JP5966729B2 - Machine Tools - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a machine tool for injecting a cleaning liquid.

  The machine tool includes a tool changer (ATC) for automatically changing tools, and changes tools as follows. The spindle head moves up to a predetermined position (Z-axis origin), and the used tool is held by the grip arm. Further, the spindle head is raised and the used tool is removed from the spindle. Next, the tool changer rotates, and the grip arm that holds the next tool to be used moves to a predetermined position (index position). Finally, the spindle head descends in the vertical direction, and the next tool to be used is inserted into the spindle.

  The tool includes a tool body and a tool holder to which the tool body is attached. The tool holder is held by the grip arm and attached to and detached from the spindle head when the tool is changed. When machining a workpiece, chips or the like may adhere to the spindle mounting surface of the tool holder. When the above tool change is executed in this state, the tool is displaced with respect to the main shaft, and the cutting accuracy is lowered. In order to prevent this, a conventional machine tool cleans the spindle mounting surface of the tool holder by spraying a coolant liquid (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-148039 A

  When machining a workpiece, chips or the like may adhere to the spindle head. If the above tool change is performed in this state, there is a risk that chips or the like adhering to the spindle head may enter the tool changer when the spindle head is raised. Accumulation of chips and the like that have entered the tool changer causes an operation failure (for example, rotation failure) of the tool changer.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a machine tool capable of cleaning chips and the like adhering to a spindle head.

A machine tool according to one aspect of the present invention is provided between a machining area provided on one side of the machine origin position and performing workpiece machining, and a tool exchange area provided on the other side of the machine origin position and performing tool change. A spindle head that supports the spindle on which the tool can be mounted , a column that movably supports the spindle head, and a tool changer that exchanges the tool attached to the spindle in the tool change area. A first unit disposed between the spindle head and a pair of support parts for supporting the tool changer on the column; a tank for storing cleaning liquid; and a first nozzle capable of injecting the cleaning liquid to the spindle head. a nozzle, by supplying the cleaning liquid to the first nozzle from the tank, from said first nozzle and a first liquid supply means for injecting said cleaning liquid, the spindle head is between the pair of support portions The first nozzle is provided in at least one of the pair of support portions, and the cleaning liquid is directed toward the surface of the spindle head. Spray. The machine tool can clean, for example, chips adhering to the spindle head during workpiece machining with the cleaning liquid sprayed from the first nozzle.

  A second nozzle capable of injecting the cleaning liquid to the tool; and a second liquid supply means for supplying the cleaning liquid from the tank to the second nozzle and injecting the cleaning liquid from the second nozzle. Also good. The machine tool can clean, for example, chips adhering to the tool during workpiece machining with the cleaning liquid sprayed from the second nozzle. Since the first nozzle and the second nozzle share the tank cleaning liquid, the machine tool may not include a plurality of tanks.

  The first liquid supply means supplies the cleaning liquid to the first nozzle at a first timing, and the second liquid supply means applies to the second nozzle at a second timing different from the first timing. The cleaning liquid may be supplied. Since the machine tool ejects the cleaning liquid from the first nozzle and the second nozzle at different timings, it can be suppressed that the cleaning liquid in the tank is insufficient.

Extending from the front Symbol tank to the first liquid supply means and the second liquid supply means comprises a liquid flow path portion is a flow path of the cleaning liquid, said liquid flow path portion extends from said tank to said support common A channel, a first branch channel that branches from the common channel and guides the cleaning liquid to the first nozzle, and a second branch channel that branches from the common channel and guides the cleaning liquid to the second nozzle And a flow path switching means for switching a flow path for supplying the cleaning liquid from the common flow path between the first branch flow path and the second branch flow path. Since the machine tool can switch the supply destination of the cleaning liquid flowing in the common flow path between the first branch flow path and the second branch flow path, the cleaning liquid in the tank can be used efficiently.

  An origin return means for moving the spindle head from the machining area to the machine origin position, and the spindle head that the origin return means has moved to the machine origin position is moved to a specific position in the tool change area. The tool changer extracts the tool mounted on the spindle, and the tool extraction means moves the spindle head moved to the specific position to the machine origin position, A tool mounting means for mounting the next tool held by a tool changer on the spindle, and the first liquid supply means is disposed on the first nozzle while the origin return means moves the spindle head. The cleaning liquid may be supplied, and the second liquid supply unit may supply the cleaning liquid to the second nozzle while the tool mounting unit moves the spindle head.

