JP2010042458A - Tool magazine, automatic tool changer and machine tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool magazine allowing reduction of cost. <P>SOLUTION: This tool magazine 11 includes a plurality of tool holding parts 25 for holding tool holders 4 fixed with tools, and is rotated by being connected to a prescribed rotating and driving mechanism. The plurality of tool holding parts 25 are arranged in a substantially circular annular shape with a rotation center O of the tool magazine 11. In the tool holding parts 25, arrangement grooves 21b arranged with the tool holders 4 are formed to be recessed from a radial direction outside end of the tool magazine 11 toward the rotation center O. The tool holding parts 25 include holding magnets 22 for holding the tool holders 4 arranged in the arrangement grooves 21b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tool magazine, an automatic tool changer, and a machine tool.

  As a processing apparatus for processing a workpiece (workpiece), a processing apparatus having an ATC (Automatic Tool Changer, automatic tool changer) for automatically changing a tool shank attached to a spindle of a processing apparatus is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). In the processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the ATC includes a tool magazine that holds a tool shank. This tool magazine is formed of a single member made of a material having excellent spring characteristics. In addition, the tool magazine is integrally formed with a bending holding portion (leaf spring portion) for holding the tool shank.

JP 2006-123167 A

  In the tool magazine described in Patent Document 1, since the leaf spring portion for holding the tool shank is integrally formed, the shape of the tool magazine becomes complicated. Therefore, the processing of the tool magazine becomes complicated, and the cost of the tool magazine increases.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a tool magazine capable of reducing the cost. Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic tool changer and a machine tool including such a tool magazine.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a plurality of tools in a tool magazine that includes a plurality of tool holders that hold a tool holder to which a tool or a workpiece is fixed, and is rotated by being connected to a predetermined rotation drive mechanism. The holding part is arranged in a substantially annular shape around the rotation center of the tool magazine, and the arrangement groove in which the tool holder is arranged is formed in the tool holding part so as to be recessed from the radially outer end of the tool magazine toward the rotation center. The tool holding portion includes a holding magnet for holding the tool holder arranged in the arrangement groove.

  In the tool magazine of the present invention, the tool holding unit includes a holding magnet for holding the tool holder. Therefore, the tool holder arranged in the arrangement groove can be held even if the shape of the tool magazine is simplified. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the need for complicated machining of the tool magazine, and it is possible to reduce the cost of the tool magazine.

  In the present invention, the holding magnet is preferably arranged on the rotation center side of the arrangement groove. If comprised in this way, since a tool holder is attracted | sucked toward the rotation center side with a holding magnet, even if a centrifugal force arises in a tool holder at the time of rotation of a tool magazine, it becomes possible to hold a tool holder reliably. Become.

  In the present invention, the tool holding portion includes two holding magnets, and the two holding magnets have a predetermined gap in a direction perpendicular to the radial direction of the tool magazine and the axial direction of the tool magazine. Is preferably arranged. If comprised in this way, since it becomes possible to adsorb | suck a tool holder in two places with two holding magnets arrange | positioned in the state which opened the gap, the shift | offset | difference of the tool holder hold | maintained at a tool holding part is carried out. It becomes possible to prevent. Therefore, the tool holder can be appropriately held by the tool magazine.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that a key groove for rotation prevention is formed in the tool holder, and the tool holding portion includes a rotation prevention protrusion formed between the two holding magnets and engaged with the key groove. If comprised in this way, it will become possible to prevent rotation of the tool holder hold | maintained at a tool holding part, and it will become possible to hold a tool holder appropriately by a tool magazine.

  In the present invention, the tool holder includes a substantially cylindrical suction portion that is attracted to the holding magnet, and the suction portion is formed with a substantially annular recess that is recessed radially inward. It is preferable to provide two engaging protrusions that engage with the recesses from both sides in a direction orthogonal to the radial direction of the tool magazine and the axial direction of the tool magazine. If comprised in this way, the deviation in the direction orthogonal to the radial direction of a tool magazine and the axial direction of a tool magazine of the tool holder hold | maintained at a tool holding part, and the deviation in the axial direction of a tool magazine are prevented. It becomes possible to hold the tool holder appropriately in the tool magazine.

  The tool magazine of the present invention can be used in an automatic tool changer provided with a rotation drive mechanism that rotationally drives the tool magazine. In this automatic tool changer, the cost of the tool magazine can be reduced, so that the cost of the automatic tool changer can be reduced. Moreover, this automatic tool changer can be used for a machine tool including a main shaft to which a tool holder is attached. In this machine tool, the cost of the tool magazine can be reduced, so that the cost of the machine tool can be reduced.

