JP2001315039A - Column moving type machining center - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent cutting chip from falling off on the top face of front/rear- directional guide rails 2 and 2 for guiding a main spindle 10 to the front/rear and to miniaturize the lateral width of a device top part. SOLUTION: This machining center is provided with a column 6 in such a state as moving to the front/rear via the guide rails 2 and 2 on the top face of a bed 1. This machining center is so constituted that front/rear-directional erect expansion cover walls 24 and 24 are extended frontward from the respective left/right parts of the left/right-directional erect coyer wall 13 formed on the front face of the column 6, the front edge 24a of the each erect expansion cover wall 24 is fixed to the same body part of the bed 1, the left/right positions of the bottom edge b of each erect expansion cover wall 24 are positioned adjacent to the inside of the front/rear-directional guide rails 2 and the top/ bottom positions of the bottom edge b are positioned lower than the top face of the front/rear-directional guide rail 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a moving column type machining center.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of column moving type machining centers, and the one shown in FIG. 8 has been conventionally manufactured by the present applicant.

[0003] In brief, reference numeral 1 denotes a bed, the upper surface 1a of which is enlarged, and a part of the upper surface 1a is formed as a column support surface 1b. Reference numerals 2 and 2 are front-rear guide rails fixed to the column support surface 1b.

A feed stand 3 is slidably engaged with the front and rear guide rails 2 and 2 and is operated by a motor 4 in the front and rear direction f1. Left and right guide rails 5 and 5 are fixed to the feed base 3, and columns 6 are slidably engaged with the guide rails 5 and 5, respectively.
The motor 7 is operated in the left-right direction f2.

A main shaft device 8 is mounted on the column 6 in a front-rear direction, and is moved up and down on a fixed track by a motor 9. At this time, the main spindle device 8 includes a front-rearward main spindle 10 having a front end serving as a cutting tool mounting end, a bearing cylinder 11 supporting the main spindle 10, and a motor 12 for rotating the main spindle 10.

On the front surface of the column 6, a left-right standing upright cover wall 1 that is made dense against scattering of cutting chips and coolant.
The cover wall 13 is a left-right telescopic cover wall 14 fixed to the left and right sides of the main shaft 10.
And a vertically-extending telescopic cover wall 15 provided on the vertical movement path of the main shaft 10. At this time, a plurality of plate-like members 14a formed by bending the upper and lower ends of a metal plate in a hook shape on the left-right elastic wall 14 are overlapped with each other via sealing means such as rubber so as to be freely slidable in the left-right direction. The vertically extending and contracting wall 15 is formed by stacking a plurality of metal plates 15a so as to be vertically slidable and displaceable via sealing means such as rubber.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a box-shaped casing provided on the upper surface 1a of the bed 1 so as to cover the column 6. Inside the front of the box-shaped casing, a jig support 1 for holding a work at a required position is provided.
7 is provided.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a telescopic cover device mounted on the front surface of the feed base 3 so as to cover the guide rails 2. The telescopic cover device 18 is formed by stacking a plurality of angle-shaped metal plates 18a so as to be freely slidable in the front-rear direction f1. The state where the guide rails 2, 2 are covered is maintained regardless of the forward and backward movement of the column 6. The automatic tool changer (ATC) is provided at an appropriate location such as above the box-shaped casing 16.

When the work is processed by the machining center, for example, the work is held at a specific position on the jig support 17 and necessary information is input to a controller (not shown), and then the operation is started. As a result, the necessary motors 4, 7, 9 are operated to operate the main shaft 10 in the front-rear, left-right and up-down directions, and in this state, the cutting tool mounted on the tip of the main shaft 10 And the workpiece is automatically cut.

During the machining, the rotation of the cutting tool scatters the cuttings of the work in all directions, and in the case of the coolant processing in which the coolant is supplied during the machining, in addition to the rotation of the cutting tool, The droplets of the coolant act to scatter the cuttings of the work in all directions.

The cuttings thus scattered fall on the telescopic cover device 18 and the like, but do not directly accumulate on the guide rails 2 and 5, and the cuttings toward the column 6 are directed left and right. Is not blocked by the upright cover wall 13 and does not invade backward from the front of the column 6, so that the column 6 operates smoothly back and forth, right and left, and
Also works up and down without hindrance.