  While the spindle head moves from the machining area to the machine origin position, the cleaning liquid sprayed from the first nozzle cleans the spindle head. Therefore, the machine tool can remove chips and the like from the spindle head before the chips and the like attached to the spindle head enter the inside of the tool changer. While the spindle head moves from the specific position to the machine origin position, the cleaning liquid sprayed from the second nozzle cleans the tool. Therefore, the machine tool can remove chips and the like from the tool before the chips and the like adhering to the tool enter the inside of the spindle.

1 is an external perspective view of a machine tool 1. 3 is another external perspective view of the machine tool 1. FIG. 2 is an enlarged right side view of the upper part of the machine tool 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially broken enlarged view of the spindle head 7. It is the right view which expanded the spindle head 7 and the grip arm 73. 3 is an enlarged right side view of the spindle head 7 and the tool magazine 21. FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the nozzle forming member 150. FIG. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view in the direction of arrows BB in FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a cleaning mechanism 40. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an electrical configuration of a numerical control device 30. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing of the machine tool 1. 4 is a timing chart of a tool cleaning nozzle 120 and head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140.

  A machine tool 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A configuration of the machine tool 1 will be described. In the following description, the upper direction, the lower direction, the lower left direction, the upper right direction, the upper left direction, and the lower right direction in FIG. 1 are respectively the upper direction, the lower direction, the front direction, the rear direction, the left direction, and the right direction. And

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the machine tool 1 includes a cast iron base 2, a machine body 3 that is positioned above the base 2 and cuts a workpiece, and is mounted on a spindle 9 that is positioned above the machine body 3. A tool changer 20 for changing the tool 4 to be replaced, a machine body 3, a cover (not shown) surrounding the tool changer 20, and the like. An operation panel (not shown) is provided on the front surface of the cover. The operation panel includes an input unit 24 and a display 25 (see FIG. 10). The worker confirms the display information on the display 25 and inputs a machining program, a tool type, tool information, various parameters, and the like using the input unit 24. The machining program is a program that defines the machining content of the workpiece in a plurality of blocks, and is stored in the RAM 33. The block is composed of predetermined commands (for example, G code, M code).

  The configuration of the machine body 3 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the machine body 3 includes a column 5, a spindle head 7 (see FIG. 4), a spindle 9, a table 10, a cleaning mechanism 40, a frame 78, and the like. The column 5 is erected in a prismatic shape at the upper rear of the base 2 and supports the spindle head 7 so as to be movable up and down along the front surface of the column 5. The frame 78 is a plate-like member that extends forward from the top of the column 5. The frame 78 supports the tool changer 20 described later on the column 5. The spindle head 7 moves in the Z-axis direction by driving a Z-axis motor 53 (see FIG. 10). The main shaft 9 is provided below the main shaft head 7. The tool 4 is mounted on the spindle 9 and is rotated by driving a spindle motor 54 (see FIG. 10).

  The table 10 is provided at the upper center of the base 2. The table 10 is moved in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction by an X-axis motor 51 (see FIG. 10), a Y-axis motor 52 (see FIG. 10), and a guide mechanism (not shown). The control box 6 located on the back side of the column 5 stores the numerical control device 30 (see FIG. 10). The cleaning mechanism 40 cleans chips and the like adhering to the tool 4 and the spindle head 7 with a coolant liquid.

  A moving mechanism of the table 10 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the table 10 is provided with a rectangular parallelepiped support base 12 at the bottom. The support base 12 includes a pair of X-axis feed guides (not shown) extending in the X-axis direction (the left-right direction of the machine body 3) on the upper surface. The pair of X-axis feed guides support the table 10 so as to be movable.

  The base 2 includes a pair of Y-axis feed guides (not shown) extending in the Y-axis direction (the depth direction of the machine body 3) at the top. The pair of Y-axis feed guides extend along the front-rear direction of the base 2. The pair of Y-axis feed guides support the support 12 so as to be movable. The base 2 includes a Y-axis motor 52 (see FIG. 10) at the top. The Y-axis motor 52 drives the table 10 to move in the Y-axis direction along the Y-axis feed guide. The support 12 includes an X-axis motor 51 (see FIG. 10) at the top. The X-axis motor 51 moves and drives the table 10 in the X-axis direction along the X-axis feed guide. The X-axis motor 51 and the Y-axis motor 52 are servo motors.

  The left and right sides of the table 10 are provided with covers 13 and 14 that can contract in the moving direction. The front side of the support base 12 includes a cover 15 that can contract in the moving direction. The rear side of the support base 12 includes a Y-axis rear cover. The covers 13 to 15 and the Y-axis rear cover always cover the X-axis feed guide and the Y-axis feed guide. Therefore, the machine tool 1 can prevent the chips scattered from the machining area, the splash of the coolant, and the like from dropping on each axis feed guide.