  As described above, the tool magazine, the automatic tool changer, and the machine tool of the present invention can reduce the cost.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Schematic configuration of machine tool and automatic tool changer)
FIG. 1 is a front view of a machine tool 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the automatic tool changer 8 shown in FIG. 1 with the cover 14 removed.

  The machine tool 1 of this embodiment is, for example, a lathe, a milling machine, a grinding machine, a machining center, or the like that performs cutting or the like on the surface of the workpiece 2. Moreover, the machine tool 1 of this embodiment is a small one that can be installed on a desktop.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the machine tool 1 includes a tool holder 4 to which a tool 3 for processing a workpiece 2 is fixed, a main shaft (rotary shaft) 5 to which the tool holder 4 is attached, and a chuck member for fixing the workpiece 2. 6 and a table 7 on which the chuck member 6 is placed. The machine tool 1 also includes an automatic tool changer (ATC) 8 for automatically changing the tool 3 attached to the spindle 5. In this embodiment, the tool 3 attached to the main shaft 5 is replaced with the tool holder 4.

  The main shaft 5 includes a chuck mechanism for holding and releasing the tool holder 4. The main shaft 5 is connected to a rotation drive mechanism, and rotates when the workpiece 2 is processed. The main shaft 5 is connected to, for example, a left / right movement mechanism that moves the main shaft 5 in the left / right direction in FIG. 1 and a vertical movement mechanism that moves the main shaft 5 in the up / down direction. It can move in the left-right direction and the up-down direction in FIG.

  For example, the table 7 is connected to a back-and-forth moving mechanism that moves the table 7 in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 1 and is movable in the front-rear direction together with the chuck member 6 when the workpiece 2 is processed.

  The ATC 8 includes a tool magazine 11 that holds a plurality of tool holders 4. The tool magazine 11 is connected to a rotation drive mechanism 12 and is rotatable about the vertical direction as an axial direction. The tool magazine 11 is connected to a moving mechanism 13 that moves the tool magazine 11 in the left-right direction in FIG. 2, and can move in the left-right direction in FIG. 2 together with the rotation drive mechanism 12. The upper part of the ATC 8 is covered with a cover 14 as shown in FIG.

  The rotation drive mechanism 12 includes a drive motor for rotating the tool magazine 11 and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting the power of the drive motor to the tool magazine 11. The moving mechanism 13 includes a drive motor 15 for moving the tool magazine 11 in the left-right direction, a drive source 15 such as an air cylinder, a power transmission mechanism for transmitting the power of the drive source 15 to the tool magazine 11, and the tool magazine 11 in the left-right direction. A guide mechanism or the like for guiding in a direction is provided.

(Configuration of tool holder)
3A is a plan view of the tool holder 4 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is a side view showing the tool holder 4 from the EE direction of FIG.

  The tool holder 4 is comprised from the tool shank 17 and the pull stud 18 which are prescribed | regulated by JISB6339, for example. As shown in FIG. 3B, the pull stud 18 is fixed to the upper end of the tool shank 17. The tool 3 is fixed to the lower end side of the tool shank 17.

  The tool shank 17 of this embodiment is a small one specified by, for example, a reference number “BT-15”, “BT-10”, or “BT-5”. Note that the tool shank 17 may be specified by another identification number.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the substantially central portion of the tool shank 17 in the vertical direction is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape having a larger outer diameter than the other portions. The portion with the increased outer diameter is an attracting portion 17 a that is attracted to a holding magnet 22, which will be described later, constituting the tool magazine 11. A substantially annular recess 17b that is recessed inward in the radial direction is formed at the center of the suction portion 17a in the vertical direction. The side surfaces of the recess 17b formed on both sides in the vertical direction are inclined surfaces 17c that spread outward in the vertical direction as going outward in the radial direction.

  Further, a rotation-preventing key groove 17d for preventing the rotation of the tool holder 4 attached to the main shaft 5 is formed in the suction portion 17a. As shown in FIG. 3A, the key groove 17d is formed at two positions with a 180 ° pitch. The key groove 17d is formed from the upper end to the lower end side of the suction portion 17a. Depending on the tool holder 4, the keyway 17d may not be formed.

