JP2011076570A - Display device for displaying work holder setup information of plate material processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a setup information display device which informs a worker in advance that a work holder setup is needed in a scheduled operation. <P>SOLUTION: A work holder mounting position storing means 69 stores a current mounting position of the work holder 13 with respect to a moving member 13. A setup information generating means 48 reads a processing program for a processing schedule SH in advance and retrieves setup position information of the work holder 13 to compare it with the information stored in the storing means 69, thereby generating information indicating that a change of the work holder mounting position is needed. The generated information is displayed on the display device 47 by a display information generating means 71. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention requires a change in the work holder mounting position when performing a schedule operation in a plate material processing machine such as a punch press or a laser processing machine, particularly a plate material processing machine in which a plate material is held and moved by the work holder. The present invention relates to a work holder setup information display device for a plate material processing machine that displays in advance that the occurrence of the occurrence of the problem.

  In a plate processing machine such as a punch press, the material plate is fed on the table by holding one side of the material plate with a plurality of work holders attached to a moving member such as a cross slide that moves forward and backward. It is common to do this. The work holder mounting position on the moving member is generally variable. This is because the appropriate gripping position of the work holder with respect to the material plate material differs depending on the cutting form of the component plate material with respect to the material plate material, the dimensions of the material plate material, and the like. Machining cannot be performed around the gripping position of the work holder, and the gripping position of the work holder affects the rigidity of the plate material being processed. By changing the gripping position of the work holder, machining was impossible before the change. It is possible to process a part, and to improve the processing accuracy by improving the rigidity of sheet feeding.

The change of the mounting position of the work holder with respect to the moving member is generally performed manually by the operator as a kind of setup work.
In the case of scheduled operation in which multiple machining programs are executed sequentially, the worker looks at the form showing the machining information for each machining program, determines that there is a setup for changing the work holder mounting position, and Before executing the machining program with setup, the plate material processing machine is stopped and setup is performed.

In a machining program that is currently executed, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228867 proposes that when a work holder is set up, a setup display is displayed on the image display device, and the operation is started after confirmation by the operator.
As for the tool setup, the present inventors previously proposed an image that displays information indicating which tool setup is required for which machining program in the case of scheduled operation (for example, Patent Document 2). .

Japanese Patent No. 2927512 JP 2007-144456 A

  In the schedule operation, as described above, conventionally, since the operator saw the machining information of each machining program with a form and determined that there is a work holder setup, whether or not appropriate setup is performed, It depends largely on the ability of the operator. For this reason, forgetting to set up the work holder or making a mistake, the processing sometimes stops in the middle of processing one piece of material.

An object of the present invention is to perform plate material processing that can notify an operator in advance that a work holder is set up in a scheduled operation, and can avoid a processing stop or a processing failure due to forgetting to set up the work holder. It is providing the work holder setup information display apparatus of a machine.
Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to simultaneously notify the operator of the occurrence of tool setup together with the setup of the work holder so that the operator can comprehensively recognize the setup.
Still another object of the present invention is to make it possible to recognize at a glance the occurrence of work holder setup and the occurrence of tool setup.
Still another object of the present invention is to look at a work holder of an actual machine and find out that the work holder is set up.

The configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 corresponding to the embodiment. The work holder setup information display device of the plate material processing machine includes a processing head (Q) for processing the plate material (W), and a plate material feed mechanism (10) for feeding the plate material to the processing head (Q), The plate material feeding mechanism (10) includes a moving member (12) that is driven forward and backward, and a plurality of workpieces that are attached to the moving member (12) so that the mounting position can be changed and grip the end of the plate material (W). A work holder setup information display device applied to a plate material processing machine (101) having a holder (13), wherein the next whirl holder mounting position storage means (69), setup information generation means (48), and display information generation Means (71) are provided.
The whirl holder attachment position storage means (69) is means for storing the current attachment position of the work holder (13) with respect to the moving member (12).
The setup information generation means (48) pre-reads a machining program after a machining program being executed in a machining schedule (SH) comprising a plurality of machining programs executed sequentially, and a work holder required for the machining from the machining program. The information on the mounting position of (13) is extracted, and the extracted mounting position of the work holder (13) is different from the mounting position of the work holder (13) stored in the whirl holder mounting position storage means (69). It is a means to generate | occur | produce the work holder setup information which shows that the setup of the change of a work holder attachment position is needed in a case.
The display information generating means (71) generates information for display on the display device (47) based on the work holder setup information generated by the setup information generating means (48) and displays the information on the display device (47). It is a means to make.

According to this configuration, the setup information generation means (48) pre-reads each machining program of the machining schedule (SH), and extracts information on the attachment position of the work holder (13) from the machining program. The extracted mounting position of the work holder (13) is compared with the mounting position of the work holder (13) stored in the whirl holder mounting position storage means (69). The work holder setup information indicating that The display information generating means (71) causes the display device (47) to display based on the work holder setup information generated as described above. The display device (47) may display an image or may simply be composed of a light source or the like.
Thus, in the schedule operation, the operator can be notified in advance by the display on the display device (47) that the work holder (13) is set up. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the processing stop and the occurrence of processing failure due to forgetting to set up the work holder (13).