  The lifting mechanism of the spindle head will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, a guide rail (not shown) extending in the vertical direction on the front side of the column 5 (left side in FIG. 4) supports the spindle head 7 so as to be movable up and down via a linear guide. A spindle motor 54 for rotating the spindle 9 is fixed to the upper part of the spindle head 7.

  On the front surface of the column 5, the upper bearing portion 27 and the lower bearing portion 28 rotatably support the ball screw 26 extending in the vertical direction. A ball screw 26 is screwed and inserted into a nut 29 fixed to the back surface of the spindle head 7. The upper end portion of the ball screw 26 is connected to a drive shaft of a Z-axis motor 53 (see FIG. 10) fixed to the upper portion of the upper bearing portion 27 via a coupling (not shown). The ball screw 26 rotates in both forward and reverse directions by driving the Z-axis motor 53. When the ball screw 26 rotates in the forward / reverse direction, the nut 29 screwed to the ball screw 26 moves up and down, and the spindle head 7 connected to the nut 29 moves up and down in the Z-axis direction (the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4).

  The spindle head 7 moves up and down with respect to the workpiece (workpiece) fixed on the table 10 (see FIG. 1), and the spindle 9 rotates, so that the tool 4 performs cutting. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the spindle head 7 performs a machining operation in a machining region below the Z-axis origin, which is the Z-axis machine origin. The spindle head 7 performs a tool 4 changing operation in a tool changing area (ATC area) above the Z-axis origin. The machine origin is a position where the machine coordinates of the X axis and the Y axis are 0, and an upper limit position where the machine coordinates of the Z axis can be processed.

  The detailed structure of the tool 4 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the tool 4 includes a tool body 16 and a tool holder 17 on which the tool body 16 is mounted. The tool holder 17 has a shank 17a and a pull stud 17b. The shank 17 a has a tapered surface corresponding to the tapered hole 18 of the main shaft 9. The pull stud 17b protrudes upward in a T shape in a side view from the upper end of the shank 17a.

  The internal structure of the spindle head 7 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a main shaft 9 having a rotation shaft in the vertical direction is rotatably supported inside the front lower portion of the main shaft head 7. The main shaft 9 is connected via a coupling 23 to a drive shaft of a main shaft motor 54 fixed to the upper portion of the main shaft head 7. The main shaft 9 is rotated by the rotation drive of the main shaft motor 54. A tapered hole 18 for mounting the shank 17a of the tool holder 17 is provided at the tip (lower end) of the main shaft 9. When the shank 17a is attached to the tapered hole 18, the holder holding member 19 provided inside the main shaft 9 holds the pull stud 17b. The main shaft 9 has a draw bar 81 inside. When the draw bar 81 presses the holder clamping member 19 downward, the holder clamping member 19 releases the pull stud 17b.

  Inside the rear upper part of the spindle head 7, an inverted L-shaped (see FIG. 4) crank lever 60 is pivotally supported via a support shaft 61. The crank lever 60 is mainly composed of a vertical lever 60b extending in the vertical direction and a horizontal lever 60a extending substantially horizontally from the lower end of the vertical lever 60b toward the front. The front end portion of the horizontal lever 60 a can be engaged with a pin 65 that projects perpendicularly to the draw bar 81. A plate cam body 66 is fixed to the upper back of the vertical lever 60b. The plate cam body 66 can be brought into and out of contact with a cam follower 67 fixed to the upper bearing portion 27. A tension coil spring is elastically interposed between the vertical lever 60 b and the spindle head 7. When the crank lever 60 is viewed from the right side, the crank lever 60 is always urged clockwise, so that the horizontal lever 60a is separated from the pin 65 except during the tool changing operation.

  For example, in a state where the shank 17 a of the tool holder 17 is mounted in the tapered hole 18 of the main shaft 9, the plate cam body 66 provided on the crank lever 60 slides on the cam follower 67 when the main shaft head 7 rises. In this case, the crank lever 60 rotates counterclockwise around the support shaft 61 when viewed from the right side. Since the horizontal lever 60a presses downward while engaging the pin 65, the draw bar 81 urges the holder holding member 19 downward, and the holder holding member 19 releases the pull stud 17b. The tool 4 can be attached to and detached from the main shaft 9.

