JP2575123Y2 - Automatic clamping device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic clamping device for gripping a workpiece and moving or transporting it in a fully automatic drilling machine for drilling a single flat plate or a plurality of stacked flat plates with a drill or the like. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of drilling machines dedicated to drilling that drill holes in a flat plate such as a gusset splice plate. However, as a conventional drilling machine, a spindle head of a drill is arranged at the center of a fixed table. In addition, a clamp device for gripping a work is provided so as to be able to reciprocate in a left-right direction of a main body along a fixed table, and further, an automatic tool changing device is provided near a spindle head. At the time of processing, a work is carried into one end of the fixed table, the work is clamped by a clamp device, and is conveyed below the spindle head. When the processing is completed, the work is carried out to the other end of the fixed table.

In this clamping device, a plurality of hydraulic clampers for gripping a workpiece are mounted on a movable member which is guided and supported by a linear guide in the left-right direction of a processing machine body and which can be reciprocated by a driving mechanism comprising a ball screw shaft or the like. Since there are various sizes of gusset splice plates, etc., a plurality of hydraulic clampers are mounted on the mounting part of the movable member so as to be shiftable in the reciprocating direction of the work, and are fixed to the mounting part with screws or the like. ing.

[0004]

However, the conventional clamping device as described above requires manual operation because the operator has to manually change the position of the hydraulic clamper every time the work size is different. In addition, the operation takes time, and the line is interrupted due to the stoppage of the machine.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to provide an automatic clamping device capable of automatically shifting a clamper to an optimum position for works of various sizes. Is to provide.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a workpiece is gripped by a movable member which is guided and supported by a linear guide or the like in the left-right direction of a processing machine body and which can reciprocate by a driving mechanism such as an electric motor and a ball screw. In an automatic clamping device provided with a clamper, a plurality of the movable members are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction of the processing machine main body, and a clamper is provided for each movable member, and at least one of the plurality of movable members with a clamper is provided. Is connected to the drive mechanism to form a reference movable member, and the remaining movable member with a clamper is connected to the reference movable member via a cylinder so as to be movable with respect to the reference movable member. A single reference movable member is connected to a second movable member via a cylinder.
Such as connecting a third movable member to a movable member via a cylinder, or connecting two reference movable members to each other and connecting the second and third movable members via separate cylinders to each other. There is.

[0007]

In the above construction, each movable member with a clamper guided and supported by a common linear guide is integrated by a cylinder, and the entire movable member is moved by moving a reference movable member by a drive mechanism, so that the gripped work is moved. Processing or moving. When the size of the work changes, the cylinder is selectively operated according to the size of the work, the other movable members move with respect to the reference movable member, and each clamper is optimally clamped according to the size of the work Shift to position automatically.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. This is an example in which the present invention is applied to a fully automatic punching machine that performs punching by stacking one or more rectangular flat plates such as gusset splice plates. 1 is a sectional view showing a shift mechanism of the automatic clamping device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a shift state thereof, FIGS. 3 and 4 are sectional views showing an automatic clamping device and a work fixing device, and a plan view. , FIGS. 5 and 6 are a front view, a side view, and FIGS. 7 and 8 showing a work-in side work stocker and a carry-in feeder. FIG. 11 and 12 are a plan view and a front view, respectively, showing a workpiece separating device, and FIGS. 13 and 14 are a plan view and a front view showing the entire automatic punching machine for a flat plate. It is.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the automatic punching machine for a flat plate is roughly divided into a punching machine body 1, a work-in side work stocker 2, a carry-in feeder 3, and a carry-out feeder 4.
, A work positioning device 6, an automatic clamping device 7, a work fixing device 8, an automatic tool changing device 9, a tool automatic measuring device 10, a work separating device 11, An NC control device 18 and the like are provided.