In this invention, you may make it display tool setup information with work holder setup information. That is, the tool information (7) used for processing by the processing head (Q) is provided with a mounted tool information storage means (45) that stores information on each tool (7) that the plate material processing machine (101) currently has, and the setup information The generation means (48) pre-reads a work holder setup information generation unit (48a) for generating the work holder setup information and a machining program after the machining program being executed in the machining schedule (SH), and uses it in the machining program. Tool setup indicating that it is necessary to set up replacement of the mounted tool (7) by comparing the information of the tool (7) to be stored with the information of the tool (7) stored in the mounted tool information storage means (45). A tool setup information generation unit (48b) for generating information, and the display information generation means (71) displays the image on a display device (47) for displaying an image. The work holder setup information display (83A) generated based on the work holder setup information generated by the work holder setup information generation unit (48a) and the tool setup information generated by the tool setup information generation unit (48b) The tool setup information display (83) generated based on the information is displayed on the same screen of the display device (47).
In this way, the work holder setup information display (83A) and the tool setup information display (83) are displayed on the same screen of the display device (47). Can inform at the same time. Therefore, it is possible to comprehensively recognize the setup by the operator.

Thus, when it is set as the structure which displays a workpiece holder setup information display (83A) and a tool setup information display (83) on the same screen of a display apparatus (47), the said display information production | generation means (71) The workpiece holder setup information display (83A) and the tool setup information display (83) may be displayed as marks, and these marks may be displayed in a line on the same screen.
Since the work holder setup information display (83A) and the tool setup information display (83) are displayed as marks and arranged in a line on the same screen, the setup of the work holder (13) and the occurrence of tool setup Can be recognized at a glance by the operator.

In this invention, as shown in FIG. 12 corresponding to the embodiment, the display device (47A) is a light source provided in each work holder (13), and the display information generating means (71) The light source (47A) of the work holder (13) where the work holder mounting position is changed may be turned on or blinked. The light source (47A) may be a lamp, a light emitting diode, or a plurality of liquid crystals capable of displaying numbers.
In the case of this configuration, it can be seen from the light source (47A) of the actual work holder (13) that the work holder (13) is set up.

  A work holder setup information display device for a plate material processing machine according to the present invention includes a processing head for processing a plate material, and a plate material feed mechanism for feeding the plate material to the processing head, and the plate material feed mechanism is driven forward and backward. A work holder setup information display device applied to a plate material processing machine having a moving member and a plurality of work holders attached to the moving member so as to be able to change the attachment position and gripping an end portion of the plate material, Pre-reading a machining program after a running program in a machining schedule consisting of a plurality of machining programs executed sequentially, a whirl holder attachment position storage means for storing the current attachment position of the work holder with respect to the moving member, and from the machining program Extract the work holder mounting position information necessary for the processing, and then install the extracted work holder Setup information generating means for generating work holder setup information indicating that a setup for changing the work holder mounting position is required when the position differs from the work holder mounting position stored in the whirl holder mounting position storage means And display information generating means for generating information for display on the display device based on the work holder setup information generated by the setup information generating means and displaying the information on the display device. Can be notified to the operator in advance, and machining stoppage due to forgetting to set up the work holder and the occurrence of machining defects can be avoided.

As the tool used for processing by the processing head, there is provided a mounted tool information storage unit that stores information on each tool currently provided in the plate material processing machine, and the setup information generation unit generates the work holder setup information. And the machining program after the machining program being executed in the machining schedule are pre-read, and the information on the tool used in the machining program is compared with the tool information stored in the loaded tool information storage means. A tool setup information generating unit for generating tool setup information indicating that replacement setup is required, and the display information generating means is displayed on a display device for displaying an image, and the work holder setup information is displayed. The work holder setup information generated based on the work holder setup information generated by the generation unit and the previous When the tool setup information display generated based on the tool setup information generated by the tool setup information generation unit is displayed on the same screen of the display device, the tool setup is generated together with the work holder setup. It is possible to notify the worker at the same time, and it is possible to comprehensively recognize the setup by the worker.
In the case of this configuration, the display information generating means displays the work holder setup information display and the tool setup information display as marks, respectively, and displays these marks in a line on the same screen. In this case, the occurrence of the work holder setup and the tool setup can be recognized at a glance by the operator.

  In this invention, the display device is a light source provided in each work holder, and the display information generating means turns on or blinks the light source of the work holder in which the change of the work holder mounting position occurs. In this case, it can be seen that there is a setup of the work holder by looking at the work holder of the actual machine.

