JP2000246364A - Method and device for processing plate material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize an installation space and reduce installation costs by discharging a rear side work left in a plate material processing device after separation, and dispensing with installation of a shear or the like. SOLUTION: A processing head 31 which can move in a direction orthogonal to one axial direction is installed to a main body frame 3, and a first work table 33 is installed on one side of one axial direction and a second work table 35 is on the other side within a moving area of the processing head 31. Also, first and second work movement positioning devices 43, 45 are installed on the first and second work tables 33, 35. An adsorption device 75 is installed for adsorbing and transferring a rear side work WB being cut by the processing head 31. Thereby, different from the conventional one, a shear or the like does not have to be installed, so that installation costs can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet material processing method and apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus as shown in FIG. 11 is generally used to cut out a product smaller than a minimum work capable of clamping a work in a punching machine.

[0003] That is, a work W which has been drilled by a punching machine 201 is placed on a front table 205 of a shearing machine 203, and one edge of the work W is clamped by a clamp 207 to form the shearing machine 203. Send inside. Then, the desired cutting position of the work W is positioned at the shear position of the shearing machine 203, the cutting process is performed, and the work W is divided and cut out as a product. Reference numeral 209 denotes a rear table.

FIG. 12 shows this configuration. That is, the holed workpiece W is transferred to the shearing machine 203.
Is divided into _three products W ₁ , W ₂ and W ₃ .

[0005]

In the above-described conventional work dividing means, after a desired punching process is performed on the work W by the punching machine 201, the work W is grasped by the clamp 207 and the shearing machine is used. 20
Since the cutting process is performed at No. 3, a cutting error occurs because the workpiece W is gripped.

In addition to the punching machine 201, a shearing machine 203 and front and rear tables 205, 2 are provided.
09, equipment for the clamp 207 is required, which increases the installation space and the installation cost. Further, when the product is separated by the punching machine 201, the rear work cut off on the tool block side remains, and it is impossible to carry out the rear work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to carry out a rear work remaining in a plate material processing apparatus after separation and to eliminate the need for installing a shearing machine or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide an intended plate material processing method and apparatus therefor.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet material processing method according to the first aspect of the present invention, comprising the steps of: providing a main body frame with a processing head comprising a mold movable in a direction orthogonal to a uniaxial direction; A first work movement positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the first work table is provided on one side in the one axis direction in the movement area of the processing head, and the work on the second work table is moved and positioned on the other side in the one axis direction. (A) a work placed on the first work table is gripped by a first work clamp of the first work movement positioning device, and The workpiece is loaded into the processing head, subjected to the desired punching, and then separated and the desired cutting position of the workpiece is positioned at the position of the die. Work positioning step of gripping by the second second workpiece clamping of the workpiece moving and positioning device,
(B) a work separating step of separating the work by operating the separating mold after the work positioning step is completed, (C)
After the work separating step, the second work moving and positioning device that clamps the separated work is unclamped after moving to a predetermined position, and the second work table is driven to unload the front work. Process,
(D) When the separated rear work has a length that cannot be gripped by the second work clamp together with the front work unloading step, the work is provided on the machining head or the second work movement positioning device and is moved in the uniaxial direction. A rear work unloading step of releasing the suction of the suction device after being sucked by the movable suction device and carried out onto the second work table; and (E) a second work table after the rear work unloading process is completed. And a rear work unloading step of driving the rear work to unload the rear work.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plate processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein a main body frame is provided with a processing head comprising a mold movable in a direction orthogonal to the one axis direction, and one side of the processing head moving area in one axis direction. A first work movement positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the first work table is provided on the other side, and a second work movement positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the second work table is provided on the other side in the one axial direction; On the upper part of the front surface in a direction orthogonal to the one axis direction of the processing head, an operation drive device that can move in one axis direction, and a suction device that can move up and down for sucking a rear work separated by the operation drive device. It is characterized by being provided.