The drilling machine main body 1 extends in the left-right direction (X-axis direction) of the main body, and has a fixed table 12 on which a large number of roll-shaped support rods 12a are arranged at intervals in the X-axis direction. Drill D is placed at the center of the table 12 in the X-axis direction.
Is provided with a spindle head 13 having a spindle to which is mounted. On the upper surface of the fixed table 12, the area below the spindle head 13 is a processing area A, and the right side of the processing area A is a work loading standby area B, and the left side is a work unloading standby area C.

The spindle head 13 has a spindle motor for rotating the spindle, and is attached to the head base 14 so as to be movable in the vertical direction of the main body (Z-axis direction). The head base 14 has a gate-shaped column 15 that straddles the fixed table 12.
Is mounted movably in the front-rear direction of the main body (Y-axis direction). The automatic clamping device 7 is configured to be able to reciprocate in the X-axis direction on the side of the fixed table 12 by a driving mechanism housed in the telescopic cover 16.

Accordingly, in the machining area A, the spindle head 1
By moving the workpiece 3 in the Y-axis direction and the workpiece W in the X-axis direction by the automatic clamping device 7, the drilling position on the workpiece can be changed. Further, the workpiece W can be transported from the workpiece loading standby area B to the processing area A and from the processing area A to the workpiece unloading standby area C by the automatic clamping device 7. The movement in the X, Y, and Z axes is performed by a general-purpose linear guide and an AC servomotor and a ball screw shaft.

The carry-in side work stocker 2 is installed on the carry-in side of the drilling machine body in parallel with the Y-axis, stores a plurality of piles of a large number of works W, and moves the work under the suction portion of the carry-in feeder 3 described later. The pallet 20 is a device for sequentially feeding the hills, and drives the pallet 20 and a pallet 20 for uniaxial movement control on which the work W is loaded, a pair of guide rails 21 parallel to the Y axis and a slider 22 on the lower surface of the pallet. The hydraulic cylinder 23 is provided. The hydraulic cylinder 23 is disposed between the guide rails 21, and the tip of the piston rod is connected to the lower surface of the pallet.

In this embodiment, six vertical bars 24 for the origin are provided on the pallet 20 at the same pitch in the Y-axis direction, and six work stations are formed. In the case of the workpiece W _{1 with} the maximum size, 3
Mountains, in the case of minimum size workpiece W _2, are adapted to each station can 6 mountain stacked using. Large workpiece W ₁ to the vertical members 24 of every other small workpiece W ₂ to each vertical rod 24, is positioned against the corners. Further, a plurality of support bars 25 are provided at the same position as the vertical member 24 for the origin to prevent the work from collapsing. The support bar 25 is detachably attached between the pair of mounting members 26 so that unnecessary portions can be removed.

In such a loading side work stocker 2, the movement control of the pallet 20 is performed based on the size of the work W input to the NC control device 18.
First, the pallet 20 is moved to adjust the position of the pallet 20 for controlling the suction position of the carry-in feeder 3 described later. Then, when the first crest is taken out, the pallet 20 is moved by a predetermined stroke corresponding to the work. The next peak is located below the suction part. The movement stroke is greater two pitches of the work W ₁ in the vertical member 24 for the origin,
In small work W ₂ becomes 1 pitch.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the carry-in feeder 3 sucks and takes out the works W one by one from the pallet 20 and takes out the works W on the fixed table 10.
A feeder body 30 that reciprocates in the X-axis direction, and a feeder protrusion 3 of the feeder body 30
1 comprises a magnet main body 33 which is mounted to be movable up and down in the Z-axis direction and has a plurality of electric magnets 32 at the lower part.

The feeder body 30 comprises a linear guide rail 34a parallel to a pair of upper and lower X-axes of a guide device 34 attached to the rear rising portion 1a of the drilling machine body 1, and a slider 34b attached to the feeder body 30. Guided and supported by a guide, disposed above the guide device 34, and provided with an AC servomotor 35 (FIGS. 13 and 14).
(See FIG. 2).

