JP4473977B2 - Workpiece carry-out device for punch / laser combined machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a workpiece carry-out device of a punch / laser composite processing machine .
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, a workpiece unloading device used in a punch / laser combined processing machine employs a large work shooter or take-out loader so that a relatively large product (about 500 square mm) can be unloaded.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional workpiece unloading apparatus, small and medium-sized products and scraps (about 100 square mm to 200 square mm) must be unloaded by a large work shooter. There is a problem that it takes a long time to reduce the work efficiency.
[0004]
In addition, peripheral devices such as a large work shooter or take-out loader are costly and are not easy to be retrofitted to a processing machine.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, punch at a low cost easily retrofitted to machine, also allows small without lowering the work efficiency, the products and unloading scrap midsole An object of the present invention is to provide a workpiece carry-out device for a laser combined processing machine .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Workpiece unloading apparatus punch the multifunction processing machine of the invention of claim 1, detachably mounted on one of the hole for a punch die that is formed in the rotation supported by an upper turret punch laser multifunction A pick-up device for gripping a cut piece cut from a workpiece by a processing machine ;
Receive the cut pieces from the pickup device at a predetermined unloading position below said upper turret, in which the cut piece made provided with a carry-out device and for unloading from the unloading position to the outside of the predetermined position of the upper turret .
[0007]
In the workpiece unloading device of the punch / laser composite processing machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pick-up device grips a work piece processed by the punch / laser composite processing machine, and the upper turret rotates to cut the work piece. The pick-up device that grips is moved to a predetermined unloading position. At the unloading position, the pickup device passes the cut piece to the unloading device , and the unloading device unloads the cut piece from the unloading position to a predetermined position outside the upper turret. Thereby, the cut piece of the workpiece can be carried out in a short time, and the work efficiency can be improved.
[0008]
In the workpiece carry-out device of the punch / laser composite processing machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pickup device is detachably attached to a punch mold hole formed in the upper turret. The pickup device can be easily retrofitted to the processing machine, and the cost can be reduced.
[0009]
A second aspect of the present invention, in a workpiece unloading apparatus punch the multifunction machine according to claim 1, wherein the pickup device includes a suction means for sucking the cut piece of the work, the suction means of the upper turret It consists of a cylinder that moves up and down.
[0010]
In the workpiece carry-out device of the punch / laser combined processing machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the pickup device sucks the work piece by the suction means and moves the suction means up and down by the cylinder. As a result, the cut piece can be quickly adsorbed from the workpiece, and the cut piece can be quickly transferred to the carry-out means at a predetermined carry-out position, so that work efficiency can be improved.
[0011]
A third aspect of the present invention is the workpiece unloading device of the punch / laser combined processing machine according to the first or second aspect , wherein the unloading device receives a cut piece of a workpiece from the pickup device, and the tray is It comprises a carry-out cylinder that horizontally moves between a carry-out position and a predetermined position outside the upper turret.
[0012]
In the workpiece unloading device of the punch / laser combined processing machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, the unloading device receives a cut piece of the workpiece from the pick-up device by the tray, and the unloading cylinder and the predetermined position outside the upper turret by the unloading cylinder Move horizontally between positions. Thereby, the cut piece of the workpiece can be quickly carried out from the carrying-out position to a predetermined position outside the upper turret, and work efficiency can be improved.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a punch / laser combined processing machine 2 to which a workpiece carry-out device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. The punch / laser composite processing machine 2 is based on a bridge-type main body frame 3, and the main body frame 3 includes an upper frame 5 and a lower frame 7 facing each other in the vertical direction.
[0015]
An upper turret 11 having a plurality of punch dies P is provided at the front part of the upper frame 5 (the lower part in FIG. 1 and the left part in FIG. 2). A lower turret 13 having D is provided so as to face the upper turret 11 in the vertical direction. The upper turret 11 and the lower turret 13 are rotated by a turret rotation motor 15 built in the lower frame 7, and each predetermined set of the punch die P and the die D can be indexed to the processing position A1.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 2, a ram 17 is provided above the upper turret 11 to press a predetermined punch die P indexed to the machining position A1 from above. It is driven by the operation of a cylinder 19 provided in the cylinder.