(Configuration of tool magazine)
4 is a plan view showing the tool magazine 11 from the FF direction of FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view showing the tool magazine 11 from the GG direction of FIG. 6 is a plan view for explaining the configuration of the magnet fixing member 23 and the guide member 24 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the configuration of the magnet fixing member 23 and the guide member 24 from the HH direction of FIG.

  The tool magazine 11 includes a base plate 21 formed in a substantially disc shape. As shown in FIG. 4, a connecting hole 21 a to which the rotation drive mechanism 12 is connected is formed at the center in the radial direction of the base plate 21 so as to penetrate in the vertical direction. The center of the connection hole 21 a is the rotation center O of the tool magazine 11. The base plate 21 is formed with a plurality of arrangement grooves 21b in which the tool holder 4 is arranged. The arrangement groove 21 b is formed so as to be recessed from the radially outer end of the base plate 21 (that is, the radially outer end of the tool magazine 11) toward the rotation center O. Moreover, the arrangement | positioning groove | channel 21b is formed so that the shape when it sees from an up-down direction may become a substantially U shape. In this embodiment, six arrangement grooves 21b having the same shape are formed on the base plate 21 at substantially equal angular pitches.

  The tool magazine 11 includes a holding magnet 22 (hereinafter referred to as “magnet 22”) for holding the tool holder 4 arranged in the arrangement groove 21b, and a magnet fixing member 23 to which the magnet 22 is fixed. And a guide member 24 for guiding the tool holder 4 toward the magnet 22. In this embodiment, two magnets 22, one magnet fixing member 23, and two guide members 24 are arranged so as to correspond to each arrangement groove 21b.

  Further, in this embodiment, the tool holding for holding one tool holder 4 by one arrangement groove 21b, two magnets 22, one magnet fixing member 23, and two guide members 24. Part 25 is configured. That is, the tool magazine 11 of this embodiment includes six tool holding portions 25 and can hold the six tool holders 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the six tool holders 25 are arranged in a substantially annular shape around the rotation center O.

  The magnet 22 is a permanent magnet and is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape. In this embodiment, as will be described later, one tool holder 4 is attracted to two magnets 22, and the magnets 22 are two magnets than the centrifugal force generated in the tool holder 4 when the tool magazine 11 rotates. The magnetic force of the tool holder 4 is increased by the magnetic force 22.

  The magnet fixing member 23 includes a rectangular parallelepiped fixing portion 23 a that is fixed to the base plate 21, and a rotation stop protrusion 23 b that engages with the key groove 17 d of the tool holder 4.

  The fixing portion 23a is fixed to the base plate 21 on the radially inner side than the radially inner end of the arrangement groove 21b (see FIG. 4). Specifically, the fixing portion is arranged such that the plane orthogonal to the radial direction of the base plate 21 and the fixing surface (magnet fixing surface) 23c of the magnet 22 are substantially parallel and the magnet fixing surface 23c faces the outside in the radial direction. 23 a is fixed to the upper surface of the base plate 21. Further, the fixing portion 23a is fixed so that the magnet 22 is arranged in the radially inner portion of the arrangement groove 21b (that is, the magnet 22 is arranged on the rotation center O side of the arrangement groove 21b). ing. Further, the fixing portion 23a is fixed so that the rotation stop protrusion 23b protrudes from the radially inner end of the arrangement groove 21b toward the arrangement groove 21b.

  The rotation stop projection 23b is formed between the two magnet fixing surfaces 23c. That is, the rotation stop projection 23b is formed between the two magnets 22, and the two magnets 22 are in the axial direction of the base plate 21 (that is, the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 4) and the diameter of the base plate 21. They are arranged in a state in which a predetermined gap is left in a direction X orthogonal to the direction (hereinafter, this direction is referred to as a “first direction X”). Further, the magnet 22 is fixed to the magnet fixing surface 23c in a state where a slight gap is formed between the magnet 22 and the rotation stop protrusion 23b or in contact with the rotation stop protrusion 23b.

  The width of the rotation stop projection 23b is slightly narrower than the width of the key groove 17d. In this embodiment, the lower end portion of the rotation stop projection 23b protrudes radially outward from the upper end portion of the rotation stop projection 23b.

  The guide member 24 includes a rectangular parallelepiped fixing portion 24 a that is fixed to the base plate 21, and an engagement protrusion 24 b that engages with the concave portion 17 b of the tool holder 4.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the fixing portion 24 a is fixed to the base plate 21 outside the end portion of the arrangement groove 21 b in the first direction X in the first direction X. Specifically, the fixing portion 24a is fixed to the upper surface of the base plate 21 so that the engagement protrusion 24b protrudes from the end portion of the arrangement groove 21b in the first direction X toward the arrangement groove 21b. Further, the fixing portion 24a is formed so that the distance between the tips of the engaging projections 24b (the inner end in the left-right direction in FIG. 7) is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the portion of the tool holder 4 where the recess 17b is formed. It is fixed.