It is a block diagram which shows the conceptual structure of the setup information display apparatus of the board | plate material processing machine concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a screen which shows the display state of the guide display of the setup information display apparatus, and an installation status display. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a screen which shows the display state of the guide display of the setup information display apparatus, and a setup information detail display. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a screen when there is no setup of the setup information display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a screen which shows the display state of the guide display of the setup information display apparatus, and the setup information detail display about a work holder. It is a top view which shows an example of the board | plate material processing machine to which the tool information display apparatus is applied. It is an enlarged plan view showing the in-machine tool magazine, the out-of-machine tool magazine, and the tool changer. It is a perspective view which shows the turret type tool. It is an expanded fracture side view which shows the attachment structure of the work holder. It is a block diagram which shows the conceptual structure of the tool information display apparatus of the board | plate material processing machine concerning other embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a screen of the display apparatus. It is a top view which shows the relationship between the display apparatus and work holder in the work holder setup information display apparatus concerning further another embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the example of the board | plate material processing machine made into the object of the workpiece holder setup information display apparatus concerning further another embodiment of this invention.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a conceptual configuration of a processing facility provided with a setup information display device according to this embodiment. This processing equipment includes a plate material processing machine 101, a plate material processing machine control device 41 that controls the plate material processing machine 101, an operation panel 46 that performs operations on the plate material processing machine control device 41 and direct operations on the plate material processing machine 101. And a management device 42.
The setup information display device of this embodiment displays a setup information display 80 on the screen of the display device 47 of the operation panel 46. The information display unit 47a including the screen of the display device 47 is assumed to be covered with a touch panel (not shown) capable of inputting information on a touched position by a human finger.

  This embodiment is applied when the plate material processing machine 101 is a machine mainly including a punch press 1 having the following configuration. As shown in FIG. 6, the plate material processing machine 101 includes a punch press 1, a presetter 2, a tool changer 3, and a loader 4.

  The punch press 1 includes an in-machine tool magazine 5 and is equipped with a plurality of turret type tools 7 on which individual tools 8 are mounted so as to be replaceable in the in-machine tool magazine 5. The tool changer 3 is a device that automatically exchanges the turret type tool 7 between the in-machine tool magazine 5 and the out-of-machine tool magazine 6 provided in the punch press 1 and the presetter 2, respectively.

  The punch press 1 has a processing head Q for processing the plate material W on the table 9, and a plate material feed mechanism 10 for moving the plate material W on the table 9 in two orthogonal axes (X axis, Y axis). Due to the movement, the portion of the plate material W to be processed is moved to the punch position P by the processing head Q. The machining head Q is a mechanism that drives the individual tool 8 mounted on the turret type tool 7 up and down for punching, and is installed on the main body frame 1 </ b> A of the punch press 1.

  The plate material feeding mechanism 10 has a cross slide 12 mounted on a carriage 11 that advances and retreats in the Y-axis direction so as to be able to advance and retreat in the X-axis direction, and a plurality of work holders 13 that grip end portions of the plate material W are attached to the cross slide 12. It is attached. The cross slide 12 is a moving member referred to in the claims. Each work holder 13 is attached to the cross slide 12 so that the attachment position can be changed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, a dovetail mounting rail 12a is provided on the cross slide 12 along the advanceable / retractable direction, and the work holder 13 has a dovetail fitting groove provided on the back surface thereof. 13a is movably fitted. The work holder 13 includes a fixing tool 13b including a screw mechanism 13ba, a pressing piece 13bb, and a lever 13bc, and is fixed by the fixing tool 13b at an arbitrary position on the mounting rail 12a.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the turret type tool 7 is a turret having a circular planar shape, and one or a plurality of individual tools 8 are mounted thereon. The individual tool 8 is exchangeably mounted in an individual tool support portion 7a formed of a through hole or the like provided in the turret type tool 7. The individual tool 8 is a punch tool or a die tool. The punch tool and the die tool are used as a pair in the vertical direction, and the turret type tool 7 is provided with a punch tool and a die tool as a pair in the vertical direction. In the figure, only the turret type tool 7 for a punch tool is shown, and the illustration of the turret type tool 7 for a die tool is omitted.

The individual tool 8 has various punch shapes and dimensions that are punched, and a plurality of individual tool support portions 7a provided in the turret type tool 7 are equipped with different hole shapes and dimensions for processing. Is done.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of types of turret type tools 7 different in the number, arrangement, dimensions, etc. of the individual tool support portions 7a are prepared. A plurality of types of individual tools 8 having the same outer diameter can be mounted on the same individual tool support portion 7a, and any applicable individual tool 8 can be fitted to the individual tool support portion 7a of each type of turret type tool 7. The individual tool knitting of the turret type tool 7 is carried out.

  The in-machine tool magazine 5 is provided so as to be able to turn horizontally, and pockets 5a for detachably holding the turret type tool 7 are provided at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral portion. Each pocket 5a is identified by pocket numbers P01 to P08 on control. The in-machine tool magazine 5 is provided with a pair of upper and lower parts concentrically, and holds the punch-side and die-side turret type tools 7 and rotates synchronously. However, only the upper in-machine tool magazine 5 is shown in the figure. ing.

In FIG. 6, the punch press 1 has a magazine indexing part and a tool holder indexing part (both not shown) as a tool indexing mechanism. The magazine indexing unit is a mechanism for rotating the in-machine tool magazine 5 so that an arbitrary pocket 5a of the in-machine tool magazine 5 is positioned immediately below a predetermined press head Q. The tool holder indexing unit holds the turret type tool 7 located immediately below the press head Q and turns it around the center of the tool holder, and allocates an arbitrary individual tool 8 of the turret type tool 7 to a predetermined punch position P. It is a mechanism to put out.
The individual tool 8 indexed at the punch position P is given a lifting operation for punching by a punch driving source such as a servomotor through a freely movable ram.