The magnet body 33 has a guide bar 33A projecting upward with a sufficient length, and the guide bar 33A is attached to the feeder protrusion 31 by a linear guide comprising a guide rail 33a and a slider 33b. This allows the magnet body 33 to move the feeder projection 3
1 can be moved up and down freely. The driving device is a hydraulic cylinder 37 with a linear encoder. The lower part is fixed to the feeder protrusion 31, and the tip of the piston rod is connected to the upper part of the magnet main body 33. As the linear encoder, a general-purpose linear encoder composed of a detection head provided on a piston or a piston rod and a magnetic or optical scale is used.

The magnet body is divided into a magnet body 33-1 for a large work and a magnet body 32-2 for a small work, each of which has a guide bar 33A and the like, and has a hydraulic cylinder 37-. 1, 37-2
Can be individually moved up and down. The magnet body 33-1 is wide and the electric magnets 32 are arranged in two rows, and the magnet body 33-2 is arranged in one row.

The feeder body 30 reciprocating in the X-axis direction has a power / communication cable from the drilling machine body 1 side,
A hydraulic cable or the like is supplied by a cable carrier 38 (see FIG. 13), and boxes 31a, 33-2 are provided in the magnet main bodies 33-1 and 33-2 that move up and down from the feeder protrusion 31 side.
A power / communication cable and the like are connected by a cable bearer 39 (see FIG. 5).

The feeder projecting portion 31 of the carry-in feeder 3 is fixed to the feeder body 30 and cannot shift-adjust the magnet body 33 in the Y-axis direction. Feeder movable body 3 attached to feeder body 30 movably in the axial direction
It may be 1 '(see FIG. 5 (b)). In this case, the feeder movable body 31 'is guided and supported by a pair of upper and lower guide rails 90 provided on the front surface of the feeder main body 30 and parallel to the Y axis, and a slider 91 attached to the feeder movable body 31'. It is moved by a cylinder (not shown).

In such a loading feeder 3, N
Based on the size (length / width / thickness) of the work input to the C control device 18 and the number of stacked plates, control of the attraction position and lowering of the magnet are performed. First, after selecting one of the two magnet main bodies 33-1 and 33-2 according to the size of the work, the feeder main body 30 is set so that the suction center of the magnet main body 33 matches the center of gravity of the work W on the pallet. Is moved in the X-axis direction and the pallet 20 is moved in the Y-axis direction (if the feeder movable body 31 'is employed, the feeder movable body 31' is moved).
3 is positioned with respect to the workpiece W in a plane. Note that the positional relationship between the suction center of the magnet main body 33 and the vertical member (origin) 24 is known, and if the position of the center of gravity is calculated from the work size, the movement distance can be obtained.

Next, when the suction position control is completed, the magnet body 33 is lowered to take the first (uppermost) work. However, since the height of the work is different for each mountain and is unknown, the work is lowered at a low speed. The work is detected by a proximity switch, a limit switch, and the like attached to the lower surface of the magnet main body 33 and the descent is stopped. At this time, the linear encoder detects the distance to the uppermost work, and from the second work, calculates the sum of the detected distance and the input plate thickness to obtain a descending distance. After comparing with the current descending distance and descending at a high speed, the workpiece is sucked by decelerating in front. This is repeated for each mountain of the work to take out the work.

In the work loading standby area B,
The work is loaded by lowering the magnet body 33 from the upper limit position. Since the distance from the upper limit position to the upper surface of the fixed table 12 is known, the first work is controlled to descend using the set distance, and the second work is controlled. Thereafter, the distance is reduced by the thickness and the number of sheets to perform the descending control. When a predetermined number of stacked work pieces are stacked, the next process is completed and the work is suspended until the work carry-in standby area B becomes empty.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the work positioning device 6 is set in a work carry-in standby area B, and when a predetermined number of works are carried in by the carry-in feeder 3, the work positioning device 6 receives a command from the NC control device 18 to send the work. And a pusher 41 in the X-axis direction.
And a pusher 42 in the Y-axis direction. The origin block 40 can be extended and retracted by a cylinder between the support rods 12a of the fixed table 12, and is protruded to serve as a reference for positioning regardless of the size of the work. When the work W is carried into the processing area A, it is buried in the fixed table 12.