  The structure of the tool changer 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the tool changer 20 includes a tool magazine 21. The tool magazine 21 is mainly composed of a cylindrical magazine main body 71 with a flange and a plurality of grip arms 73 arranged so as to be swingable along the outer periphery of the back surface of the flange 72 of the magazine main body 71. The magazine support base 87 fixed to the frame 78 rotatably supports a support shaft 75 extending obliquely downward toward the front side of the machine tool 1. The magazine body 71 is extrapolated to the support shaft 75. The magazine main body 71 is disposed in front of the machine tool 1 with the front surface of the circular flange 72 facing the front, and is rotatably supported.

  The magazine body 71 is mainly composed of a cylindrical boss portion 74 in which a support shaft 75 is inserted, and a flange portion 72 provided in a hook shape on the front end side of the outer peripheral surface of the boss portion 74. At the rear end of the boss 74, an indexing disc 77 centered on the support shaft 75 is fitted and fixed. Roller-shaped cam followers (not shown) are provided on the back side of the indexing disc 77 (the surface facing the spindle head 7) corresponding to the positions where the plurality of grip arms 73 are disposed.

  A casing 82 is fixed to the upper part of the magazine support 87. A magazine motor 55 for rotational indexing of the magazine body 71 is fixed to the upper part of the casing 82. Inside the casing 82, a part of a rotary indexing mechanism including a plurality of gears (not shown) and a cam (not shown) is connected to the rotation shaft of the magazine motor 55. A plurality of cam followers of the indexing disc 77 are sequentially fitted into cam grooves (not shown) formed in the cam of the rotary indexing mechanism. The indexing disc 77 can perform intermittent indexing rotation, and can position one of the plurality of grip arms 73 at the lowest position of the magazine body 71.

  A grip portion 73 a (see FIG. 5) that can hold the tool holder 17 is provided on the distal end side of the plurality of grip arms 73. Of the plurality of grip arms 73, only one grip arm 73 indexed to the lowest position of the magazine body 71 swings along with the lifting / lowering operation of the spindle head 7 by using a cam mechanism (not shown). Move. The grip portion 73 a of the grip arm 73 at the lowest position moves between a “proximity position” that is close to the main shaft 9 and a “retraction position” that is separated from the main shaft 9. The lowest position of the grip portion 73 a is the index position of the grip arm 73.

  The detailed structure of the cleaning mechanism 40 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, the cleaning mechanism 40 includes a tank 50, a liquid flow path unit 100, a tool cleaning nozzle 120, and head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140. The tank 50 is disposed above the column 5 and stores the coolant liquid. The liquid flow path section 100 is a coolant liquid flow path extending from the tank 50 to each nozzle (the tool cleaning nozzle 120 and the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the liquid channel unit 100 includes a common channel 101, a first branch unit 102, a first switching valve 103, a second branch unit 104, head cleaning supply channels 105 and 106, and a second branch channel. 107, a second switching valve 108, a tool cleaning supply passage 109, and the like. The common flow path 101 is a coolant liquid flow path extending from the tank 50 to the frame 78. The common flow path 101 is connected to the first branch portion 102 that branches the flow path of the coolant liquid into two on the downstream side of the movement direction of the coolant liquid flowing inside (hereinafter, the liquid movement direction).

  One flow path (the first branch flow path 110 shown in FIG. 6) branched at the first branch portion 102 is connected to the first switching valve 103 on the downstream side in the liquid movement direction. The first switching valve 103 is connected to the second branching section 104 that branches the coolant liquid flow path into two on the downstream side in the liquid movement direction. The first switching valve 103 can be switched between a valve closing position for closing the flow path connecting the first branch flow path 110 and the second branch portion 104 and a valve opening position for opening the flow path. One flow path branched by the second branch portion 104 is a head cleaning supply path 105 that supplies a coolant liquid to the head cleaning nozzle 130. The other flow path branched by the second branch portion 104 is a head cleaning supply path 106 that supplies the coolant liquid to the head cleaning nozzle 140.

  The other flow path branched by the first branch portion 102 is a second branch flow path 107. The second branch channel 107 is connected to the second switching valve 108 on the downstream side in the liquid movement direction. The second switching valve 108 is connected to a tool cleaning supply path 109 that supplies coolant liquid to the tool cleaning nozzle 120 on the downstream side in the liquid movement direction. The second switching valve 108 can be switched between a valve closing position for closing the flow path connecting the second branch flow path 107 and the tool cleaning supply path 109 and a valve opening position for opening the flow path. The first switching valve 103 and the second switching valve 108 are switched to a valve closing position by an urging means (spring member) (not shown), and are switched to a valve opening position by pressurized air described later.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the annular main shaft cap 22 is fixed to the lower end of the main shaft head 7 with a plurality of bolts. An annular passage 26 is formed at the distal end portion of the main shaft cap 22. The annular nozzle forming member 88 is fixed to the distal end side of the main shaft cap 22 so as to close the annular passage 26. The front end surface of the nozzle forming member 88 is set at a position substantially the same as the end surface 9 a of the main shaft 9. The annular passage 26 communicates with a tool cleaning supply passage 109 connected to the spindle cap 22.