  The loader 4 is a device that grips the sheet material W loaded on a predetermined sheet material mounting unit 14 one by one by suction or the like and supplies it onto the table 9 of the punch press 1. The loader 4 includes a suction pad (not shown) that grips the plate material W on the traveling body 16 that travels on the installation rail 15.

The presetter 2 is installed so that the external tool magazine 6 can be pivotally indexed, and is installed behind the punch press 1. The presetter 2 is provided with a setup changer 17 for an operator to change the turret type tool 7 with respect to the external tool magazine 6.
The out-of-machine tool magazine 6 is provided so as to be able to turn horizontally like the in-machine tool magazine 5, and pockets 6a for detachably holding the turret type tool 7 are provided at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral portion. The external tool magazine 6 is also arranged concentrically up and down for the turret type tool 7 equipped with the punch tool and for the turret type tool 7 equipped with the die tool, and the rotation index drive is the magazine index This is done by means (not shown).

The tool changer 3 is a device for exchanging the turret type tool 7 between the in-machine tool magazine 5 of the punch press 1 and the out-of-machine tool magazine 6, and a predetermined replacement index position R of these tool magazines 5, 6. , S to exchange.
The tool changer 3 includes a guide rail 21 provided over the replacement index positions R and S of the in-machine tool magazine 5 and the out-of-machine tool magazine 6, and a traveling body 22 that travels along the guide rail 21. Prepare. The traveling body 22 is provided with two chucks 23 and 24 that hold the turret type tool 7 side by side in the traveling direction. These two chucks 23 and 24 hold the replacement turret type tool 7 with one of the chucks 23 and 24, and the turret type tool 7 from the tool magazines 5 and 6 with the empty chucks 23 and 24. The replacement turret type tool 7 held by the one of the chucks 23 and 24 is transferred to the tool magazines 5 and 6. As a result, the turret type tool 7 can be replaced by a single run between the tool magazines 5 and 6 of the running body 22.

The traveling body 22 has only one chuck 23, 24, and temporarily places the replacement turret type tool 7 on a temporary placement stand (not shown) provided near the replacement index positions R, S. By doing so, the turret type tool 7 can be replaced by one run.
Also, the chucks 23 and 24 provided on the traveling body 22 are the same as the tool magazines 5 and 6, respectively, for the turret type tool 7 loaded with the punch tool and for the turret type tool 7 loaded with the die tool. Are provided side by side.

  The control system and information display will be described. In FIG. 1, a plate material processing machine control device 41 is a computer-type device that program-controls the plate material processing machine 101, a numerical control device that controls the punch press 1 in the plate material processing machine 1, and a changer control that controls the tool changer 3. It is comprised by the loader control apparatus etc. which control the apparatus and the loader 4 (all are not shown in figure).

The management device 42 is a computer that performs schedule management and generation of setup information in scheduled operation, and is partly or entirely in common with the plate material processing machine control device 41 or independent of the plate material processing machine control device 41. It is provided as a device.
The management device 41 includes a schedule management unit 43, a schedule storage unit 44, a work holder mounting position storage unit 69, a mounted tool information storage unit 45, a setup information creation unit 48, a setup information storage unit 49, and a display information generation unit 71. is doing. The management device 41 may include a schedule creation unit (not shown).

  The schedule storage means 44 is a means for storing the machining schedule SH. The machining schedule SH is a collection of a plurality of unit schedules Sch1 (Sch1 to Schn (n is an arbitrary natural number)) including used tool information F1 and work holder mounting position information F2 which are information of tools used for machining. . The unit schedule Sch is a schedule for machining by executing one machining program (not shown) once.

The tool information F1 includes the tool number (T01, T02,...) Of the turret type tool 7 used for machining and which individual tool 8 is contained in each individual tool support portion 7a of the turret type tool 7 of that tool number. And some detailed information.
The work holder attachment position information F2 is information indicating which position of the cross slide 12 that is the moving body to which each work holder 13 is attached, and is indicated by a distance from the set reference position of the cross slide 12, for example.

  The schedule management means 43 is means for managing the progress of machining by causing the plate material processing machine control device 41 to execute a machining program in accordance with the machining schedule SH stored in the schedule storage means 44.

  The work holder attachment position storage means 69 is means for storing the current attachment position of each work holder 13 with respect to the cross slide 12. The work holder attachment position storage means 69 changes the stored contents automatically when the attachment position of the cross slide 12 is changed or according to the operation of the operator panel 46 by the operator.

The mounted tool information storage means 45 is means for storing information F3 of the turret type tool 7 mounted in each of the tool magazines 5 and 6 inside and outside the machine. Specifically, the mounted tool information storage means 45 is specified by the pocket number for each pocket number (P01, P02,...) That identifies each pocket 5a, 6a of each tool magazine 5, 6 as the tool information F3. Information of the tool number (T01, T02,...) Of the turret type tool 7 mounted in the pockets 5a, 6a to be performed, and which individual tool 8 is in each individual tool support portion 7a of the turret type tool 7 of that tool number. It is assumed that detailed information as to whether it has entered is stored. Pocket numbers (P01, P02,...) Are assigned to the tool magazines 5 and 6 inside and outside the machine. The mounted tool information storage unit 45 also stores the tool number information of the turret type tool 7 held in the tool changer 3.
The mounted tool information storage means 45 changes the stored contents automatically or in accordance with the operator's operation when the mounting position of the turret type tool 7 mounted in each tool magazine 5 or 6 is changed or inserted / removed. It is supposed to be.