[0017]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lower frame 7 is provided with a work table 21 that supports a plate-like work W. A carriage base 23 extending in the left-right direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 1 and the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 2) is provided at the rear portion of the work table 21, and the carriage base 23 includes a motor 25. By driving, it can move in the front-rear direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1 and left-right direction in FIG. 2). The carriage base 23 is provided with a carriage 29 having a plurality of clampers 27 for gripping the end portion of the workpiece W. The carriage 29 can be moved in the left-right direction by driving a motor 31. With these mechanisms, the workpiece W gripped by the clamper 27 can move two-dimensionally.
[0018]
A laser processing head 33 is provided at the upper rear portion of the processing position A1, and the laser processing head 33 performs laser processing on the workpiece W indexed to the laser processing position A2 immediately below the laser processing head 33.
[0019]
The workpiece unloading apparatus 1 of this embodiment is attached to one of the holes 35 for the punch mold P formed in the upper turret 11 and is cut from the workpiece W by the punch / laser combined machine 2 100. Pickup device 37 for gripping products and scraps (hereinafter referred to as “product G”) having a square mm to 200 square mm, and provided on the side of the lower turret 13 and from above a predetermined unloading position A3 below the upper turret 11. The unloading device 39 unloads the product G to a predetermined position A4 outside the turret 11.
[0020]
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ in a state where the pickup device 37 is indexed to the processing position A1 shown in FIG. 1 by the rotation of the upper turret 11. As shown in the figure, the pickup device 37 is attached to the vacuum cylinder 41 fixed inside the hole 35 for the punch die P and the tip of the piston rod 43 of the vacuum cylinder 41 to adsorb the product G. And suction pad 45. The suction pad 45 moves up and down below the upper turret 11 by driving the vacuum cylinder 41. The pickup device 37 is a unit that can be easily retrofitted to the hole 35 having a large diameter (for example, φ111 mm) for the punch die P of the upper turret 11.
[0021]
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB ′ in a state where the pickup device 37 is indexed to the carry-out position A3 shown in FIG. 1 by the rotation of the upper turret 11. As shown in the figure, the carry-out device 39 is composed of a carry-out cylinder 47 fixed to the main body frame 3, and a receiving tray 51 on which a product G is placed, attached to the tip of a piston rod 49 of the carry-out cylinder 47. The tray 51 moves horizontally between the carry-out position A3 and a predetermined position A4 outside the upper turret 11 by driving the carry-out cylinder 47.
[0022]
Next, the operation of carrying out laser processing on the workpiece W and carrying out the product G by the punch / laser composite processing machine 2 to which the workpiece carry-out device 1 of the present embodiment is attached will be described.
[0023]
First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the turret rotation motor 15 is driven to rotate the upper turret 11, and the pickup device 37 is indexed to the processing position A1. Then, a plate-like work W is carried onto the work table 21 and the origin is abutted, and the work W is gripped by the clamper 27. Next, the workpiece W is moved two-dimensionally by driving the motors 25 and 31, and is positioned at the laser processing position A2. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the workpiece W is laser processed by driving the laser processing head 33. (The part cut from the workpiece W by laser processing is referred to as a product G.)
[0024]
Next, the motor 25 shown in FIG. 2 is driven, and as shown in FIG. 3, the workpiece W is moved horizontally in the direction of the arrow C2, and the product G is moved from the laser processing position A2 to the processing position A1. Then, the piston rod 43 of the vacuum cylinder 41 is extended to lower the suction pad 45 to the upper surface position of the work W, and the product G is sucked to the suction pad 45. When the suction pad 45 sucks the product G, the piston rod 43 is contracted, and the product G is lifted above the workpiece W.
[0025]
Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper turret 11 is rotated in the direction of the arrow C <b> 1, and the pickup device 37 that holds the product G is indexed to the carry-out position A <b> 3. In parallel with this, the workpiece W body from which the product G has been removed is indexed to the laser machining position A2 if there is a next machining, and the next machining is performed.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 4, the pickup device 37 indexed to the carry-out position A <b> 3 extends the piston rod 43 of the vacuum cylinder 41 to lower the suction pad 45 to the upper surface position of the receiving tray 51, and the product G Put it on top.
[0027]
Next, the carry-out cylinder 47 is driven to contract the piston rod 49, and the tray 51 is moved horizontally from the carry-out position A3 to a predetermined position A4 outside the upper turret 11. Then, the product G is conveyed from the predetermined position A4 to the next process.
[0028]
As described above, the workpiece carry-out device 1 according to the present embodiment can be easily retrofitted to the ready-made punch / laser combined processing machine 2, so that the cost can be reduced.
