JP6679407B2 - Display device in processing machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device in a processing machine, and more specifically, a flat table for holding a work piece made of various materials such as metal materials and resin materials on an upper surface and a vise for holding the work piece selectively. The present invention relates to a display device in a processing machine that can be installed in a machine.

  Conventionally, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-349388, a flat table for holding a work piece made of various materials such as a metal material and a resin material on the upper surface and a vise for holding the work piece. A processing machine capable of selectively mounting and is known.

There are multiple types of these vices, depending on the mounting method of the work piece, etc., and they are placed on the table and mounted on the processing machine, or mounted on the processing machine with the table removed. To do.

  By the way, in the processing machine as described above, the entire operation is controlled by a microcomputer.

Then, when the microcomputer of the processing machine recognizes that the vise is attached to the processing machine, the microcomputer performs the operation corresponding to the vise, not the operation corresponding to the case where the table is mounted. Control the machine.

Here, in the conventional processing machine, in order for the worker to confirm whether or not the microcomputer of the processing machine recognizes the vise, the worker needs to connect the microcomputer of the processing machine and the microcomputer. It was necessary to connect with a personal computer equipped with an application program for control with a cable, and the worker had to check the personal computer via the application program.

Therefore, in the conventional processing machine, the operator cannot easily confirm whether or not the microcomputer of the processing machine recognizes the vise, and the microcomputer of the processing machine recognizes the vise. It has been desired to propose a method for an operator to easily check whether or not a table is recognized.

  When the processing machine is equipped with a vise, but the microcomputer of the processing machine does not recognize the vise, when the processing machine is operated, the microcomputer performs the operation corresponding to the vise. I can't control the machine.

  For this reason, there is a risk that the processing of the workpiece will fail, or the vise itself will be scraped off and the vise will be damaged.

JP, 2006-349388, A

  The present invention has been made in view of various problems of the above-described conventional techniques, and an object of the present invention is to recognize a table whether or not a processing machine recognizes a vise. An object of the present invention is to provide a display device in a processing machine that allows an operator to easily check whether or not there is.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention makes it possible to detect a vise mounted on a processing machine, and when the vise is not detected, a display corresponding to a table is displayed by a display to detect the vise. In this case, a display corresponding to the detected vise is displayed on the display.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the operator can easily confirm whether or not the processing machine recognizes the vise and the table by visually recognizing the display state of the display device. Like

  That is, the present invention is a display device in a processing machine capable of selectively mounting a table holding a work piece on the upper surface and a vise holding the work piece, and a connection terminal for connecting to a cable of the vise, An indicator that performs a predetermined display, a determination unit that determines whether the cable of the vise is connected to the connection terminal, and the determination unit that connects the cable of the vise to the connection terminal When it is determined that the above-mentioned display based on the vice discriminating unit that discriminates the type of the vise in which the cable is connected to the connection terminal, and the determination result of the determining unit and the determination result of the vice discriminating unit. And a display control unit for controlling the display of the display.

  Further, the present invention, in the above-mentioned present invention, the display control unit determines when the determination unit determines that the cable of the vice is not connected to the connection terminal and when the vice determination unit determines. According to the result, the display of the display is controlled so as to display differently.

  Further, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned present invention, the display is a full-color LED whose emission color is variable.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned present invention, the display is a liquid crystal display having a variable display mode.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it becomes possible for the operator to easily confirm whether the processing machine recognizes the vise or whether the table is recognized. It has an excellent effect.

FIG. 1A is a schematic configuration perspective explanatory view showing a processing machine provided with an example of an embodiment of a display device in the processing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is FIG. 1A. FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view showing another example of the vise mounted on the processing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a block configuration explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration of the microcomputer of the processing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing routine of display control processing executed by the microcomputer of the processing machine shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of a display device in a processing machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1A shows a schematic perspective view illustrating a processing machine including an example of an embodiment of a display device in the processing machine according to the present invention.
In this processing machine 10, side members 14L and 14R are provided upright at right and left ends of a fixed base member 12 so as to be orthogonal to the base member 12.

  Further, at the rear end of the base member 12, a rear member 16 that is arranged orthogonal to the base member 12 and is connected to the two left and right side members 14L and 14R is provided upright.