  The setup information generation means 48 sets up the setup based on the processing schedule SH, the information on the position of each work holder 13 attached to the plate material processing machine 1 and the information on the turret type tool 7 attached to the plate material processing machine 1. It is a means for generating information, and the created setup information is stored in the setup information storage means 49. The setup information includes work holder setup information and tool setup information. The setup information generation means 48 includes a work holder setup information generation unit 48a and a tool setup information generation unit 48b.

  Specifically, the work holder setup information generation unit 48 a includes information on each work holder mounting position of the machining schedule SH stored in the schedule storage unit 44 and each work holder 13 stored in the work holder mounting position storage unit 69. The work holder setup information is created by comparing with the mounting position. The work holder setup information is information that determines which work holder 13 is changed to which position in which unit schedule Sch.

Specifically, the tool setup information generation unit 48b compares the machining schedule SH stored in the schedule storage unit 44 with the stored contents of the mounted tool information storage unit 45, and creates tool setup information.
The tool setup information is information that defines which turret type tool 7 is to be carried into and out from the plate material processing machine 1 until which unit schedule Sch or between which unit schedules Sch. This setup information also includes detailed information as to which individual tool 8 is contained in each individual tool support portion 7a of the turret type tool 7.

  The display information generating means 71 is an information display comprising a screen of the display device 47 in accordance with the stored contents of the setup information storing means 49, or further the stored contents of the mounted tool information storing means 45 and the stored contents of the work holder mounting position storing means 69. This is means for generating and displaying information to be displayed on the unit 47a. The display information generation means 71 displays a setup information display 80 including a setup information detail display 81 and a guide display 82 and an equipment status display 50 (FIG. 2) as displays on the information display section 47a. The respective displays 81, 82, 50 are generated by the guide display generation unit 72, the setup information detail display generation unit 73, and the equipment status display generation unit 74 in the display information generation unit 71 of FIG. 1.

The guide display 82 is a display that makes it easy to understand the occurrence of the setup at a glance and that prompts the operator to switch the screen to display the setup information detail display 81. The guide display 82 displays a mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7 for the turret type tool 7 that needs to be set up for the tool setup, and displays a mark 83A indicating the work holder 13 for the work holder setup. Is.
The mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7 is indicated by a circle, for example, and an identification number display 84 of the turret type tool 7 is provided therein. The identification number display 84 omits the initial letter “T” and the upper digit “0” in the tool number, just like the identification number display 59 in the tool presence information display 51, and only the numerical part such as “1”. It is as a display.
A mark 83A indicating the work holder 13 is indicated by a circle having the same size as the mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7, and a character “WH” indicating the work holder or an appropriate symbol or the like is provided therein. .
The mark 83 is a part of the tool setup information display, and the mark 83A is a part of the work holder setup information display.

  In the guide display 82, the mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7 and the mark 83A indicating the work holder 13 are all classified and displayed according to the urgency of the setup in the setup information. Here, although the color difference is shown in FIG. 2 by distinguishing hatching, the colors of the marks 83 and 83A are varied according to the degree of urgency as the classification display. Further, the display positions of the marks 83 and 83A are changed according to the urgency level, and for example, the higher the urgency level is displayed on the left side of the figure.

Here, the degree of urgency is divided into three stages, and the turret type tool 7 required for the machining program of the unit schedule Sch that is currently being executed or has started execution is colored red. In FIG. 2, red is shown by cross hatching.
The next most urgent one, for example, a turret type tool 7 that is necessary for a machining program after one or two lines (that is, one or two after a unit schedule machining program) and can be replaced now. About yellow. In FIG. 2, yellow is indicated by hatching on one side. The mark 83A indicating the work holder 13 is yellow when it is changed after the machining program currently being executed.
For the execution of the least urgent one, for example, the entire machining schedule S, replacement is necessary in the future, but the turret type tool 7 that cannot be replaced now is blue. In FIG. 2, blue is shown by dotted hatching. The marks 83A indicating the work holder 13 are blue except for those that should be yellow. Since the work holder 13 does not change its mounting position during processing, the mark 83A indicating the work holder 13 is not the color indicating the most urgent thing.

  Further, according to the degree of urgency, a message display 85 with characters indicating the meaning of the degree of urgency is shown together with the distinction by the color, and the circular mark 83 and the message display 85 are enclosed and displayed in a rectangle or the like for each mark 83. 86. The message display 85 is, for example, “immediate execution” or “execution of the first and second lines”.

  The total number of marks 83, 83A displayed on the screen is a predetermined maximum number (4 in the illustrated example), and the number of turret type tools 7 that need to be set up (1 when the work holder 13 is set up). Even if there is more than the predetermined maximum number, the marks 83 and 83A indicating the guide display 82 are limited to the predetermined maximum number. The turret type tools 7 that need to be set up exceeding the predetermined maximum number are displayed as the number of turret type tools 7 that need to be set up decreases as a result of the setup. The execution of the setup is recognized by monitoring the display information generating means 71 that the stored contents of the mounted tool information storing means 45 have changed.