  The nozzle forming member 88 has an annular tool cleaning nozzle 120 that communicates with the annular passage 26. The annular passage 26 supplies coolant liquid to the tool cleaning nozzle 120. The tool cleaning nozzle 120 injects the coolant liquid jet downward obliquely toward the axis of the main shaft 9 (dotted line arrow in FIG. 5). Therefore, the tool cleaning nozzle 120 can clean the surface of the shank 17a of the tool holder 17 that relatively moves upward toward the tapered hole 18 of the main shaft 9 with the jet of coolant liquid.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6, the frame 78 includes a pair of support plates 78 a and 78 b that face in the left-right direction across the spindle head 7 and extend forward above the table 10. A block-shaped nozzle forming member 150 is fixed to the lower end of the support plate 78a with a plurality of bolts. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the nozzle forming member 150 has a blind hole 151, an introduction hole 152, a bolt hole 153, and the like.

  The blind hole 151 has an opening on the side surface side (front side in FIG. 6) of the nozzle forming member 150. The head cleaning supply path 105 is connected to the opening of the nozzle forming member 150. The introduction hole 152 communicates with the stop hole 151 on one end side, and communicates with a nozzle hole provided on the lower surface of the nozzle forming member 150 on the other end side. The nozzle hole has a diameter larger than that of the introduction hole 152 and is inclined forward. The nozzle hole serves as a head cleaning nozzle 130 and injects a coolant liquid jet downwardly and obliquely downwardly toward the tool magazine 21 (dotted line arrow in FIG. 6).

  Similarly, a block-shaped nozzle forming member 150 is also fixed to the lower end of the support plate 78b. The nozzle hole formed in the nozzle forming member 150 is used as the head cleaning nozzle 140 to inject a coolant liquid jet flow obliquely downwardly directly below the tool magazine 21.

  In other words, the pair of head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 arranged symmetrically in the front view injects coolant liquid from both the left and right sides of the spindle head 7. Therefore, the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 can clean the surface of the spindle head 7 rising from below the tool magazine 21 with the jet of coolant liquid.

  The cleaning liquid circuit of the cleaning mechanism 40 will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, in addition to the structure described above, the cleaning mechanism 40 includes a pump 58, an air source 80, a first electromagnetic valve 91, a second electromagnetic valve 92, a first air passage 211, a second air passage 212, A first air supply path 221 and a second air supply path 222 are provided. The pump 58 is provided in the tank 50 and sucks the coolant liquid from the tank 50 and supplies it to the common flow path 101. The air source 80 supplies pressurized air that controls the first electromagnetic valve 91 and the second electromagnetic valve 92.

  The air source 80 is connected to the first electromagnetic valve 91 via the first air passage 211. The first electromagnetic valve 91 is connected to the first switching valve 103 via the first air supply path 221 on the downstream side in the direction of movement of the coolant flowing inside (hereinafter referred to as the air movement direction). The first solenoid valve 91 is electrically switched between a first position where air supply to the first air supply path 221 is prohibited and a second position where air supply to the first air supply path 221 is allowed. Is possible. When the first electromagnetic valve 91 is in the first position, the pressure generated on the downstream side in the air movement direction from the first electromagnetic valve 91 is released to the atmosphere via the silencer 91a.

  The air source 80 is connected to the second electromagnetic valve 92 via the second air passage 212. The second electromagnetic valve 92 is connected to the second switching valve 108 via the second air supply path 222 on the downstream side in the air movement direction. The second solenoid valve 92 is electrically switched between a first position where air supply to the second air supply path 222 is prohibited and a second position where air supply to the second air supply path 222 is allowed. Is possible. When the second electromagnetic valve 92 is in the first position, the pressure generated downstream of the second electromagnetic valve 92 in the air movement direction is released to the atmosphere via the silencer 92a.

  The numerical control device 30 switches and controls the first electromagnetic valve 91 and the second electromagnetic valve 92 to either the first position or the second position, respectively. When the numerical controller 30 turns on the first electromagnetic valve 91, the first electromagnetic valve 91 is switched to the second position. The pressurized air from the air source 80 passes through the first electromagnetic valve 91 and flows into the first air supply path 221. The pressurized air that has flowed into the first air supply path 221 compresses the urging means of the first switching valve 103 and switches the first switching valve 103 to the valve opening position. Accordingly, the coolant liquid stored in the tank 50 is ejected from the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140.