[0029]
Further, since the product G can be quickly adsorbed from the workpiece W by the pickup device 37 and the product can be quickly delivered to the carry-out device 39 at the carry-out position A3, the work efficiency can be improved.
[0030]
Further, since the product G can be quickly carried out from the carry-out position A3 to the predetermined position A4 outside the upper turret 11, the work efficiency can be improved.
[0031]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations of the punch / laser combined processing machine 2 to which the workpiece carry-out device 1 of the present embodiment is attached.
[0032]
As shown in the figure, first, the workpiece W is moved and positioned at the laser processing position A2 (S1).
[0033]
Next, the workpiece W is cut by the laser processing head 33 (S2).
[0034]
When the product cut by the laser processing head 33 exceeds 200 mm (referred to as product G1) (S3), the product G1 is carried out by a conventional work shooter (S4).
[0035]
When the product or scrap cut by the laser head 33 is 100 square mm to 200 square mm (referred to as product G) (S5), the product G is moved to the upper turret 11 by moving the entire workpiece W. Is moved to the pickup position (processing position A1) below (S6).
[0036]
Next, at the processing position A1, the product G is attracted by the pickup device 37 and lifted above the workpiece W (S7).
[0037]
The workpiece W body from which the product G has been removed is moved and positioned at the laser machining position A2 if there is a next machining (S1), and then the next machining is performed (S2).
[0038]
On the other hand, the product G adsorbed by the pickup device 37 is moved and positioned to the carry-out position A3 by the rotation of the upper turret 11 (S8).
[0039]
The product G is delivered from the pickup device 37 to the carry-out device 39 at the carry-out position A3 and is carried out to the predetermined position A4 outside the upper turret 11 by the carry-out device 39. After the product G is transferred from the pickup device 37 to the carry-out device 39, the upper and lower turrets 11 and 13 are returned to the origin (S9).
[0040]
As described above, after the product G is attracted to the pickup device 37 (S7), the next processing (S1) and (S2) of the workpiece W is performed in parallel with the unloading operation (S8) and (S9) of the product G. Therefore, the productivity of the punch / laser composite processing machine 2 can be improved.
[0041]
Moreover, although there exists a product G or a cut piece, it can carry out in the same procedure also with a scrap.
[0042]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cut piece of the work can be carried out in a short time, and work efficiency can be improved.
[0043]
Further, according to the invention of claim 1, the pickup device can be retrofitted easily to punch the multifunction processing machine, cost reduction can be achieved.
[0044]
According to the invention of claim 2, the cut piece can be quickly adsorbed from the workpiece, and the cut piece can be quickly transferred to the carry-out means at a predetermined carry-out position, so that work efficiency can be improved.
[0045]
According to invention of Claim 3 , the cut piece of a workpiece | work can be quickly carried out from the carrying-out position to the predetermined position outside an upper turret, and the work efficiency can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a combined punch / laser processing machine to which a workpiece carry-out device according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the combined punch / laser processing machine.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of the workpiece carry-out device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB ′ of the above embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the punch / laser combined processing machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Workpiece carrying-out apparatus 2 Punch / laser combined processing machine 3 Main body frame 5 Upper frame 7 Lower frame 11 Upper turret 13 Lower turret 15 Turret rotation motor 17 Ram 19 Cylinder 21 Work table 23 Carriage base 25 Motor 27 Clamper 29 Carriage 31 Motor 33 Laser processing head 35 Hole 37 Pickup device 39 Unloading device 41 Vacuum cylinder 43 Piston rod 45 Suction pad 47 Unloading cylinder 49 Piston rod 51 Dish

Claims (3)

A pick-up device that is detachably attached to one of the punch mold holes formed in the rotary supported upper turret , and grips a cut piece cut from the workpiece by a punch / laser combined processing machine ;
Receive the cut pieces from the pickup device at a predetermined unloading position below said upper turret punch laser comprising a discharge device for unloading the cut pieces from the unloading position to the outside of the predetermined position of the upper turret Workpiece carry-out device for multi-task machines . The pickup device includes a suction means for sucking the cut piece of work, the punch laser compound processing according to claim 1, the formed Rukoto characterized by the adsorption means cylinder for vertical movement below the upper turret Machine work unloading device. The unloading device includes a tray that receives a work piece from the pickup device, and a unloading cylinder that horizontally moves the tray between the unloading position and a predetermined position outside the upper turret. 3. A workpiece carry-out device for a punch / laser composite processing machine according to claim 1 or 2.

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