  The lower surface of the engagement protrusion 24b is an inclined surface 24c that is inclined upward as it goes inward of the arrangement groove 21b in the first direction X. The inclination angle of the inclined surface 24 c is substantially equal to the inclination angle of the inclined surface 17 c of the tool holder 4. The thickness of the tip of the engagement protrusion 24b is slightly narrower than the width (the width in the vertical direction) of the bottom surface of the recess 17b of the tool holder 4.

  In this embodiment, one tool holder 4 is attracted by two magnets 22, and the tool holder 4 is held by the tool holding unit 25. In a state where the tool holder 4 is held by the tool holding portion 25, the vicinity of the edge of the key groove 17d on the outer peripheral surface of the suction portion 17a is sucked by the two magnets 22 (see FIG. 4). Further, the rotation stop projection 23 b is engaged with the key groove 17 d of the tool holder 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the engagement protrusions 24 b of the guide member 24 are engaged with the recesses 17 b of the tool holder 4 from both sides in the first direction X.

(Tool change operation)
In the machine tool 1, the tool 3 attached to the spindle 5 is exchanged as follows.

  In the tool magazine 11 before the tool 3 is replaced, the tool holder 4 is not held by at least one tool holding portion 25. That is, at least one tool holding part 25 is in an empty state.

  When the tool 3 is replaced, the moving mechanism 13 is driven and the tool magazine 11 moves to the main shaft 5 side. Further, the rotation drive mechanism 12 is driven so that the tool magazine 11 rotates so that the radially outer end of the arrangement groove 21b of the vacant tool holding portion 25 faces the main shaft 5 side.

  On the other hand, on the main shaft 5 side, the vertical drive mechanism is driven to move the main shaft 5 so that the suction portion 17a of the tool holder 4 held on the main shaft 5 matches the height of the tool holding portion 25 of the tool magazine 11. To do. Further, the horizontal movement mechanism is driven so that the concave portion 17b of the tool holder 4 is guided by the engaging protrusion 24b and the attracting portion 17a is attracted to the magnet 22, and the main shaft 5 moves to the tool magazine 11 side. When the attracting portion 17a is attracted to the magnet 22, the spindle 5 is lifted by the vertical drive mechanism after releasing the tool holder 4 with the chuck mechanism released. When the main shaft 5 is raised, the tool holder 4 is detached from the main shaft 5.

  Thereafter, the tool magazine 11 rotates so that the tool holder 4 to which the tool 3 attached to the main shaft 5 is fixed faces the main shaft 5 side. Further, the spindle 5 is lowered from above the tool holder 4 and the tool holder 4 is held by the chuck mechanism. Thereafter, the spindle 5 moves in a direction away from the tool magazine 11 so that the tool holder 4 is detached from the tool holder 25. When the tool holder 4 is detached from the tool holder 25, the tool 3 attached to the spindle 5 is replaced. Ends.

(Main effects of this form)
As described above, in this embodiment, the tool holding unit 25 includes the magnet 22 for holding the tool holder 4. Therefore, the tool holder 4 arranged in the arrangement groove 21b can be held even if the shape of the base plate 21 or the like is simplified. Therefore, in this embodiment, complicated processing such as the base plate 21 constituting the tool magazine 11 is not necessary, and the cost of the tool magazine 11 can be reduced.

  In this embodiment, the magnet 22 is disposed on the radially inner portion of the disposition groove 21b. Therefore, the tool holder 4 is attracted by the magnet 22 toward the rotation center O side. Therefore, even if a centrifugal force is generated in the tool holder 4 when the tool magazine 11 rotates, the tool holder 4 can be reliably held.

  In this embodiment, the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25 is attracted to two magnets 22 arranged with a predetermined gap in the first direction X. In this embodiment, the engagement protrusions 24 b of the guide member 24 are engaged with the recesses 17 b of the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25 from both sides in the first direction X. Therefore, the shift in the first direction X of the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25 can be prevented.