  When the numerical controller 30 turns on the second electromagnetic valve 92, the second electromagnetic valve 92 is switched to the second position. Pressurized air from the air source 80 passes through the second electromagnetic valve 92 and flows into the second air supply path 222. The pressurized air that has flowed into the second air supply path 222 compresses the urging means of the second switching valve 108 and switches the second switching valve 108 to the valve open position. Thereby, the coolant liquid stored in the tank 50 is sprayed from the tool cleaning nozzle 120.

  The electrical configuration of the machine tool 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the machine tool 1 includes a numerical control device 30. The numerical control device 30 includes a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, an input interface 34, an output interface 35, drive circuits 201 to 209, and the like. The ROM 32 stores a control program of the present invention that analyzes and executes a machining program. The RAM 33 temporarily stores values calculated during execution of a control program described later.

  The CPU 31 is connected to the drive circuits 201 to 209 via the output interface 35. The drive circuits 201 to 209 include an X-axis motor 51, a Y-axis motor 52, a Z-axis motor 53, a main shaft motor 54, a magazine motor 55, a pump 58, a display unit 25, a first electromagnetic valve 91, a first control target. Two solenoid valves 92 are connected. The X-axis motor 51, the Y-axis motor 52, and the Z-axis motor 53 include encoders 51a to 53a. The input unit 24 and the encoders 51 a to 53 a are connected to the CPU 31 via the input interface 34.

  The drive circuits 201 to 203 receive drive command amounts from the CPU 31 and output drive currents to the motors 51 to 53. The encoders 51 a to 53 a input position feedback signals to the input interface 34. The drive circuits 201 to 203 perform feedback control of the X-axis position and Y-axis position of the table 10 and feedback control of the Z-axis position of the spindle head 7 based on the input position feedback signal.

  The main process of the machine tool 1 will be described. In the main process of the present embodiment, a known tool change operation is performed and the tool 4 and the spindle head 7 are cleaned. The CPU 31 of the numerical control device 30 executes main processing based on the control program stored in the ROM 32.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the main process, one block of the machining program stored in the RAM 33 is read (S1). The CPU 31 determines whether or not the read one block is a program end command (S3). If the read one block is not a program end command (S3: NO), the CPU 31 determines whether or not the read one block is a tool change command (S5).

  When the read one block is a tool change command (S5: YES), the CPU 31 controls the spindle motor 54 to stop the rotation of the spindle 9 (S11). The CPU 31 controls the Z-axis motor 53 to raise the spindle head 7 from the machining area (S11). The CPU 31 turns on the coolant injection of the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 by turning on the first electromagnetic valve 91 (S11). As a result, the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 start jetting the coolant.

  After execution of step S11, the CPU 31 determines whether or not the spindle head 7 has reached the Z-axis origin (S13). When the spindle head 7 reaches the Z-axis origin (S13: YES), the CPU 31 turns off the first electromagnetic valve 91, thereby turning off the coolant injection of the head cleaning nozzles 130, 140 (S15). As a result, the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 stop the injection of the coolant liquid. When the spindle head 7 has not reached the Z-axis origin (S13: NO), the CPU 31 returns the process to step S13.

  After execution of step S15, the CPU 31 determines whether or not the spindle head 7 has reached the ATC origin (S17). When the spindle head 7 reaches the ATC origin (S17: YES), the CPU 31 controls the magazine motor 55 to rotate the tool magazine 21, and positions the grip arm 73 holding the next tool 4 at the indexing position ( S19). When the spindle head 7 has not reached the ATC origin (S17: NO), the CPU 31 returns the process to step S17.

  After execution of step S19, the CPU 31 determines whether or not the positioning of the tool magazine 21 is completed (S21). When the positioning is completed (S21: YES), the CPU 31 controls the Z-axis motor 53 to lower the spindle head 7 from the ATC origin (S23). The CPU 31 turns on the coolant injection of the tool cleaning nozzle 120 by turning on the second electromagnetic valve 92 (S23). Thereby, the tool washing nozzle 120 starts injection of coolant liquid.

  After execution of step S23, the CPU 31 determines whether or not the spindle head 7 has reached the Z-axis origin (S25). When the spindle head 7 has reached the Z-axis origin (S25: YES), the CPU 31 turns off the second electromagnetic valve 92, thereby turning off the coolant injection of the tool cleaning nozzle 120 (S27). Thereby, the tool washing nozzle 120 stops injection of coolant liquid. If the spindle head 7 has not reached the Z-axis origin (S25: NO), the CPU 31 returns the process to step S25.

