google Patents

Apparatus for and method of tool selection

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Publication number
GB1349187A
GB1349187A GB2487971*A GB2487971A GB1349187A GB 1349187 A GB1349187 A GB 1349187A GB 2487971 A GB2487971 A GB 2487971A GB 1349187 A GB1349187 A GB 1349187A
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Prior art keywords
tool
conveyer
switches
sequentially
positions
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GB2487971*A
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Ex-Cell-O Corp
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Ex-Cell-O Corp
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Publication of GB1349187A publication Critical patent/GB1349187A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/18—Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
    • G05B19/182—Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by the machine tool function, e.g. thread cutting, cam making, tool direction control
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/50—Machine tool, machine tool null till machine tool work handling
    • G05B2219/50253—Selection tool
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T483/00—Tool changing
    • Y10T483/13—Tool changing with control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor
    • Y10T483/132—Responsive to tool identifying information
    • Y10T483/134—Identifying information on tool or tool holder
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T483/00—Tool changing
    • Y10T483/18—Tool transfer to or from matrix
    • Y10T483/1873—Indexing matrix
    • Y10T483/1891—Chain or belt

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Automatic Assembly (AREA)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Automatic Tool Replacement In Machine Tools (AREA)

Abstract

1349187 Tool changers EX-CELL-O CORP 19 April 1971 [20 March 1970] 24879/71 Heading B3B [Also in Division G3] A method of tool selection comprises placing a plurality of tools having code numbers sequentially in a tool load position 26 on a conveyer 12 having a plurality of tool positions 24 to thereby load the conveyer; setting the code numbers of the tools on identification switches operably associated with each of the tool positions on the conveyers; moving the conveyer to move the tool positions 24 sequentially through a tool pick-up position 30 and sequentially interrogating by means of a selector switch 26 driven synchronously with the conveyer the identification switches as the tool positions 24 pass the pick-up position 30; and stopping movement of the conveyer when the identification switch associated with a desired tool is interrogated. The switches comprise manually settable thumb wheel switches, e.g. (72) (Fig. 2, not shown) having digits set in a binary code. The switches, one for each tool position, are connected to contacts of a first rotary selector switch 36 so that each one is interrogated sequentially. A second rotary selector switch 38 illuminates lights, e.g. (124) in sequence to identify the switch to be set when a tool is placed in a tool position at the tool load position 26. The selector switches are driven in synchronism with the conveyer 12 at one revolution per revolution of the conveyer, and a motor control cam 136 is driven at one revolution per tool position movement of the conveyer. The drive motor 14 is initially slowed down before final positioning of a tool at pick-up position 30.
GB2487971*A 1970-03-20 1971-04-19 Apparatus for and method of tool selection Expired GB1349187A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US2141970A 1970-03-20 1970-03-20

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GB1349187A true GB1349187A (en) 1974-03-27

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US (1) US3716128A (en)
JP (1) JPS5516777B1 (en)
CA (1) CA932129A (en)
DE (1) DE2112850A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1349187A (en)

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US4484288A (en) * 1981-11-27 1984-11-20 Cissell Manufacturing Company Conveyor control
US4933074A (en) * 1988-11-10 1990-06-12 The Boeing Company Article singulating system and method
US5139150A (en) * 1988-11-10 1992-08-18 The Boeing Company Article sorting apparatus and method
US4923067A (en) * 1988-11-10 1990-05-08 The Boeing Company Automated drill sorting system and method
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US5033071A (en) * 1989-02-24 1991-07-16 The Boeing Company Material composition analyzer and method
US5493352A (en) * 1994-05-12 1996-02-20 Eastman Kodak Company Film cartridge magazine
US5475464A (en) * 1994-05-12 1995-12-12 Eastman Kodak Company Smart film cartridge magazine
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US2990049A (en) * 1958-08-07 1961-06-27 John P Frank Indexing and reading system
US3138235A (en) * 1961-03-21 1964-06-23 Floyd E Collette Conveyor control mechanism
DE1552431C3 (en) * 1966-09-13 1980-02-28 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Arrangement for automatic tool changing

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US3716128A (en) 1973-02-13
DE2112850A1 (en) 1971-12-16
JPS5516777B1 (en) 1980-05-07
CA932129A (en) 1973-08-21

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee