JP3467868B2 - Toggle punch press - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toggle type punch press such as a turret punch press which raises and lowers a ram by a toggle mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mechanical punch press, the rotation of a flywheel that rotates at a constant speed is transmitted to a crank mechanism via a clutch brake and is converted into an elevating operation of a ram. Therefore, the speed cannot be changed during the stroke. On the other hand, from the viewpoint of noise prevention and high-speed punching, control is desired to change the speed during the stroke. That is, the noise in punching is reduced if the speed at which the punch tool actually punches the work is slowed, but the decrease in stroke speed causes a delay in the punching cycle time. Therefore, it is desired to control the punch tool so that the speed at which the punch actually punches the work is reduced during one stroke, and the stroke speed is increased at other times. Such control of the punch speed is realized by the hydraulic punch press, but the cost increases due to the hydraulic system. Even in the mechanical punch press, the punch speed can be controlled if it can be driven by the servo motor, but the motor output is insufficient to directly obtain the punch force by the rotation of the servo motor.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, uses a toggle mechanism 50 to drive a servo motor 51.
Proposed a punching operation (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 6-157971). The toggle mechanism 50 has an upper end of an upper toggle link 50a as a fulcrum A and a lower ram 53 for raising and lowering a punch tool 52 connected to the toggle link 50b. The connecting point of the upper and lower links 50a, 50b is
It is connected to the servomotor 51 via an advance / retreat lever 54 and a crank mechanism 55. By using the toggle mechanism 50 in this way, the servo motor 51 is used as a drive source,
Achieving sufficient pressure for punching while enabling speed control during the stroke.

However, further improvement in noise and vibration prevention is desired. That is, in the example of FIGS. 7A and 7B, the servo motor 51 is installed vertically on the press frame 56, and the crank mechanism 55 directly connected to the servo motor 51 horizontally swivels. Further, the punch reaction force acts on the advancing / retreating lever 54 at the time of punching, but since it is received by the horizontally rotating crank mechanism 55, the advancing / retreating lever 5 moves.
A punch reaction force acts as a lateral component force on the press frame 56 via the connecting rod 58 of No. 4. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5B, the press frame 56 is formed in a rectangular shape that is long in the front-rear direction in plan view, and therefore, the unbalanced load due to the horizontal rotation of the crank mechanism 55 and the connecting rod 58.
The rigidity is not sufficient with respect to the punch reaction force acting via, and lateral runout occurs, resulting in deterioration of processing accuracy.

As a solution to such a problem,
As shown in FIG. 7C, an attempt was made to install the motor 51 in a horizontal posture and rotate the crank mechanism 55 in the vertical direction. In this case, the advance / retreat lever 54 has a press frame 56.
The guide rail 57 provided on the inner surface of the side plate 56a was installed so as to be movable back and forth. However, since the forward / backward lever 54 is biasedly supported by one side plate 56a of the press frame 56, the crank mechanism 55 is driven by the motor 51,
A biased load is applied to the press frame 56, and in this case also, the press frame 56 sways to generate vibration and noise. In particular, since the punch reaction force acts on the advance / retreat lever 54 during punching, the press frame 56 is pressed through the advance / retreat lever.
There is a big problem of swaying with the punch reaction force. The noise in the punch press is mainly due to the noise generated when the punch tool collides with the work during punch driving and the press frame 56 bends up and down due to the punch reaction force. This noise was calculated to some extent. Although it is necessary to design the press frame 56 in the above, it is desired to prevent as much as possible from the factors other than that, that is, the roll caused by the movement of the advance / retreat lever 54 and the crank mechanism 55. .

An object of the present invention is to provide a toggle type punch capable of preventing lateral rolling of a press frame caused by a driving force or punch reaction force via a drive transmission system from a motor to a toggle mechanism and suppressing vibration and noise to a small level. Is to provide a press.