  Further, since the engagement protrusions 24b of the guide member 24 are engaged with the recesses 17b of the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25 from both sides in the first direction X, the tool held by the tool holding unit 25 The holder 4 can be prevented from shifting in the vertical direction. Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the rotation stop protrusion 23b is engaged with the key groove 17d of the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25, the rotation of the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 4 is prevented. Can be prevented.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25 can be held in a correct posture. As a result, the tool 3 attached to the main shaft 5 can be appropriately replaced.

(Other embodiments)
In the embodiment described above, each of the tool holding units 25 includes two magnets 22, but the number of the magnets 22 included in the tool holding unit 25 may be one, or may be three or more. In the case where the tool holding unit 25 includes one magnet 22, for example, the magnet 22 may be fixed to the central portion of the magnet fixing surface of the magnet fixing member 23 in which the rotation stop protrusion 23b is not formed. Moreover, in the form mentioned above, although the magnet 22 is a permanent magnet, the magnet 22 may be an electromagnet. Further, in the above-described form, the two magnets 22 are arranged at the radially inner portion of the arrangement groove 21b, but the two magnets 22 may be arranged at both end portions in the first direction X of the arrangement groove 21b. good.

  In the embodiment described above, the tool holder 4 held by the tool holding unit 25 is attracted to the magnet 22. That is, the tool holder 4 is in contact with the magnet 22. In addition to this, for example, the tool holder 4 may be attracted to the magnet 22 while the tool holder 4 and the magnet 22 are not in contact with each other, and the tool holder 4 may be held by the tool holding portion 25.

  In the embodiment described above, the tool magazine 11 includes the six tool holding units 25, but the number of the tool holding units 25 included in the tool magazine 11 may be two or more. In the above-described embodiment, the tool magazine 11 is rotatable with the vertical direction as an axial direction. However, the tool magazine 11 has a horizontal direction or a direction inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal direction as an axial direction. It may be rotatable. Moreover, in the form mentioned above, although the tool 3 is hold | maintained at the tool holder 4, the rod-shaped workpiece | work 2 may be hold | maintained at the tool holder 4. FIG.

1 is a front view of a machine tool according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view which shows the state which removed the cover of the automatic tool changer shown in FIG. (A) is a top view of the tool holder shown in FIG. 1, (B) is a side view which shows a tool holder from the EE direction of (A). It is a top view which shows a tool magazine from the FF direction of FIG. It is a side view which shows a tool magazine from the GG direction of FIG. It is a top view for demonstrating the structure of the magnet fixing member and guide member which are shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of a magnet fixing member and a guide member from the HH direction of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Machine tool 2 Work piece 3 Tool 4 Tool holder 5 Spindle 8 ATC (automatic tool changer)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Tool magazine 12 Rotation drive mechanism 17a Suction part 17b Recessed part 17d Key groove 21b Arrangement groove 22 Magnet (holding magnet)
23b Anti-rotation protrusion 24b Engagement protrusion 25 Tool holder O Rotation center

Claims (7)

In a tool magazine that includes a plurality of tool holders that hold a tool holder to which a tool or a workpiece is fixed, and is connected to a predetermined rotation drive mechanism to rotate.
The plurality of tool holding portions are arranged in a substantially annular shape around the rotation center of the tool magazine,
In the tool holding portion, an arrangement groove in which the tool holder is arranged is formed so as to be recessed from the radially outer end of the tool magazine toward the rotation center,
The tool magazine includes a holding magnet for holding the tool holder arranged in the arrangement groove.   The tool magazine according to claim 1, wherein the holding magnet is arranged on the rotation center side of the arrangement groove. The tool holding unit includes two holding magnets,
The two holding magnets are arranged in a state where a predetermined gap is provided in a direction orthogonal to a radial direction of the tool magazine and an axial direction of the tool magazine. Tool magazine. The tool holder is formed with a key groove for preventing rotation,
The tool magazine according to claim 3, wherein the tool holding portion includes a rotation stop protrusion formed between the two holding magnets and engaged with the key groove. The tool holder includes a substantially cylindrical adsorbing portion that is adsorbed to the holding magnet,
The suction portion is formed with a substantially annular recess that is recessed radially inward,
The tool holding portion includes two engaging protrusions that engage with the concave portion from both sides in a direction orthogonal to the radial direction of the tool magazine and the axial direction of the tool magazine. 4. A tool magazine according to any one of the above.   An automatic tool changer comprising: the tool magazine according to any one of claims 1 to 5; and a rotational drive mechanism that rotationally drives the tool magazine.   A machine tool comprising: the automatic tool changer according to claim 6; and a spindle to which the tool holder is attached.

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