The pusher 41 in the X-axis direction is connected to the guide rail 4 attached to the rear rising portion 1a of the drilling machine main body 1.
A linear guide consisting of 3a and a slider 43b attached to the pusher 41 makes it movable in the X-axis direction, is moved by a hydraulic cylinder 44, and clamps the work W together with the origin block 40 to align the ends in the X-axis direction. The pusher 42 in the Y-axis direction is installed at the front of the fixed table 12, and guides and supports the lower portion of the guide bar 42A in the Y-axis direction with the guide rail 46a and the slider 46b.
5 to move the workpiece W to an automatic clamping device 7 described later.
And the ends in the Y-axis direction are aligned.

The automatic clamping device 7 is configured to grip or hold a side portion of the work W with a plurality of hydraulic clampers 50 to move or convey the work W, and to automatically adjust the clamping position even if the size of the work W is different. Device. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of hydraulic clampers 50 are attached to a movable plate 51, and the movable plate 51 is moved by a linear guide comprising a guide rail 52 and a slider 53.
It is guided and supported movably in the axial direction, and is moved in the X-axis direction by a ball screw shaft 54 that is rotationally driven by an AC servomotor (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the hydraulic clamper 50 has a movable claw 57 attached to a movable member 56 which moves up and down by a hydraulic cylinder 55, and a fixed claw 58 attached to the cylinder side. One work or a plurality of stacked works is gripped by the claws 58. The hydraulic clamper 50 itself includes a guide rail 59a and a slider 59.
The work W can be slightly lifted from the fixed table 12 to be conveyed by being attached to the movable plate 51 so as to be able to move up and down via the b and raising the hydraulic clamper 50 itself by the hydraulic cylinder 60.

Further, each of the hydraulic clampers (four in this embodiment) 50 is also mutually shifted according to the size of the work so that the position can be automatically adjusted.
That is, as shown in FIG. 1, only the first movable plate 51-1 of the first clamper 50-1 is screwed to the ball screw shaft 54, and the movable plates 51-2 to 51-4 of the other clampers are screwed. Instead of the first movable plate 51-1 and two hydraulic cylinders 61,
It is made movable by 62.

The first cylinder 61 has a front portion fixed to the first movable plate 51-1 and a distal end of the piston rod connected to the second movable plate 51-2 via a pin. Further, the third movable plate 51-3 and the fourth movable plate 51-4 are integrated, and the tip of the piston rod of the second cylinder 62 fixed to the fourth movable plate 51-4 is pinned to the second movable plate 51-2. Connect via Therefore, each movable plate 51 is provided with the cylinders 61, 6
2 and the whole is moved by a ball screw shaft 54, and is shifted and adjusted by cylinders 61 and 62.

FIG. 2 (i) shows first and second cylinders 61 and 62.
Is contracted, and the second cylinder 62
When the first cylinder 61 is extended from this state, the state shown in FIG. 2 (iii) is obtained, and three types of clamping intervals are obtained according to the size of the work.

In such an automatic clamping device 7,
The first and second cylinders 61 and 62 are selectively driven and controlled based on the size (length) of the work input to the NC control device 18, and an appropriate clamp position corresponding to the size of the work is automatically determined. Is obtained. When the positioning by the work positioning device 6 is completed, the hydraulic clamper 70
Is operated, and then the servomotor of the ball screw shaft 54 is driven for conveyance.

The work fixing device 8 is installed in the processing area A, and is a device for clamping and fixing the work W together with the automatic clamping device 7 during processing. As shown in FIGS. A hydraulic clamper 70 having the same structure as the hydraulic clamper 50, a pair of guide rails 71 disposed between the support rods 12a and guiding the hydraulic clamper 70 to be able to advance and retreat in the Y-axis direction, and fixed to the front surface of the fixed table 12, It comprises a hydraulic cylinder 72 for moving the hydraulic clamper 70 forward and backward. The hydraulic clamper 70 has a drill D
Is arranged so as to grip the side of the work at the position.