  The color coding according to the degree of urgency in the guide display 82 is shown in the same color as the tool presence information display 51 of the corresponding turret type tool 7 in the equipment status display 50 described next with reference to FIG. This color-coded display is performed by the processing of the equipment status display generation unit 74.

  In the equipment status display 50, the tool presence information display 51 is displayed by a circular mark in an array that follows the pocket layout of the tool magazines 5 and 6 in a pseudo manner. In this case, display areas 61 and 62 for each of the tool magazines 5 and 6 and a display area 63 for the tool changer 3 are provided, and a tool presence information display 51 is displayed for each of the display areas 61 to 63. In the equipment status display 50, for each pocket 5a, 6a of the tool magazine 5, 6, a pocket corresponding display position for displaying the tool presence information display 51 is determined. Arranged in a pseudo manner according to the pocket arrangement.

  In the equipment status display 50, a tool presence information display 51 is displayed at a position where the turret type tool 7 of the tool magazines 5 and 6 is mounted at each pocket corresponding display position, but the turret type tool 7 is not mounted. The tool presence information display 51 is not displayed in the place. A portion where the turret type tool 7 is not attached at the pocket corresponding display position may be simply displayed with the same background as the periphery, or a position display 55 indicating that it is a pocket corresponding display position may be provided. In this embodiment, a circular range indicated by a broken line in the figure is a color range that is inconspicuous with a color similar to the background color, and is a position display 55 that indicates a pocket-corresponding display position.

  Each tool presence information display 51 is a circular mark as described above, and an identification number display 59 of the turret type tool 7 is provided in this mark. The identification number is a character string such as “T01” with an initial “T” indicating that it is a tool number. In the identification number display 59 attached to the tool presence information display 51, the initial “T” is used. The upper digit “0” is omitted, and only a numeric part such as “1” is displayed. This is because the identification number display 59 of the tool presence information display 51 clearly shows that it is a tool number, and it is easier to see if there is no extra display such as initials.

  The equipment status display 50 is displayed on a part of the screen, and a tool content display 64 indicating the content of the designated tool presence information display 51 and a guide display 82 are displayed on the remaining part of the screen.

  In FIG. 1, the setup information detail display 81 is selectively displayed on the screen of the display device 47 as an equipment status display 50 (FIG. 2). When the setup information display generation unit 73 of FIG. 1 designates an arbitrary tool presence information display 51 displayed as the equipment status display 50, the detailed information of the turret type tool 7 corresponding to the designated tool presence information display 51 is displayed. Display on the screen. The designation of the tool presence information display 51 is performed by touching a location on the screen on which the tool presence information display 51 is displayed. Thereby, selection input is performed from a touch panel (not shown) covering the screen surface.

FIG. 3 shows a specific example of the setup information detail display 81. The setup information detail display 81 in this example is a table showing information about each individual tool support portion 7a of the turret type tool 7 in a row. This table includes a left column 81a and a right column 81b. The left column 81a displays information about the individual tool 8 currently mounted, and the right column 81b displays information about the individual tool 8 that needs to be set up. Is done. In the left column 81a and the right column 81b, for each row, station numbers “1” to “8” for identifying the individual tool support portion 7a, and die information that is information such as dimensions about the individual tool 8, and The combination information of the upper mold and the lower mold is displayed. The combination information of the upper mold and the lower mold is information for distinguishing the types of the upper mold and the lower mold prepared for each of the items indicated by the same individual tool number, for example, for different clearances. Displayed with numbers “1” and “2”.
In addition to this, the setup information detail display 81 displays an identification number (here, “6”) of the turret type tool 7 in common for each row.

  Further, in the setup information detail display 81, an individual tool setup necessity display 87 indicating that setup is necessary is displayed at the beginning of the line in the row of the individual tool 8 that needs setup. The individual tool setup necessity display 87 is, for example, a text display such as “setup” in a box display. Similarly to the mark 83 in the guide display 82, the individual tool setup necessity display 87 is displayed with a color changed according to the degree of urgency.

  In addition, the setup information detail display 81 can be switched between the display format shown in FIG. 3 and the display format shown for each schedule for the mounting position of each work holder 13 as shown in FIG. This switching is performed by performing a predetermined input on the operation panel 46. For example, when the finger touches the mark 83A indicating the work holder 13 on the guide display 82, the screen of FIG. When the finger touches the mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7, the screen of FIG. 3 is returned. In the screen of FIG. 5, as the work holder position setup information detail display 81c, the position of each work holder 13 is indicated by the distance (unit mm) from the reference position for each unit schedule. In the illustrated example, in the fourth schedule, the center work holder mounting position is changed from the previous 750 mm position to the 700 mm position.