[0012]

As described above, in the conventional machining center, the cutting chips are prevented from directly falling on the upper surfaces of the guide rails 2, 5 and the like so as not to accumulate. However, when used for a long period of time, the cutting chips dropped on the upper surface of the angled metal plate 18a of the telescopic cover device 18 bite into the sliding portions of the angled metal plates 18a, so that the smooth sliding is performed. It can hinder dynamic displacement,
Further, it enters into the inside of the telescopic cover device 18 and falls on the front-rear guide rail 2 to prevent the feed base 3 from moving smoothly back and forth. An object of the present invention is to provide a moving column type machining center capable of solving such a problem.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a pair of left and right front-rear guide rails are provided on the upper surface of the bed, and the column is moved back and forth through the guide rails. A movably mounted machining center, in which a front-rear upright telescopic cover wall extending forward and backward from each of the left-right portions sandwiching the spindle head of a left-right upright cover wall formed at a front portion of a column is extended. Along with fixing the front edge of each upright telescopic cover wall to the same part as the bed, the left and right positions of the lower edge of each upright telescopic cover wall are located near the inside of the front-rear guide rail on the corresponding side of this lower edge, and The vertical position of the lower edge is located below the upper surface of the front-rear guide rail on the side corresponding to the lower edge.

More specifically, a pair of left and right front-rear guide rails are provided on the upper surface of the bed, and the feed bar is guided by the front-rear guide rails. A machining center in which a column is guided by a left-right guide rail, and a part of a left-right standing upright cover wall formed at a front portion of the column so as to allow left-right movement of the column. Extending the front and rearwardly extending telescopic cover walls forward from each of the left and right portions of the part formed in the same body as the stand, sandwiching the main shaft, and allowing the bed to support the front edge of each of the standing and telescopic cover walls, and each of the standing and telescopic covers The left and right positions of the lower edge of the wall are located near the inside of the front-rear guide rail on the corresponding side of the lower edge, and the upper and lower positions of the lower edge are in front of the corresponding side of the lower edge. Than the upper surface of the orientation guide rail forms a structure in which the presence downward.

According to this, the blade fixed to the front end of the main spindle moves in the front-rear direction or the front-rear direction and left-right direction with respect to the work fixed at a specific position on the bed, between the pair of right and left upright extending and retracting cover walls. The workpiece is cut while moving relatively in the direction. Then, even if the cutting chips generated by the cutting of the work are repelled toward a pair of left and right standing upright elastic cover walls or the left and right standing upright cover walls, the cutting chips are removed from each of the upright elastic cover walls and left and right. It is received by the facing upright cover wall and falls toward the upper surface of the bed, after which it is carried away to other places by appropriate means. Therefore, the chips do not fall on the upper surface of the front-rear guide rail 2. In addition, the pair of right and left upright telescopic cover walls is disposed so as to have a relative distance that is significantly smaller than the left and right width of the bed.

The above invention is embodied as follows. That is,
As described in claim 3, a jig and a jig-side cover body which covers at least the front surface and the left and right side surfaces of the jig are provided at the front portion of the upper surface of the bed, and the rear ends of the left and right side portions of the cover body The front edge of the upright telescopic cover wall in the front-rear direction on the corresponding side is fixed to each of the portions. According to this, the jig-side cover body functions as a support member for the front end edge of the pair of right and left standing upright telescopic cover walls, and the specific space where the tip of the main shaft on the upper surface of the bed exists is a left-right standing cover. The wall, the jig-side cover body, and a pair of left and right front-to-back erecting telescopic cover walls provide a processing space surrounded by four sides, and therefore, when cutting the work fixed to the jig with the blade fixed to the tip of the main spindle, The cutting dust scattered toward the upright cover wall, the jig-side cover body, and the pair of left-right front-to-back erecting telescopic cover walls is removed from the upright cover wall, the jig-side cover body, and the pair of left-right front-to-back erecting telescopic cover. Since it collides with the wall and falls toward the upper surface of the bed, scattering of the cutting chips outside the processing space is prevented.

Further, the front end of the front-rear guide rail is located rearward of the jig-side cover body. According to this, even if the lower portion of the jig-side cover body is made larger than the distance between the pair of left and right front-rear guide rails, the cutting waste generated from the work in the jig-side cover body does not fall on the front-rear guide rail. Becomes

Further, as set forth in claim 5, the lower part of the pair of right and left front-rearward standing and extending cover walls is bent inward of the corresponding front-rear guide rail in front view. According to this, the distance between the opposing upper portions of the pair of left and right upright telescopic cover walls and the range of movement of the main shaft in the left and right direction are not limited to the distance between the opposing front and rear pair of left and right guide rails.