The automatic tool changer 9 is arranged at the rear center of the rear rising portion 1a of the drilling machine main body 1, and as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, comprises a storage table 80 for accommodating a plurality of drills and indexing and rotating. . This storage table 80
Is arranged so that the center of rotation coincides with the drill position of the spindle head 13, and a drill D such as a high-speed drill or a coating drill is removably stored in a storage notch 80a of the storage table 80 by being sandwiched between a pair of springs 81. Is done.

In response to a drill exchange command from the NC controller 18, the spindle head 13 moves in the Y-axis direction, the used drill D is stored in the storage notch 80a, and then the storage table 80 is rotated to perform the next processing. Drill D is calculated,
Attached to the spindle. The attachment of the spindle to the spindle of the spindle head 13 is performed by a normal pull stud method.

The tool automatic measuring device 10 is arranged on the spindle head side of the tool automatic changing device 9 and is a device for automatically measuring the length of the replaced drill D. It comprises a tracing stylus 86 abutting on the center of the tip of D, and a magnetic or other linear encoder that accurately detects the moving distance of the tracing stylus 86. The measured drill length is input to the NC control device 18, and the processing data such as the processing feed distance is automatically corrected. If the length is shorter than the predetermined length, the next drill is exchanged.

In such an automatic tool changer 9, the tool life is monitored by the NC controller 18.
That is, the tool life (cumulative working length) of a high-speed drill, a coating drill, etc., for example, 7 m for a high-speed drill and 12 m for a coating drill, is registered in the NC control device 18. To compare. Also, in order to prevent tool breakage due to a sudden trouble, the load current value of the spindle motor for the spindle is monitored and compared with a load current value obtained and registered in advance (depending on the drill diameter). If either the machining length or the load current value exceeds the set value, the tool is automatically changed.

The unloading feeder 4 and unloading-side work stocker 5 have the same structure as the unloading feeder 3 and the unloading-side work stocker 2. The unloading operation is the same as the unloading operation, but the processed unloading standby area C is already processed. The works are sucked one by one and transferred onto the pallet 20. However, since the work in the work unloading standby area C cannot move in the Y-axis direction like the work on the pallet, the feeder main body 30 'of the unloading feeder 4 has a feeder movable body 31' (FIG. 5) that moves in the Y-axis direction. (See (b)) to control the position of the magnet to be attracted according to the size of the work.

In such an unloading feeder 4,
Two magnet bodies 33- according to the size of the work
After selecting one of the first and the second 33-2, the magnet body 33
The feeder main body 30 is moved in the X-axis direction and the feeder movable body 31 'is moved in the Y-axis direction so that the suction center of the workpiece W coincides with the center of gravity of the work W on the work unloading standby area C. Position in the plane.

Next, when the suction position control is completed, the magnet main body 33 is lowered to take the first (uppermost) work. The descending distance is known from the distance between the upper limit position of the magnet main body 33, the upper surface of the fixed table 12, the plate thickness and the number of sheets, and the descending distance can be lowered at a high speed from the beginning.

In the unloading side work stocker 5, the pallet 20 moves according to the size of the work W, and the station is located below the magnet main body 33. Loading and unloading to the pallet 20 is also possible with the magnet body 3
Since the distance between the upper limit position of No. 3 and the upper surface of the pallet 20 is known, the pallet 20 can be lowered at a high speed from the beginning.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the work separating device 11 is set in the work unloading standby area C, cuts off burrs after drilling, removes the cutting fluid, and separates the work one by one. This is a device for preventing work suction errors.
That is, the workpieces W carried in and stacked from the processing area A are in a state of being brought into close contact with the processing burr between the plates generated by the hole drilling and the cutting fluid. An accident occurs such that a plurality of works are taken out and the works drop during the conveyance.