Therefore, by using the plate material processing method and apparatus according to the present invention according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, a suction device for suction-transporting a rear work separated by a processing head, and the suction device And an actuation drive device for moving the actuator in one axis direction.

Thus, the rear work can be sucked and carried out by the suction device, so that it is not necessary to separately install a shearing machine or the like, and the installation space can be reduced and the installation cost can be reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plate processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein a main body frame is provided with a processing head comprising a mold movable in a direction orthogonal to the one axis direction, and one side of the processing head moving area in one axis direction. A first work movement positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the first work table, and a second work movement positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the second work table on the other side in the one axial direction; (2) The work movement positioning device is provided with an operation drive device that can be extended and contracted in one axial direction with respect to the first work movement positioning device, and a vertically movable suction device that suctions a rear work separated at a tip of the operation drive device. A device is provided.

Therefore, the second work movement positioning device is provided with an operation drive device which can be extended and contracted in one axial direction, and a suction device for sucking and conveying the separated rear work is provided at the tip of the operation drive device.

Thus, the rear work can be suctioned and carried out by the suction device, and there is no need to separately install a shearing machine or the like, so that the installation space can be reduced and the installation cost can be reduced.

Still further, in the plate processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, in the plate processing apparatus according to the second or third aspect, the first work table is configured by implanting a plurality of brushes on a table, and the second work table is configured by the second work table. The table is characterized in that a plurality of brushes are implanted on the outer circumference of a plurality of rotating rollers.

Therefore, a plurality of brushes are planted on the first work table, and a plurality of brushes are also planted on the rotating roller of the second work table. Thus, smooth conveyance can be performed without flaws on the back surface of the work.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a punching machine 1 is an upright portal-shaped main body frame 3
The main body frame 3 has a lower frame 5 and an upper frame 7 integrated with a side frame. A C-shaped frame 9 is movably mounted between the lower frame 5 and the upper frame 7, and a plurality of dies D and punches P are mounted on the upper and lower sides of the C-shaped frame 9 in a grid pattern. The die block 11 and the punch block 13 are provided so as to be opposed to each other and freely movable in the Y-axis direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1, direction orthogonal to the drawing in FIG. 2, left-right direction in FIG. 3).

As shown in FIG. 3, a ball screw 15 extending in the Y-axis direction is screwed to the punch block 13 via a nut member (not shown). Is connected to a Y-axis drive motor 17.

With the above configuration, when the Y-axis drive motor 17 is driven, the ball screw 15 is rotated, so that the punch block 13 is moved in the Y-axis direction via the nut member. Since the die block 11 is attached to the C-shaped frame 9 and is slidable on the lower frame 5, the die block 11 is also moved through the C-shaped frame 9 along with the movement of the punch block 13 in the Y-axis direction.
It will be moved in the axial direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper frame 7 has the X-axis and Y-axis positioned above the punches P mounted on the punch block 13 in a grid pattern. A ram drive device 21 having a ram device 19 movable in the U-axis and V-axis directions in the same direction as the axial direction is provided. In addition, the ram device 19 is composed of a hydraulic cylinder and is moved up and down. The ram device 19 is moved in the U-axis direction by the U-axis drive motor 23 and the transmission mechanism 25 of the ram drive device 21 and the V-axis drive motor 2
7. The ball screw 29 moves in the V-axis direction. The punch P, the die D and the ram device 1 provided on the die block 11 and the punch block 13 are provided.
9 is collectively referred to as a processing head 31.

With the above configuration, the ram unit 19 is moved in the U-axis and V-axis directions by the U-axis drive motor 23 and the V-axis drive motor 27 of the ram drive unit 21 at the upper position where the desired punch P is positioned. When the ram device 19 is operated and the desired punch P is hit, the workpiece W is punched by the cooperation of the punch P and the die D.