Further, as set forth in claim 6, a ceiling cover body is provided which covers the upper surface between the pair of front and rear upright telescopic cover walls. According to this, a processing space is formed in which the entire periphery is densely surrounded with respect to the scattering of cutting chips.

[0020]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of a column moving type machining center according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 4 is a front view, FIG. 5 is a perspective view with a part omitted, and FIG. 6 is xx in FIG.
It is sectional drawing which shows a part.

As shown in these figures, an upright cover wall 13 is provided at the front part of the column 6 so as to block the scattering of cutting chips and coolant densely. The upright cover wall 13 is provided with a rectangular frame 13a for supporting the expandable cover wall 14 in the left-right direction. The frame 13a is fitted to the front surface of the column 6 and is also fixed to the feed base 3. A frame 13a is provided between the frame 13a and the feed base 3.
An oblique reinforcing member 13b for regulating the front-back inclination is provided. The plate-like members 14a located at the left and right ends in the frame 13a are fixed to the frame 13a.

A pedestal 19 and a jig support 20 are fixed to the front of the upper surface of the bed 1. A work receiving portion which is turned around a left-right axis at a specific position is fixed on the upper surface of the jig support 20. 21 and the work w placed on the work receiving portion 21
Means 2 for fixing the workpiece to the work receiving portion 21
The work receiving portion 21 is rotated around the left-right axis by the operation of a motor (not shown), and is fixed at an arbitrary position during the turning operation. ing.

A work receiving portion 2 is provided on the upper surface of the jig support 20.
A jig-side cover body 23 that covers the front surface, upper surface, and left and right side surfaces of the first and clamp means 22 is fixed. The front wall 23a of the cover body 23 is provided with an opening a for allowing the workpiece 3 to pass therethrough and a door (not shown) for opening and closing the opening a. At this time, the length of the jig-side cover body 23 in the left-right direction is made larger than the distance between the pair of left and right front-rear guide rails 21, 21.
3 is located behind the rear end.

A pair of left and right upright telescopic cover walls 24 is provided between the right and left upright cover wall 13 and the jig-side cover body 23 to block the scattering of cutting chips and coolant in a dense manner. , 24, and the cover wall 24 and its surrounding structure are as follows. That is, a part of the upright cover wall 13 facing the left and right, from the left and right portions sandwiching the main shaft 10 in a portion formed in the same body as the feed bar 3, the upright stretchable cover walls 24, 2 facing forward and backward.
4 is extended forward. Each upright telescopic cover wall 24 is formed by fitting three plate-like members 24a, 24b, and 24c so as to be slidable and displaceable with sealing means made of a rubber member or the like interposed therebetween. , 24b, 24c
Has an upper end bent in a hook shape and a lower portion bent in an inclined manner to a specific side. Then, the last plate-like body 24c of each upright stretchable cover wall 24 is bolted to the corresponding plate-like body 14a and frame 13a at the end of the corresponding upright cover wall 13, and the frontmost plate-like body 24a is The rear end of the jig-side cover body 23 is bolted to a position immediately before the plate-like body 24a.

At this time, the left and right positions of the lower ends b of the plate-like members 24a, 24b, 24c of the upright telescopic cover walls 24 are located near the inside of the corresponding front-rear guide rails 2 and the lower ends thereof. The vertical position of b is located below the upper surface of the corresponding front-rear guide rail 2. In addition, the plate-like member 24a in the rear end surface area of the jig-side cover member 23
The portion outside the portion to be joined is covered with a metal plate.

The beam members 25, 25 are disposed on the left and right sides of the space immediately above the pair of left and right upright telescopic cover walls 24, 24 provided as described above, and the front and rear ends of each beam member 25 are placed on the bed. 1 and are supported by columns 26, 26 standing upright. A front and rear suspension guide rail 27 is fixed to the lower surface of each beam member 25, and a ceiling cover body 28 made of a rectangular metal plate is movably mounted through these left and right suspension guide rails 27 and 27. I have. As shown in FIG. 1, when the column 6 is moved to the rearmost position of the front-back movement range, the ceiling cover body 28 is provided in the upper opening range between the pair of left and right front-rear upright telescopic cover walls 24, 24. A front-rear upright telescopic cover wall 2 is provided between the upper surface wall of the jig-side cover body 23 and the left-right upright cover wall 13.
4, 24 and the upper edge of the upright cover wall 13 facing left and right,
The ceiling cover body 28 is placed close to the upper surface of the ceiling cover body 28.