The work separating apparatus 11 includes a separation origin block 100 and a separation pusher 101. The separation origin block 100 is a member that serves as a reference for positioning regardless of the size of the work.
A cylinder 100 is formed between the support rods 12a of the fixed table 12 so as to be able to protrude and retract. Further, an air ejecting device 102 having a plurality of nozzles 102a arranged at intervals in the Y-axis direction is provided at an upper portion so that air can be blown into a gap between works.

The separation pusher 101 can be moved in the X-axis direction by a linear guide 103 and a hydraulic cylinder 104, and a slope 100
A slope 101a parallel to a is formed. The guide rail 103a of the linear guide and the hydraulic cylinder 104 are disposed at the front of the fixed table 12, the slider 103b of the linear guide is attached to one end of the pusher 101 for separation, and the pusher 101 for separation is fixed in a cantilevered state. 12 can be moved.

The processed work W is placed in the work unloading standby area C.
When a predetermined number of sheets are stacked, the separation origin block 100 is raised by an instruction from the NC control device 18, and then the separation pusher 101 moves to press the work. The work is shifted one by one by the slope surfaces 100a and 101a, and the processing burr is cut off. Next, the separation origin block 1
At this time, air from nozzle 102a is blown into the gap between the workpieces, cutting fluid is removed, and the workpieces are separated from the top. By the above-mentioned operation, a suction error is prevented at the time of unloading by the unloading feeder 4.

The NC control device 18 is a device that controls each of the above-mentioned devices by a stored program by inputting a graphic image and a G code, and performs processing while monitoring and correcting. The automatic continuous operation is performed as follows. Done.

<Loading of Work> (1) The work transported by the conveyor (not shown) is transferred onto the pallet 20 by a loading robot or the like or manually. (2) Input the length / width / thickness of the work, the number of overlaps, and the drill diameter to the NC control device 18 and start each device.

(3) The magnet main body 33 is selected in accordance with the size of the work, the feeder main body 30 is shifted in the X-axis direction, and the pallet 20 is shifted in the Y-axis direction. (4) The magnet body 33 is lowered at a low speed by the hydraulic cylinder 37 and the first one is moved by the excited electric magnet 32.
One work at the top of the mountain is adsorbed. On this occasion,
The distance to the uppermost work is detected.

(5) After the magnet main body 33 moves up and stops at the upper limit position, the feeder main body 30 moves to the spindle head side. (6) When the workpiece reaches the work loading standby area B, the magnet body 33 is lowered, the electric magnet 32 is demagnetized, and the workpiece is transferred onto the fixed table 12. (7) Repeat the above work removal and loading. The removal distance of the next magnet main body 33 is known from the work detection distance and the plate thickness of the first work, and the second and subsequent work is performed at a high speed for removal. Thus, the work can be quickly taken out and carried in.

(8) When a predetermined number of workpieces are loaded into the workpiece loading standby area B, the ends in the Y-axis direction are aligned by the hydraulic clamper 50 of the automatic clamping device 7 and the pushers 42 in the Y-axis direction, and then the ascending is performed. An end in the X-axis direction is aligned by the origin block 40 and the pusher 41 in the X-axis direction. (9) The hydraulic clamper 50 is automatically moved and adjusted in position according to the size of the work, and the side of the work is gripped by the hydraulic clamper 50 so that the origin block 4
0, after the pushers 41 and 42 are retracted, the workpiece is transported to the processing area A.

<Working of Work> (1) When the work is carried into the working area A, the hydraulic clamper 70 of the work fixing device 8 moves to grip the side of the work. (2) The workpiece is the hydraulic clamper 50 of the automatic clamping device 7
And the drill D selected by the input drill diameter while being fixed by the hydraulic clamper 70 of the work fixing device 8.
Is perforated. The drill length of the drill D is measured by the tool automatic measurement device 10, and the processing is reliably performed with the processing data corrected based on the measured value.