On both sides of the main body frame 3, first and second
Work tables 33 and 35 are provided. This first
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, brushes 37 are implanted at a plurality of locations on the upper surface of the work table 33. The second work table 35 has a plurality of rotating rollers 39.
A plurality of brushes 37 are also implanted on the rotating roller 39. Although not shown, the rotating roller 39 is driven by, for example, a friction belt 41 by a drive motor. The rotation of the work 39 on the rotating roller 39 is conveyed in the X-axis direction. Since the brushes 37 are planted on the first and second work tables 33 and 35, the work W is transported smoothly,
There is no flaw on the back surface of the work.

The first and second work tables 33, 35
The first and second workpiece movement positioning device 43,
45 are provided. First work movement positioning device 4
As shown in FIG. 1, a gate-shaped first carriage 49 is provided on a first linear guide rail 47 provided on both sides of the first work table 33 so as to extend in the X-axis direction.
It is provided movably in the axial direction by a drive motor and a transmission mechanism (not shown). A first fixed support member 51 is provided on one side of the gate-shaped first carriage 49, and a plurality of first work clamps 53 are provided on the first fixed support member 51.
Is provided.

A first moving support member 55 is provided opposite to the first work clamp 53 provided on the first fixed supporting member 51, and a plurality of first moving support members 55 are provided on the first moving support member 55. A work clamp 53 is provided. A first ball screw 57 is screwed into the first moving support member 55, and a first drive motor 59 is connected to one end of the first ball screw 57.

With the above configuration, when the first drive motor 59 is driven, the first ball screw 57 rotates, and the first moving support member 55 screwed to the first ball screw 57 becomes movable in the Y-axis direction. The work W can be clamped by adjusting the work clamp 53 to the width of the work.

The second work moving and positioning device 45 comprises:
A gate-shaped second carriage 63 is provided on a second linear guide rail 61 extending in both X-axis directions on both sides of the second work table 35, and a drive motor not shown in the X-axis direction.
It is provided movably by a transmission mechanism. The second fixed support member 6 is provided on one side of the gate-shaped second carriage 63.
5, a plurality of second fixed support members 65 are provided.
A work clamp 67 is provided.

A second movable support member 69 is provided opposite to the second work clamp 67 provided on the second fixed support member 65, and a plurality of second workpieces are provided on the second movable support member 69. A clamp 67 is provided. A second ball screw 71 is screwed into the second moving support member 69, and a second drive motor 73 is connected to one end of the second ball screw 71.

With the above configuration, when the second drive motor 73 is driven, the second ball screw 71 rotates, and the second moving support member 69 screwed to the second ball screw 71 becomes movable in the Y-axis direction. The work W can be clamped by adjusting the work clamp 67 to the work width.

Next, the carrying-out means for sucking and carrying out the divided work, which is a main part of the present invention, will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, after a desired punching process is performed on a work W by a punching machine 1, the work W is separated into a front work WA and a rear work WB by a separating die K. To divide. At this time, the rear work WB having such a length that the rear work WB can be clamped by the first work movement positioning device 43 and grasped by the second work movement positioning device 45 does not hinder unloading. .
However, the rear work W, which is too short to be
B cannot be carried out. For this purpose, a suction device 75 for carrying out suction is provided.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, an operating drive device such as a rod is provided at the upper end (the front side in FIG. 2 and the left side in FIG. 3) of the punch block 13 as the processing head 31. A less cylinder 77 is provided to be able to expand and contract in the X-axis direction. A vertically movable suction member vertical cylinder 81 is provided on a bracket 79 which is suspended from the rodless cylinder 77. A plurality of suction member support plates 85 provided at the upper end of a piston rod 83 of the suction member vertical cylinder 81 are provided. For example, a vacuum suction pad is provided as a hanging member 87. In the present embodiment, the suction member 87 is a vacuum suction pad, but may be a magnet. Reference numeral 89
Is a walking table.