A tool changing device is mounted on the upper surfaces of the left and right beam members 25, 25. When the tool changing device performs a tool changing operation, the ceiling cover body 28 existing at the position shown in FIG. It is configured such that it is moved backward by being guided by the suspension guide rails 27, 27, and the upper part of the tip of the main shaft 10 is opened. Further, reference numeral 29 denotes a support arm projecting forward from the beam member 25, reference numeral 30 denotes an operation panel mounted on the tip of the support arm 29, and reference numeral 31 denotes a through hole for cutting chips discharge formed in the front part of the bed 1. The upper part is a funnel-shaped part 31a and the lower part is a straight rectangular hole 31b.

Next, the operation and the like of the product of the present invention configured as described above will be described. When the column 6 is moved in the left-right direction f2, the left-right stretchable walls 14, 14 are moved in the left-right direction f.
Column 6 while expanding and contracting to 2 to form a cut-off surface for cutting chips etc.
When the main shaft 10 is moved in the vertical direction, the vertical cover device 15 expands and contracts in the vertical direction to allow the main shaft 10 to move while forming a blocking surface for cutting chips and the like. Then, when the feed base 3 is moved in the front-back direction f1,
The main shaft 10 is moved in the front-rear direction f1 in the same manner as the column 6. Thereby, the tip of the spindle 10 is surrounded by the upright cover wall 13 facing left and right, the jig-side cover body 23, the pair of upright telescopic cover walls 24 facing left and right, and the ceiling cover body 28 as shown in FIG. The specific space K is moved in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction f2, and the front-back direction f1.

When cutting the work w, the work support 2
1, the work w is fixed, the cutting tool c is attached to the tip of the main shaft 10, and the ceiling cover body 28 is positioned as shown in FIG. 1, and the cutting method at this time is dry machining. Alternatively, mist processing or coolant processing may be used.

During the processing of the work w, the cutting chips are repelled by the cutting tool c in the specific space K and scattered in all directions. It collides with the inner surface of the component side cover body 23 and falls toward the upper surface of the bed 1. Other cutting chips are scattered directly to the upper surface of the bed 1 and a pair of left and right standing upright elastic cover walls 2
After colliding with the ceiling cover body 28 and the upright cover wall 13 facing left and right, they fall toward the upper surface of the bed 1. At this time, a pair of left and right standing front and back telescopic cover walls 24, 24
Cuts chips that collided with the guide rails 21
It is guided to the center of the bed width on an inclined surface so as not to drop on the upper surface of the bed 21. The upright cover wall 13 that faces left and right guides the cutting chips colliding with the lower cover wall 13 so as not to drop into the column 6 or the feed base 3. As a result, all the cuttings are directed toward the upper surface of the bed 1 and finally fall below the bed 1 through the through holes 31 for discharging the cuttings, and thereafter are conveyed to another place by an appropriate conveying means. .

When mist processing or coolant processing is performed, the coolant is scattered in the same manner as cutting chips, but the scatter is also caused by a pair of left and right upright telescopic cover walls 24, 24, 24.
The coolant is blocked by the ceiling cover body 28 and the upright cover wall 13 facing left and right, and the blocked coolant flows down to the upper surface of the bed 1, is collected through the cutout discharging holes 31, and is used again. In this way, the specific space K functions as a processing space in which the periphery is made dense with respect to scattering of cutting chips and coolant.

The ceiling cover body 28 which forms this processing space
Is an upper edge of a pair of left and right upright telescopic cover walls 24, 24, an upper edge of a right and left upright cover wall 13, and
Although it is not completely in close contact with the upper end surface of the jig-side cover body 23, a small gap is formed. There is no. If the blocking action is insufficient, a seal may be provided by interposing a rubber plate or the like in a gap formed on the lower surface side of the ceiling cover body 28. When the column 6 is at the position shown in FIG. 1 when the column 6 is at the position shown in FIG.
0 Open above the front end.

FIG. 7 shows a modification of the front-rear upright telescopic cover wall 24 of the above embodiment, that is, a pair of left and right front-rear upright telescopic cover walls 24, 24.
Are formed by two front and rear metal plates 24d and 24e, and the rear one 24e is fixed to the frame 13a or the plate 14a of the upright cover wall 13 facing left and right, and the front one 24d
Are fixed to the rear end of the jig-side cover body 23. At this time, each of the metal plates 24d and 24e has a simple shape in which only a halfway height is bent in a letter shape.
Appropriate sealing means made of a rubber member or the like is provided at the sliding contact portions of d and 24e. According to this, the standing telescopic cover wall 24
Becomes simple and can be formed inexpensively.