According to the setup information display apparatus having the above configuration, display information corresponding to the setup information is generated by the display information generating means 71, and the equipment status display 50 and the guide display 82 are displayed on the screen of the display apparatus 47 as shown in FIG. Is done. The equipment status display 50 is a pseudo display of the current equipment status of the turret type tool 7 of the plate material processing machine 1.
The guide display 82 shows a circular mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7 for the turret type tool 7 that needs to be set up, and an identification number display 84 of the turret type tool 7 is shown in the mark 83. Further, as the guide display 82, when the work holder 13 needs to be set up, a circular mark 83A is shown. In the mark 83, “WH” meaning a work holder or an appropriate symbol is shown. These marks 83 and 83A are classified according to the urgency of the setup, and the classification is indicated by the difference in color between “red”, “yellow”, and “blue”. If there is no setup at present, the guide display 82 is not displayed. FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen when there is no setup.

As described above, the turret type tool 7 that needs to be set up is indicated by the guide display 82, and the case that the work holder 3 needs to be set up is also indicated by the guide display 82, and is classified according to the degree of urgency. Therefore, it can be easily understood which turret type tool 7 needs to be set up, the work holder 13 needs to be set up, and when the setup is required.
The setup work occurs mainly for the turret type tool 7 and the work holder 13, but since the setup status of both is displayed on the same screen, it is easy for the operator to recognize the setup necessary status. .
In the guide display 82, since the mark 83A indicating the work holder and the mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7 are arranged in a line, it is easier for the operator to recognize the necessity of comprehensive setup.

  The color coding according to the degree of urgency in the guide display 82 is shown in the same color as the display of the tool presence information display 51 of the corresponding turret type tool 7 in the equipment status display 50, and thus shows the actual tool mounting status. In the equipment status display 50, it can be easily understood which pocket number of the turret type tool 7 needs to be set up.

When the display of the tool presence information display 51 in the equipment status display 50 is touched with a finger, the setup information detail display 81 is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.
Since the setup information is accompanied by detailed contents such as the type and size of the tool, listing all turret type tools 7 on the screen is complicated and difficult to understand. However, in this embodiment, the guide display 82 is displayed as described above, and by viewing the guide display 82 and touching the corresponding part of the equipment status display 50 with a finger, the necessary setup information detail display 81 is displayed. be able to. Therefore, unnecessary display can be reduced as much as possible, and necessary setup information can be easily displayed. Further, in the setup information detail display 81, which individual tool 8 in the turret type tool 7 needs to be set up is indicated by the individual tool setup necessity display 87 and the display of the contents after replacement. You can easily set up by looking at the display.
Furthermore, since the setup information detail display 81 displays the mounting position for each schedule for the work holder 13, the setup of the work holder 13 is easy to recognize the schedule and perform appropriate setup.

In the guide display 82, since the mark 83 indicating the turret type tool 7 is up to a predetermined maximum number, the display content is simplified and is easier to understand.
Since the turret type tools 7 that need to be set up exceeding the predetermined maximum number are displayed as the number of turret type tools 7 that need to be set up decreases as a result of the execution of setup, all the necessary displays as the guide display 82 can be performed. Further, since the information display section 47a of the display device 47 is covered with a touch panel, switching from the equipment status display 50 to the setup information detail display 81 can be operated simply by touching the displayed portion with a finger. Switching is easy and quick.

  In this work holder setup information display device, means (not shown) for detecting the attachment position of the work holder 13 is provided, and the attachment position of the work holder 13 detected by the detection means and the next in the schedule storage means 44 are provided. The execution position disabling means (not shown) for comparing the work position of each work holder 13 in the unit schedule to be executed and disabling the operation of the plate material processing machine 101 by the plate material processing machine control device 41 if they do not match. May be provided.

  FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is applied when the plate material processing machine 101 is a turret punch press. In this case, the turret of the plate material processing machine 101 becomes the tool magazine 5A, and an individual tool 8A is mounted in each pocket 5Aa of the tool magazine 5A composed of the turret. Instead of the individual tool 8A, a multi tool equipped with a plurality of individual tools may be mounted in the pocket 5A.

  The setup information generation unit 48 generates work holder setup information and tool setup information as in the first embodiment. The display information generating means 71 also displays the setup information detail display as the setup information display 80 for displaying the work holder setup information and the tool setup information on the information display section 47a of the display device 47 as in the first embodiment. 81 and a guide display 82 for prompting the operator to operate in order to display the setup information detail display 81. Further, the display information generating means 71 generates and displays information for displaying the equipment status display 50. FIG. 11 shows an example of a screen displaying an equipment status display 50 when there is no setup for the work holder 13 as a setup for the priority order to be displayed and there is a tool setup in the schedule SH. ) Shows an example of a screen displaying the setup information detail display 81 in FIG.