[0007]

In the toggle type punch press of the present invention, an upper end of a toggle mechanism composed of upper and lower toggle links is supported by a press frame, and an advancing / retreating lever connected to the toggle link is narrowed in the press frame. A movement conversion mechanism is provided at the center of the direction so as to be movable back and forth along the longitudinal direction, and a motion converting mechanism for driving the forward / backward lever forward / backward by a motor is provided. The lower toggle link of the toggle mechanism, vertically movable ram for raising and lowering the punch tool Ru is connected. The press
The frame is the upper frame part, the lower frame part, and the throw
The side shape having the tongue portion is C-shaped. Advance and retreat
The lever advances into the upper frame through a guide member.
The retractable lever body and the one end is the retractable
It is rotatably connected to the tip of the lever body and the other end is
Swing lever connected to the bent part of the lever mechanism so that it can rotate up and down.
And The motion conversion mechanism of the press frame
Crank provided above the throat and this crank
One end is rotatably connected to the
Crank having a connecting rod rotatably connected to the base end of the crank
It consists of a mechanism . The crank mechanism may be installed on the press frame such that the center of rotation is in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the press frame. The motor for driving the crank mechanism is preferably installed on the press frame in a horizontal posture in which the motor shaft is parallel to the rotation center of the crank mechanism.

[0008]

According to this structure, since the advancing / retreating lever for transmitting the drive of the motor to the toggle mechanism by the advancing / retreating operation is arranged at the center portion of the press frame in the narrow width direction, the lateral movement caused by the advancing / retreating drive or the punch reaction force is generated. The load is evenly supported on both sides of the press frame. Therefore, the press frame is prevented from rolling laterally by the load received from the advancing / retreating lever, and the generation of noise and vibration is reduced. When the advancing / retreating lever is moved forward / backward by the crank mechanism and the rotation center of the crank mechanism is set in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the press frame, the crank rotates in the vertical direction. The eccentric load generated by the rotation acts in the vertical direction and the longitudinal direction where the press frame has high rigidity. Further, the punch reaction force transmitted to the advancing / retreating lever at the time of punching is also received by the vertically rotating crank mechanism, so that a large lateral load does not act on the advancing / retreating lever. Therefore, it is unlikely that a roll load will be generated on the press frame via the advancing / retreating lever due to the punch reaction force or the advancing / retreating driving force, and in combination with the advancing / retreating lever being arranged in the center of the press frame, the rolling of the press frame is prevented. Therefore, the generation of vibration and noise can be suppressed, and the deterioration of processing accuracy can be prevented.

When the motor is installed in a horizontal posture parallel to the center of rotation of the crank mechanism, vibrations associated with the rotation of the motor also occur in a vertical plane parallel to the highly rigid longitudinal direction of the press frame. Therefore, the vibration and noise of the press frame due to the rotation of the motor are reduced.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of the toggle punch press, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are a side view and a plan view thereof. The press frame 1 has a C-shaped side surface and is formed to be long in the front and rear directions in a plan view.
The upper turret 2 and the lower turret 3 are coaxially installed on the a and the lower frame 1b. The upper and lower turrets 2 and 3 are provided by arranging a plurality of punch tools 4 and die tools 5 side by side in the circumferential direction, and by the indexing motor 30 installed in the throat portion 1c of the press frame 1,
It can be indexed and rotated synchronously via a chain mechanism. When each punch tool 4 is indexed to the ram position P, it is linked to the ram 6 and driven up and down. The ram 6 is movably supported by the upper frame portion 1a via a guide member 7,
It is lifted and lowered by a toggle mechanism 8 that bends. Ram 6
In this embodiment, two turrets 2 and 3 are provided side by side in the radial direction, and an indexing mechanism (not shown) can selectively transmit the lifting movement. As a result, the punch tools 4 on the inner and outer rows arranged concentrically on the turrets 2 and 3 are selectively driven by punching. The plate material W (FIG. 6) is
It is gripped by the work holder 17 of the work feeding mechanism 20 and is fed to the ram position P on the table 18.