[0034]

According to the present invention configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, even if cutting chips are scattered in all directions in front of the left-right standing upright cover wall, and at a position between the front-rearward standing upright expansion / contraction cover walls arranged left and right. This can effectively prevent the chips from dropping on the upper surface of the front-rear guide rail, and can ensure a high-precision and smooth front-rear movement of the spindle. In addition, while maintaining the same horizontal movement distance of the main shaft as before, the relative distance between the pair of left and right upright telescopic cover walls can be significantly smaller than the left and right width of the bed, and the width of the upper part of the device can be reduced. Can be made more compact.

According to the second aspect, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effects described in (1), the following effects can be obtained, that is, in front of the left-right standing upright cover wall, and at the location between the left-right-arranged front-backing upright telescopic cover walls, Even if scattered, the cutting chips can be effectively prevented from dropping on the upper surface of the left-right guide rail, and high-precision left-right movement of the spindle can be ensured.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the jig-side cover body can prevent scattering of cutting chips generated inside the jig-side cover body, and the jig-side cover body can be erected in a front-rear direction. The telescopic cover wall and the right and left upright cover wall can surround the entire periphery of the main shaft side in a dense manner against the scattering of cutting chips, and the front and back upright telescopic cover wall is stably supported by the jig-side cover body. Will be done.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, even if the jig-side cover is made larger than the space between the pair of left and right front-rear guide rails, cutting chips generated inside the jig-side cover are not removed. It will not fall on the upper surface of the orientation guide rail.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the distance between the upper opposing upper and lower pair of right and left upright telescopic cover walls is defined as:
The distance between the pair of left and right front-rear guide rails can be made larger than the distance between the opposing guide rails, and a large left-right movement range of the main shaft can be secured.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the specific space in which the tip of the spindle is located can be a working space in which the entire periphery is densely surrounded by scattering of cutting chips and coolant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a movable column machining center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the machining center.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the machining center.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the machining center.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view in which a part of the machining center is omitted.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a part xx in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a modified example of the machining center.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional column moving type machining center.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bed 2 Front-back guide rail 3 Feed bar 5 Left-right guide rail 6 Column 10 Main shaft 13 Left-right cover wall 21 Work receiving part (jig) 22 Clamping means (jig) 23 Jig-side cover body 24 Front-back Standing telescopic cover wall 28 Ceiling cover body b Lower edge of standing telescopic cover wall

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A machining center provided with a pair of left and right front-rear guide rails on an upper surface of a bed, and a column mounted so as to be able to move back and forth through the guide rails. Extending the front and rear extending telescopic cover walls forward and backward from each of the left and right portions of the standing cover wall that sandwich the spindle head, fixing the front edge of each of the standing telescopic cover walls to the same part as the bed, and each standing and telescopic cover The left and right positions of the lower edge of the wall are located near the inside of the front and rear guide rails on the corresponding side of the lower edge, and the upper and lower positions of the lower edge are higher than the upper surface of the front and rear guide rails on the corresponding side of the lower edge. A column moving type machining center that is located below. 2. A pair of left and right front-rear guide rails are provided on the upper surface of the bed, a feeder is guided by the front-rear guide rails, and a left-right guide rail is provided on the feeder.
A machining center where the column is guided by this left-right guide rail, and a part of a left-right standing upright cover wall formed to allow the column to move left and right at the front of the column. From the left and right portions sandwiching the spindle head of the portion made, extend the front and rear upright telescopic cover walls forward, support the front edge of each upright telescopic cover wall on the bed, and the lower end of each upright telescopic cover wall. The left and right positions of the edge are located near the inside of the front-rear guide rail on the corresponding side of the lower edge, and the upper and lower positions of the lower edge are lower than the upper surface of the front-rear guide rail on the corresponding side of the lower edge. Column moving type machining center characterized by having been made. 3. A jig and a jig-side cover body covering at least the front surface and the left and right side surfaces thereof are provided at a front portion of the upper surface of the bed, and at the rear end portions of the left and right side portions of the cover body, respectively. The front edge of the front-rear-upright telescopic cover wall on the side corresponding to the front end is fixed.
Or the column moving type machining center according to 2. 4. The movable column machining center according to claim 3, wherein the front end of the front-rear guide rail is located behind the jig-side cover body. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lower portion of the pair of left and right front-to-back upright telescopic cover walls is bent inward of the corresponding front-back guide rail. Column moving type machining center. 6. The column according to claim 1, further comprising a ceiling cover body covering an upper surface between a pair of right and left upright extending and contracting cover walls. Mobile machining center.