  As described above, even when the plate material processing machine 101 is a turret punch press, the setup display 80 of the work holder setup information and the tool setup information is displayed, and the guide display for selectively displaying the setup information detail display 81. Since 82 is displayed, necessary setup information can be easily displayed. Other configurations and effects in this embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In each of the above embodiments, the work holder setup information is displayed on the screen of the display device 47 that displays an image. However, for example, as shown in FIG. Anyway. In the figure, the configuration of the display device 47 and the display information generating means 71 in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 9 is changed as follows. In this embodiment, each work holder 13 is provided with a display device 47A composed of a single light source such as a light emitting diode or a lamp. The display information generating means 71 in FIG. The display device 47A provided on the work holder 13 in which the attachment position is changed is turned on or blinked. This lighting or blinking may be performed when the work holder setup occurs in the unit schedule to be executed next, or may be performed when the work holder setup occurs in some unit schedules ahead. . In addition, if the work holder setup occurs in two or more unit schedules ahead, it will be lit, and if the work holder setup occurs in the next unit schedule to be executed, it will be distinguished by blinking. Also good. The tool setup display is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  In this way, when the display device 47A is provided on the work holder 13 so as to display the setup, the occurrence of the setup becomes much clearer than when the display is displayed on the screen of the display device 47 of the operation panel 46, and the work is performed. Oversight by the person is reduced. Other configurations and effects are the same as those of the first embodiment. In the embodiment in which the plate material processing machine 101 shown in FIG. 10 is a turret punch press, a display device 47A may be provided on the work holder 13 as shown in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 12, the display device 47A provided on the work holder 13 is a single light source. However, the display device 47A provided on the work holder 13 is capable of displaying an image such as a liquid crystal display. The work holder setup information may be displayed as an image such as a mark. In that case, you may make it display the attachment position of the work holder 13 shown by a schedule. Furthermore, a display device for displaying a scale (not shown) may be provided on the cross slide 13 or the like, and the position of the work holder 13 to be set up may be displayed on the scale.

  FIG. 13 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment shows an example in the case where the plate material processing machine 101 is a combined processing machine in the second embodiment shown in FIG. In this example, the plate material processing machine 101 is a turret punch press, laser and tap combined processing machine having a punch processing head Q1, a laser processing head Q2, and a tap processing head Q3. A replaceable optical system portion (not shown) provided in the laser machining head Q2 and a replaceable tap tool (not shown) in the tap machining head Q3 correspond to “tools” in the claims, and FIG. The tool information in the schedule storage means 44 and the mounted tool information storage means 45 includes information on the replaceable optical system section and the tap tool. Other configurations in the embodiment of FIG. 13 are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Punch press 7 ... Turret type tool 8, 8A ... Individual tool 9 ... Table 10 ... Plate material feeding mechanism 11 ... Carriage 12 ... Cross slide (moving member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Work holder 41 ... Plate material processing machine control apparatus 42 ... Management apparatus 43 ... Schedule management means 44 ... Schedule storage means 45 ... Mounted tool information storage means 46 ... Operation panel 47, 47A ... Display apparatus 48 ... Setup information creation means 48a ... Work holder setup information generation unit 48b ... Tool setup information generation unit 49 ... Setup information storage means 50 ... Equipment status display 69 ... Work holder mounting position storage means 71 ... Display information generation means 80 ... Setup information display 81 ... Setup information detail display 82 ... Guide display 83 ... Mark (tool setup display) 83A ... Mark (work holder setup display)
101 ... Plate material processing machine Q ... Processing head Q1 ... Punch processing head Q2 ... Laser processing head Q3 ... Tap processing head SH ... Processing schedule Sch1-Schn ... Unit schedule W ... Plate material

Claims (4)

A processing head for processing a plate material, and a plate material feed mechanism for feeding the plate material to the processing head, the plate material feed mechanism is a moving member that is driven forward and backward, and the mounting position of the moving member can be changed. A work holder setup information display device applied to a plate material processing machine having a plurality of work holders attached and gripping end portions of a plate material,
Whirl holder mounting position storage means for storing the current mounting position of the work holder with respect to the moving member;
Pre-read the machining program after the running machining program in the machining schedule consisting of a plurality of machining programs executed sequentially, extract the work holder mounting position information necessary for the machining from the machining program, and extract the extracted workpiece Setup for generating work holder setup information indicating that a setup for changing the work holder mounting position is required when the holder mounting position is different from the work holder mounting position stored in the whirl holder mounting position storage means. Information generating means;
Display information generating means for generating display information on the display device based on the work holder setup information generated by the setup information generating means and displaying the information on the display device;
A workpiece holder setup information display device for a plate material processing machine comprising: Provided mounting tool information storage means for storing information of each tool currently provided in the plate material processing machine as a tool used for processing by the processing head,
The setup information generating means
A work holder setup information generating unit for generating the work holder setup information;
Pre-read machining programs after the machining program being executed in the machining schedule, and compare the tool information used in the machining program with the tool information stored in the loaded tool information storage means to set up the exchange of the loaded tool A tool setup information generation unit for generating tool setup information indicating that is necessary,
The display information generation means is displayed on a display device that displays an image, and the work holder setup information generated based on the work holder setup information generated by the work holder setup information generation unit, and the tool setup information generation The tool setup information display generated based on the tool setup information generated by the part is displayed on the same screen of the display device.
The work holder setup information display apparatus of the board | plate material processing machine of Claim 1.   The said display information production | generation means shall display the said work holder setup information display and the said tool setup information display with a mark, respectively, and shall display these marks in a line on the said same screen. Work holder setup information display device for plate processing machines.   2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is a light source provided in each work holder, and the display information generating means turns on or blinks the light source of the work holder in which the change of the work holder mounting position occurs. Workpiece setup information display device for plate processing machines.

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