As shown in FIG. 1, the toggle mechanism 8 is formed by connecting a short upper toggle link 8a and a long lower toggle link 8b by a pin 9 so as to be bendable. Driven by bending. The advance / retreat lever 10 is driven to advance / retreat by a servo motor 12 via a crank mechanism 13 which is a motion converting mechanism for rotation and reciprocating linear motion. The forward / backward lever 10 and the crank mechanism 13 constitute a transmission mechanism 11. The lower toggle link 8b of the toggle mechanism 8 has its lower end rotatably pin-connected to the upper end of the ram 6. The upper toggle link 8a is rotatably supported around the swing fulcrum A1 at the upper end. The swing fulcrum A1 can be vertically moved by the fulcrum position changing mechanism 21 in order to lift the entire toggle mechanism 8 when the punch tool 4 is replaced.

The fulcrum position changing mechanism 21 has a round shaft-shaped eccentric member 2 in which a pin 23c serving as a swing fulcrum A1 is provided at an eccentric position.
3, a ring-shaped rotation support member 22 that rotatably supports the eccentric member 23, and a cylinder device 26 that rotates the eccentric member 23. Further, with respect to the eccentric member 23, the positioning pin 2 is provided in the concave portion 28a provided on the peripheral surface thereof.
A positioning cylinder 28 for engaging the 8a is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper frame portion 1a is formed in a box shape having a pair of facing side plates 1aa, 1aa, and the rotation support member 22 has a pair of side plates 1aa, 1aa on both sides.
It is attached to aa and rotatably supports both ends of the eccentric member 23. The eccentric member 23 has a link loose fitting recess 23b at the center, and the upper toggle link 8a is supported by a pin 23c of the eccentric member 23 in the link loose fitting recess 23b.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the advance / retreat lever 10
Is the swing lever 10c on the tip side of the advance / retreat lever body 10b.
The swing lever 10 is connected so as to be rotatable up and down.
A tip portion (FIG. 2 (A)), which is a fork of c, is connected to a pin 9 of a bent portion of the toggle mechanism 8 so as to be vertically rotatable. By the vertical swing of the swing lever 10c, the vertical displacement of the bent portion due to the bending operation of the toggle mechanism 8 is absorbed. The advance / retreat lever main body 10b is movably supported by two guide rails 19 and 19 arranged in parallel in the vertical direction on a support base 25 in the upper frame portion 1a via a guide member 10a such as a linear motion bearing. There is. As shown in FIG. 2 (C), the support base 25 is composed of a horizontal plate 25a and a vertical plate 25b integrally joined to the lower surface of the horizontal plate 25a by welding or the like, and the inner surfaces of the side plates 1aa and 1aa on both sides of the upper frame portion 1a. Receiving bars 32 and 3 provided in
Both sides of the horizontal plate 25a are fixed to the upper part of the horizontal plate 2 with bolts or the like. The guide rail 19 is a vertical plate 25 of the support base 25.
The vertical plate 25b of the support 25 is provided on the side surface of b so that the advancing / retreating lever 10c is located at the center of the upper frame 1a in the width direction.