With the above configuration, the rodless cylinder 77
And the suction member up / down cylinder 81 are appropriately operated, and the rear work WB after the division is sucked by the suction member 87 to be in the second position.
The second work table 35 is driven to rotate, and the rear work WB can be carried out.

According to the above-described configuration, the operation thereof is described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8. As shown in FIG. 4, there are parts A to E as plate-cut parts, for example. . When dividing the respective part at punching machine 1, FIG. 5, with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the total length L ₀ is the first work movement positioning of the workpiece to split When the feeding can be performed by the device 43, the first and second work movement positioning devices 43,
Each of the works A to C divided at 45 is sent and carried out. The work S is a portion to be scrapped and crushed.

As shown in FIG. 8, the length L ₁ of the divided product C is determined when the first and second workpiece moving and positioning devices 43 and 45 approach the punching machine 1 to the maximum. When the distance is smaller than the interval L ₀ , the product A is first carried out by the first work movement positioning device 43 and the second work table 35, and the product B is carried out by the second work movement positioning device 45 and the second work table 35. I do. And product C is
After cutting and carrying out the product B, the second work table 3 is pulled from the walking table 89 by the suction member 87 provided in the suction device 75.
5 and is carried out by driving the second work table 35.

The step of unloading the divided work will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

First, the work W placed on the first work table 33 is gripped by the first work clamp 53 provided on the first work moving and positioning device 43. After carrying the gripped work W into the processing head 31 and performing desired punching, the desired cutting position of the work W is positioned at the position of the separating die K, and the work W is moved to the second work moving positioning device. It is gripped by the second work clamp 67 of 45.

When the work W is positioned, the work W is separated into the front work WA and the rear work WB by the operation of the separating die K, and the second work moving / positioning device 45 clamping the front work WA is moved to a predetermined position. Then, the workpiece is unclamped, and the second work table 35 is driven to carry out the front work WA.

The separated unworkable rear work WB is sucked by the suction member 87 of the suction device 75 provided on the processing head 31, and the suction device 75 moves the rear work WB toward the second work table 35 side. The work WB is carried out, and the second work table 35 is driven to carry out the rear work WB.

Therefore, after the separation, the processing head 31
Even if the rear work WB remains inside, the rear work WB can be sucked by the suction member 87 and carried out. Also, the rear work WB which can be separated by the punching machine 1 and remains
Can be carried out, so that it is not necessary to separately install a conventional shearing machine or the like, and the installation space can be reduced and the installation cost can be reduced.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show another embodiment. This embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment only in the form of the suction device 75. Since other configurations are the same, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Only parts will be described in detail.

The suction device 75 is provided on a second fixed support member 65 provided on the second work movement positioning device 45.

More specifically, the second fixed support member 65
For example, a cylinder 93 which is an operation driving device provided with a piston rod 91 which expands and contracts in the axial direction (the horizontal direction in FIGS. 9 and 10) is provided. At the tip (right side in FIGS. 9 and 10) of the piston rod 91, a vertically movable suction member vertical cylinder 95 is provided. The suction member supporting cylinder 95 provided at the lower end of the piston rod 97 of the vertical suction cylinder 95 is provided. A plurality of suction members 101, for example, vacuum suction pads, are provided on the plate 99 in a hanging manner. This vacuum pad can be made of a magnet.

With the above configuration, the second work movement positioning device 45, the cylinder 93 and the suction member vertical cylinder 9
5 is appropriately operated so that the rear work WB after the division is sucked by the suction member 101 and the second work table 35 is sucked.
The second work table 35 is rotationally driven to carry out the rear work WB.

Thus, the effect can be exactly the same as that of the above-described embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be embodied in other forms by making appropriate changes.

[0047]

As will be understood from the above description of the embodiments, according to the present invention according to claims 1 and 2,
A suction device for sucking and transporting the rear work separated by the processing head, and an operation drive device for moving the suction device in one axis direction are provided.