  If the read one block is not a tool change command (S5: NO), another command indicated by the read one block is executed (S7). After execution of step S7 or step S27, the CPU 31 moves to the next block of the machining program (S9) and reads the transferred one block (S1). When the read one block is a program end command (S3: YES), the CPU 31 ends the main process.

  The tool change operation performed by the machine tool 1 in the main process (FIG. 11) will be specifically described with reference to FIG. When the read one block is a tool change command (S5: YES), the spindle head 7 moves up from the machining area while the rotation of the spindle 9 is stopped (S11). At this time, the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 are switched from OFF to ON, and a coolant is sprayed onto the spindle head 7 as illustrated in FIG. 6 to clean chips and the like adhering to the surface of the spindle head 7 (S11). ).

  As the spindle head 7 approaches the Z-axis origin, the grip arm 73 at the index position moves from the retracted position to the close position. When the spindle head 7 reaches the Z-axis origin (S13: YES), the gripping portion 73a of the grip arm 73 holds the used tool 4 attached to the spindle 9. Further, the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 are switched from on to off, and the coolant injection to the spindle head 7 is stopped (S15). Thereafter, as the spindle head 7 moves up in the ATC region, the holder holding member 19 presses the draw bar 81 to release the pull stud 17b.

  When the spindle head 7 reaches the ATC origin (S17: YES), the rotation of the tool magazine 21 causes the grip arm 73 holding the used tool 4 to move away from the index position, and the next The grip arm 73 holding the tool 4 moves toward the index position (S19). When the positioning of the tool magazine 21 is completed (S21: YES), the spindle head 7 is lowered from the ATC origin (S11). At this time, the tool cleaning nozzle 120 is switched from OFF to ON, and a coolant is sprayed onto the tool 4 as illustrated in FIG. 5 to clean chips and the like adhering to the surface of the shank 17a (S23).

  When the spindle head 7 is lowered to the Z-axis origin (S25: YES), the holder clamping member 19 interrupts the pressing of the draw bar 81 and clamps the pull stud 17b, whereby the next tool 4 is mounted on the spindle 9 (FIG. 4). Further, the tool cleaning nozzle 120 is switched from on to off, and the coolant injection to the tool 4 is stopped (S27). Thereafter, as the spindle head 7 descends from the Z-axis origin position in the machining area, the grip arm 73 at the index position moves from the proximity position to the retracted position. Therefore, the machine tool 1 can perform workpiece machining using the next tool 4 in the machining area.

  As described above, according to the machine tool 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 31 supplies the coolant liquid from the tank 50 to the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140, and the coolant liquid from the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 to the spindle head 7. Inject. Therefore, the machine tool 1 can clean, for example, chips adhering to the spindle head 7 during workpiece machining with the coolant liquid sprayed from the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140.

  The CPU 31 supplies the coolant liquid from the tank 50 to the tool cleaning nozzle 120 and injects the coolant liquid from the tool cleaning nozzle 120 to the tool 4. Since the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 and the tool cleaning nozzle 120 share the coolant liquid in the tank 50, the machine tool 1 may not include a plurality of tanks.

  The timing for supplying the coolant liquid to the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 is different from the timing for supplying the coolant liquid to the tool cleaning nozzle 120. Since the machine tool 1 injects the coolant liquid from the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 and the tool cleaning nozzle 120 at different timings, it can be suppressed that the coolant liquid in the tank 50 is insufficient.

  The CPU 31 switches the flow path for supplying the coolant liquid from the common flow path 101 between the first branch flow path 110 and the second branch flow path 107. The machine tool 1 can efficiently use the coolant liquid in the tank 50 by switching the supply destination of the coolant liquid flowing through the common flow path 101.

  While the spindle head 7 moves from the machining area to the Z-axis origin, the coolant liquid sprayed from the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140 cleans the spindle head 7. Therefore, the machine tool 1 can remove chips and the like from the spindle head 7 before the chips and the like attached to the spindle head 7 enter the inside of the tool changer 20. While the spindle head 7 moves from the ATC origin to the Z-axis origin, the coolant liquid sprayed from the tool washing nozzle 120 cleans the tool 4. Therefore, the machine tool 1 can remove chips and the like from the tool 4 before the chips and the like adhering to the tool 4 enter the main shaft 9.