The crank mechanism 13 is a disk-shaped crank 1.
3a is provided on the upper portion of the throat portion 1c of the frame 1 so that its axis is in a horizontal posture in which the axis is perpendicular to the frame side surface, and one end of the connecting rod 14 is rotated to the eccentric position of the disk-shaped crank 13a. It is freely connected. The other end of the connecting rod 14 is rotatably connected to the base end of the advance / retreat lever body 10b. The rotating shaft 13b of the disc-shaped crank 13a is rotatably supported by a mounting plate 33 attached to an opening of one side plate 1ca of the throat portion 1c via a bearing (not shown). The crank 13a is the press frame 1
It is located approximately in the center in the width direction. The mounting plate 33 extends vertically and also serves as a motor mounting base, and the servo motor 12 is installed on the mounting plate 33 immediately below the bearing of the disk-shaped crank 13a. That is, the servo motor 1
2 is installed in the throat portion 1c of the press frame 1 via the mounting plate 33. The mounting posture of the servomotor 12 is a horizontal posture in which the axis is parallel to the disc-shaped crank 13a, and the rotation output of the servomotor 12 meshes its output gear 15 with the input gear 16 of the disc-shaped crank 13a. As a result, it is transmitted to the disc-shaped crank 13a.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. When the disk-shaped crank 13a is rotated once by the servo motor 12, the advancing / retreating lever 10 makes one reciprocating movement. In the one reciprocating operation, while the advancing / retreating lever 10 reaches the center position of the advancing / retreating stroke S from the right end position in FIG. 4, the toggle mechanism 8 changes its bent portion from the rightward bent state to the extended state,
Along with this, the ram 6 descends from top dead center to bottom dead center.
While the advancing / retreating lever 10 reaches the left end position from the center position of the advancing / retreating stroke S, the toggle mechanism 8 changes its bent portion from the extended state to the leftward bent state, and accordingly, the ram 6 moves from the bottom dead center. Ascend to top dead center. Advance lever 1
When 0 returns from the left end position to the right end position, the ram 6 moves up and down as described above. In this way, the forward / backward lever 10
The ram 6 repeatedly moves up and down twice during the forward and backward movement of the punch tool 4, and the punching operation by the punch tool 4 is performed twice. Since the servo motor 12 is used as a drive source for this punching, it is possible to perform control to change the ascending / descending speed of the punch tool 6 during the stroke. For example, control can be performed such that the speed at which the punch tool 6 actually punches the plate material W is reduced, and the stroke speed is increased at other times. for that reason,
Can suppress noise and perform high-speed punching. Servo motor 12
Since the toggle mechanism 8 converts the rotation into an ascending / descending operation, the pressing force required for punching can be obtained even if the drive source is the servo motor 12.

According to this structure, since the center of rotation of the crank mechanism 13 is set to the horizontal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the press frame 1, the crank 13a rotates in the vertical direction, and the eccentricity caused by the rotation of the crank mechanism 13 is caused. The load acts in the vertical direction in which the press frame 1 has high rigidity and in the longitudinal direction. Further, the punch reaction force transmitted to the advancing / retreating lever 10 at the time of punching is also received by the vertically rotating crank mechanism 13, so that the lateral load does not act much on the advancing / retreating lever 10. Therefore, a roll load is rarely generated on the press frame 1 via the advancing / retreating lever 10 by the punch reaction force or the advancing / retreating driving force. Moreover, the lever 1
Since 0 is arranged in the central portion of the press frame 1 in the narrow direction, the lateral swing load generated by the advancing / retreating drive and the punch reaction force is uniformly supported on both sides of the press frame 1 by the advancing / retreating lever 10. Therefore, the press frame 1 is further prevented from rolling laterally by the load received from the advancing / retreating lever 10, and the generation of noise and vibration is reduced. Since the rolling and vibration of the press frame 1 are small, it also leads to improvement in processing accuracy. Further, since the servo motor 12 is also installed in a horizontal posture parallel to the rotation center of the crank mechanism 13, the vibration accompanying the rotation of the servo motor 12 is also performed in the vertical plane parallel to the highly rigid longitudinal direction of the press frame 1. become. for that reason,
The generation of vibration and noise of the press frame 1 due to the rotation of the servo motor 12 is also reduced. Due to these synergistic effects, the punch press is quiet and has little vibration.

In the above embodiment, the case where the conversion mechanism for rotation and reciprocating linear motion is the crank mechanism 13 has been described, but even when a motion conversion mechanism of another type is used, the advancing / retreating lever 10 is moved to the press frame 1. Each of the above advantages can be obtained by arranging in the center.