Thus, the rear work can be sucked and carried out by the suction device, and there is no need to separately install a shearing machine or the like, and the installation space can be reduced and the installation cost can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
The second work movement positioning device is provided with an operation drive device capable of extending and contracting in one axial direction, and a suction device for sucking and conveying the separated rear work is provided at the tip of the operation drive device.

Thus, the rear work can be sucked and carried out by the suction device, and there is no need to separately install a shearing machine or the like, and the installation space can be reduced and the installation cost can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention according to claim 4,
A plurality of brushes are planted on the first work table,
A plurality of brushes are also planted on the rotating roller of the second work table. Thus, it is possible to perform smooth conveyance without flaws on the back surface of the work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a punching machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view including a partial cross section in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged explanatory view of a part viewed from an arrow III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view of the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the present invention and is a plan view of a punching machine.

FIG. 10 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory plan view showing a conventional example and showing the arrangement of a punching machine and a shearing machine.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Punching machine (plate material processing apparatus) 3 Main body frame 19 Ram apparatus 31 Processing head 33 1st work table 35 2nd work table 37 Brush 39 Rotary roller 43 1st work movement positioning apparatus 45 2nd work movement positioning apparatus 53 1st Work clamp 67 Second work clamp 75 Suction device 77 Rodless cylinder (operation drive device) 93 Cylinder (operation drive device) P Punch D Die K Separation mold W Work WA Front work WB Rear work

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A processing head comprising a mold movable in a direction orthogonal to one axis direction is provided on a main body frame, and a workpiece on a first work table is moved and positioned on one side in one axis direction in a moving area of the processing head. (A) the first work, wherein the first work moving and positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the second work table is provided on the other side in the axial direction. The work placed on the table is gripped by the first work clamp of the first work moving / positioning device, the work is carried into a processing head, subjected to a desired punching process, and then separated and moved to a die position. Work positioning for positioning a desired cutting position and gripping the work with the second work clamp of the second work movement positioning device (B) a work separating step for separating the work by the operation of the separating mold after the work positioning step is completed, and (C) a second work movement of clamping the separated work after the work separating step is completed. After the positioning device is moved to a predetermined position, it is unclamped, the second work table is driven, and the front work is carried out to carry out the front work. (D) With the front work carry-out step, the separated rear work is removed. If the length cannot be changed by the second work clamp, it is provided on the processing head or the second work movement positioning device and is suctioned by the suction device movable in the uniaxial direction to be carried out onto the second work table. Thereafter, a rear work unloading step of releasing the suction of the suction device, (E) after the rear work unloading step is completed, the second work table is driven. Plate material processing method of the side workpiece transfer step, and, characterized in that it comprises a after unloading the rear work with. 2. A processing head comprising a mold movable in a direction orthogonal to the one axis direction is provided on a main body frame, and a work on a first work table is moved and positioned on one side in one axis direction in a moving region of the processing head. And a second work movement positioning device for moving and positioning the work on the second work table is provided on the other side in the one axis direction, and a front upper part in a direction orthogonal to the one axis direction of the processing head. A plate material processing apparatus, further comprising an operation drive device movable in one axial direction, and a vertically movable suction device for sucking the rear work separated by the operation drive device. 3. A processing head made of a mold movable in a direction orthogonal to the one axis direction is provided on the main body frame, and a work on the first work table is moved and positioned on one side in the one axis direction in a moving area of the processing head. And a second work moving positioning device for moving and positioning a work on a second work table is provided on the other side in the one axis direction, and the second work moving positioning device is provided with the first work moving device. A plate material comprising: an actuation drive device that can be extended and contracted in one axis direction with respect to a positioning device; and a vertically movable suction device that adsorbs a separated rear work at a tip of the operation drive device. Processing equipment. 4. The first work table is configured by implanting a plurality of brushes on a table, and the second work table is configured by implanting a plurality of brushes around an outer periphery of a plurality of rotating rollers. 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein
The plate processing apparatus according to the above.