In the above embodiment, an example of the “first nozzle” is the head cleaning nozzles 130 and 140. An example of the “first liquid supply unit” is the CPU 31 that executes Step S11. An example of the “second nozzle” is the tool cleaning nozzle 120. An example of the “second liquid supply unit” is the CPU 31 that executes Step S23. An example of the “ pair of support portions” is a pair of support plates 78a and 78b . An example of the “flow path switching unit” is the CPU 31 that executes steps S111, S15, S23, and S27. An example of “origin return means” and “tool extraction means” is the CPU 31 that executes steps S11 and S13. An example of the “tool extraction unit” is the CPU 31 that executes steps S11 and S17. An example of the “tool mounting unit” is the CPU 31 that executes steps S23 and S25.

  The machine tool of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. The position, quantity, size, etc. of the “first nozzle” are not limited to the head cleaning nozzles 130, 140 of the above embodiment. For example, only one “first nozzle” may be provided, or three or more may be provided. The “first nozzle” may be provided at a location different from the frame 78 in the machine tool 1.

  The timing at which the “first nozzle” ejects the cleaning liquid is not limited to the time when the spindle head 7 rises from the processing region to the Z-axis origin, and the cleaning liquid may be ejected at another timing. For example, the “first nozzle” may eject the cleaning liquid while the spindle head 7 descends from the Z-axis origin to the machining area. The position at which the “first nozzle” sprays the cleaning liquid onto the spindle head 7 is not limited to the left-right direction of the spindle head 7. For example, the cleaning liquid may be sprayed from the front-rear direction of the spindle head 7.

  The “machine tool” may not include the “second nozzle”. The “first nozzle” and the “second nozzle” may inject cleaning liquid stored in different tanks. The “machine tool” may be a horizontal machine in which the spindle head 7 moves back and forth, instead of the spindle head 7 moving up and down. The “cleaning liquid” may be a liquid other than the coolant (for example, distilled water).

1 Machine Tool 4 Tool 5 Column 7 Spindle Head 9 Spindle 20 Tool Changer 31 CPU
50 Tank 78 Frame 100 Liquid channel section 101 Common channel 107 Second branch channel 110 First branch channel 120 Tool cleaning nozzle 130 Head cleaning nozzle 140 Head cleaning nozzle

Claims (5)

The tool can be moved between a machining area provided on one side of the machine origin position where workpiece machining is performed and a tool exchange area provided on the other side of the machine origin position where tool change is performed. A spindle head that supports possible spindles;
A column that movably supports the spindle head;
A tool changer for changing the tool mounted on the spindle in the tool change area;
A pair of support portions arranged to sandwich the spindle head and supporting the tool changer to the column;
A tank for storing cleaning liquid;
A first nozzle capable of injecting the cleaning liquid to the spindle head;
A first liquid supply means for supplying the cleaning liquid from the tank to the first nozzle and injecting the cleaning liquid from the first nozzle;
The spindle head is movable between the machining area and the tool change area through the pair of support portions,
The first nozzle is provided in at least one of the pair of support portions, and jets the cleaning liquid toward the surface of the spindle head . A second nozzle capable of spraying the cleaning liquid onto the tool;
The machine tool according to claim 1, further comprising: a second liquid supply unit that supplies the cleaning liquid from the tank to the second nozzle and injects the cleaning liquid from the second nozzle. The first liquid supply means supplies the cleaning liquid to the first nozzle at a first timing,
The machine tool according to claim 2, wherein the second liquid supply means supplies the cleaning liquid to the second nozzle at a second timing different from the first timing. Extending from the front Symbol tank to the first liquid supply means and the second liquid supply means comprises a liquid flow path portion is a flow path of the cleaning solution,
The liquid channel section includes a common channel extending from the tank to the support, a first branch channel that branches from the common channel and guides the cleaning liquid to the first nozzle, and a branch from the common channel. And a second branch channel for guiding the cleaning liquid to the second nozzle,
The flow path switching means for switching the flow path for supplying the cleaning liquid from the common flow path between the first branch flow path and the second branch flow path is further provided. The machine tool described. Origin return means for moving the spindle head from the machining area to the machine origin position;
Tool extraction for extracting the tool mounted on the spindle by the tool changer by moving the spindle head, which has been moved to the machine origin by the origin return means, to a specific position in the tool change area. Means,
Tool attachment means for attaching the next tool held by the tool changer to the spindle by moving the spindle head moved to the specific position by the tool extraction means to the machine origin position;
The first liquid supply means supplies the cleaning liquid to the first nozzle while the origin return means moves the spindle head,
The machine tool according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the second liquid supply means supplies the cleaning liquid to the second nozzle while the tool mounting means moves the spindle head.

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