[0018]

According to the toggle type punch press of the present invention, the toggle mechanism is supported at the upper end by the press frame, the ram that is connected to the toggle link on the lower side of the toggle mechanism to move up and down the punch tool, and the toggle link. A punch press having an advance / retreat lever connected to and off, and a motion conversion mechanism that drives the advance / retreat lever with a motor.
Since the advancing / retreating lever is arranged in the center portion of the press frame in the narrow direction, the lateral movement load generated by the advancing / retreating drive and punch reaction force is evenly supported on both sides of the press frame, so that the lateral movement of the press frame is caused. Is prevented, and the generation of noise and vibration is reduced. When the motion converting mechanism is a crank mechanism and the center of rotation of the crank mechanism is the horizontal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the press frame, the crank rotates in the vertical direction, and the eccentric load generated by the rotation of the crank mechanism. Acts in the vertical direction and the longitudinal direction where the press frame has high rigidity. Also,
The punch reaction force transmitted to the advancing / retreating lever at the time of punching is also received by the crank mechanism that rotates up and down, so that a lateral load is not much applied to the advancing / retreating lever. Therefore, in combination with the fact that the advancing / retreating lever is arranged in the center of the press frame, the rolling of the press frame is further prevented, and the generation of vibration and noise is suppressed. If the motor that drives the crank mechanism is in the same horizontal orientation as the crank mechanism,
Vibration caused by rotation of the motor is also received in the direction in which the press frame has high rigidity, and vibration and noise are less likely to occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a toggle punch press according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a partially cutaway plan view of the punch press,
(B) is a partially cutaway side view of the same, and (C) is C- in the same figure (B).
It is C sectional drawing.

FIG. 3 is a cutaway front view of a front portion of an upper frame portion of the punch press.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the punch press.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the punch press.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the punch press.

7A is a schematic cutaway side view of a proposed example of a punch press, FIG. 7B is a partial horizontal sectional view thereof, and FIG. 7C is a partial horizontal sectional view of another proposed example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Press frame, 1a ... Upper frame part, 1b ... Lower frame part, 1c ... Throat part, 4 ... Punch tool, 6 ... Ram, 8 ... Toggle mechanism, 8a ... Upper toggle link, 8b ...
Lower toggle link, 10 ... Advance lever, 11 ... Transmission mechanism, 12 ... Servo motor, 13 ... Crank mechanism (motion conversion mechanism), 13a ... Disc-shaped crank, 25 ... Mounting base

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A toggle mechanism, which is composed of upper and lower toggle links that are flexibly connected to each other and is supported by a press frame at its upper end, and a vertically movable ram that is connected to a lower toggle link to move a punch tool up and down. An advancing / retreating lever connected to the toggle link, which is arranged in the press frame so as to be advancing / retreating along the longitudinal direction at the central portion in the narrow direction,
And a motion converting mechanism for advancing and retreating driving the reciprocating lever at the motor, the press frame upper frame portion, the lower frame
The side shape with a throat and throat has a C shape.
The advance / retreat lever is fitted inside the upper frame part.
Advancing / retreating lever body that is arranged to move forward / backward through an id member
And one end is rotatably connected to the tip of the advance / retreat lever body.
The other end is connected to the bent part of the toggle mechanism so that it can rotate up and down.
The motion conversion mechanism is
Crank provided above the throat of the press frame
And one end is rotatably connected to this crank and the other end is
Connection that is rotatably connected to the base end of the advance / retreat lever body
A toggle punch press consisting of a crank mechanism with a rod . 2. A pre-listen No. mechanism toggle type punch press of claim 1, wherein the rotational center of which was placed in the press frame so that the horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the press frame. 3. A motor for driving the crank mechanism,
The toggle punch press according to claim 2, wherein the motor shaft is installed on the press frame in a horizontal posture in which the motor shaft is parallel to the rotation center of the crank mechanism.