(3) When the work fixing device 8 is released and the work is moved in the X-axis direction by the automatic clamping device 7 and the spindle head 13 is moved in the Y-axis direction, the next processing position is determined. . Thereby, a plurality of perforations are performed. (4) During the processing of the work, the next work is carried into the work carry-in standby area B in the same process as described above.

<Unloading of Work> (1) The finished work is unloaded to the unloading standby position C by the automatic clamping device 7. (2) The automatic clamping device 7 releases the hydraulic clamper 50 and returns to the work loading standby area A. The work already carried in is positioned, clamped, and transferred to the processing area A.

(3) The work in the work unloading standby area C is unloaded one by one onto the pallet 20 of the unloading side work stocker 5 by the unloading feeder 4. The size of the magnet body 33 of the unloading feeder 4 is selected according to the size of the work, and the size of the work is adjusted by moving the feeder body 30 in the X-axis direction and the feeder movable body 31 ′ in the Y-axis direction. The suction position is controlled in accordance with the above, and the work W on the fixed table 12 is sucked. When the magnet body 33 is lowered on the pallet 20, the loading / unloading is performed at a high speed because the descending distance is known.

(4) The works stacked in the work unloading standby area C are completely separated one by one by the work separating device 11 and can be taken out one by one by the unloading feeder 4 to prevent the work from dropping. Accidents can be prevented. (5) The work on the pallet 20 is transferred to a carry-out conveyor via a carry-out robot or the like or manually, and carried out.

The above steps are automatically repeated, and the workpiece is processed unattended for a long time. In the automatic clamping device 7, the cylinders 61 and 62 are selectively operated according to the size of the work, and the optimum clamping interval according to the size of the work is automatically set, so that the work can be stably moved and transported. it can.

[0057]

As described above, in the present invention, a plurality of movable members are arranged at intervals, a clamper is provided for each movable member, and at least one of the plurality of movable members with a clamper is used as a reference movable member. And connecting the remaining movable member with the clamper to the reference movable member via a cylinder,
Because it is movable with respect to the reference movable member, the optimal clamp position can be automatically set according to the size of the work, eliminating the need for manual clamp position adjustment work.
Continuous operation becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a shift mechanism of the automatic clamping device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a shift state of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an automatic clamping device and a work fixing device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an automatic clamping device and a work fixing device.

5A is a front view showing a loading side work stocker and a loading feeder, and FIG. 5B is a front view showing an example in which a movable portion is provided in a feeder main body.

FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a work positioning device.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a work positioning device.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing an automatic tool changing device and a tool automatic measuring device.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an automatic tool changing device and a tool automatic measuring device.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a work separating device.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a work separating device.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing the entire flat plate automatic punching machine.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing the entire flat plate automatic punching machine of FIG. 13;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A processing area B work carry-in standby area C work carry-out standby area W work 1 punch body 2 carry-in work stocker 3 carry-in feeder 4 carry-out feeder 5 carry-out work stocker 6 work positioning device 7 automatic clamping device 8 work fixing device 9 Automatic tool changing device 10 Automatic tool measuring device 11 Work separating device 12 Fixed table 13 Spindle head 18 NC control device 50 Hydraulic clamper 51 Movable plate 52 Guide rail 53 Slider 54 Ball screw shaft 55 Hydraulic cylinder 61 First cylinder 62 Second cylinder

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A processing machine main body is guided and supported in the left-right direction,
An automatic clamping device comprising a movable member reciprocally movable by a drive mechanism and a clamper for gripping a workpiece, wherein a plurality of the movable members are disposed at intervals in the left-right direction of the processing machine main body, and a clamper is provided on each movable member. Wherein at least one of the plurality of movable members with a clamper is connected to the driving mechanism to be a reference movable member, and the remaining movable members with a clamper are connected to the reference movable member via a cylinder; An automatic clamping device characterized by being movable with respect to a workpiece.