  Both ends are respectively supported by the left and right side members 14L and 14R, and the guide rail 18 extends in the X-axis direction in the XYZ orthogonal coordinate system (see the reference diagram showing the coordinate system shown in FIG. 1). Is provided.

  Both ends are supported by the side members 14L and 14R so as to be parallel to the guide rails 18, and the shaft 20 is arranged so as to extend in the X-axis direction.

  A carriage 22 is slidably mounted on the guide rail 18 and the shaft 20 arranged in parallel with each other and is movable in the X-axis direction.

  A main shaft 24 is provided on the carriage 22 so as to be movable in the Z-axis direction.

  The main shaft 24 is formed in a substantially cylindrical body, and is rotatable on the inner peripheral side of the main shaft 24 via a bearing (not shown) about a rotary shaft extending along the Z-axis direction as a rotation center. Supported by.

A pulley (not shown) is fixedly arranged on the spindle 26. When the rotational force of the motor is transmitted to the pulley via a belt (not shown), the spindle 26 rotates along with the axis line as the pulley rotates. Rotate around.
The rotatable spindle 26 is designed so that the tracing stylus 40 or the processing tool 42 can be attached thereto.

  The tracing stylus 26 is a thin pin-like substantially cylindrical body for measuring the workpiece 50 of various shapes and various vices (the vice 30 and the vice 300 in the present embodiment).

  Note that, regarding the measuring element 26 and a method of measuring the workpiece 50 of various shapes and various vices using the measuring element 26, for example, a conventionally known technique disclosed in JP 2006-349388 A and the like is disclosed. Since the above can be applied, the description of the detailed configuration and operation will be omitted.

  As the processing tool 42, for example, various tools capable of cutting the workpiece 50 of various shapes such as a cutter having a blade, a ball end mill, a flat end mill, a conical end mill, and the like. It can be used.

  In addition, a pair of guide rails 27 extending in the Y-axis direction are arranged on the base member 12.

On the guide rail 27, a table 28 capable of mounting various vices or directly mounting thereon workpieces 50 of various shapes is arranged so as to be movable in the Y-axis direction. It is set up.

  The processing machine 10 shown in FIG. 1A shows a state in which a vise 30 for holding a workpiece 50 is arranged on a table 28.

  The vice 30 functions as a rotary shaft unit that rotatably holds the workpiece 50. The vice 30 is detachably arranged on the table 28.

The vise 30 is provided with a cable 31. By connecting the cable 31 to the connection terminal 11 provided on the processing machine 10, the connection with the microcomputer 200 for controlling the overall operation of the processing machine 10 is illustrated. To be

The vise 30 is rotatable around a fixed frame 32 having an end 32a and an end 32b facing each other, and a rotation shaft extending along the X-axis direction at the end 32a of the frame 32 as a rotation center. The support shaft 34 is arranged in this state, and the rotary table 36 is provided on the support shaft 34 and rotates with the rotation of the support shaft 34.
The support shaft 34 is designed to be rotatable about the rotation axis at a speed and direction corresponding to the rotation speed and rotation direction of the motor (not shown).

Further, with the rotation of the support shaft 34, the rotary table 36 arranged on the support shaft 34 rotates.
In this way, the rotatable support shaft 34 is designed so that the workpieces 50 of various shapes can be fixedly attached thereto via the rotary table 36.
One end of the workpiece 50 is fixedly arranged on the surface 36a of the rotary table 36, and the other end of the workpiece 50 is arranged on the end 32b of the frame 32. By being supported by the support shaft 34, the support shaft 34 is supported by the support shaft 34 in such a manner that the support shaft 34 is rotatable about the rotation shaft by 360 ° as the support shaft 34 rotates in the rotation shaft unit 30.

Reference numeral 37 is a chuck that is a holding means for fixedly arranging the workpiece 50 on the surface 36a side of the rotary table 36.
The vice 30 is installed on the table 28 at an arbitrary timing by an operator who uses the processing machine 10.

  That is, the vice 30 is configured to be attached to the upper surface 28 a of the table 28 and removable from the upper surface 28 a of the table 28.

When the vise 30 is attached to the upper surface 28a of the table 28, for example, the rotation axis of the support shaft 34 of the vise 30 is positioned to coincide with the X-axis direction, and the surface 36a of the rotary table 36 is orthogonal to the XY plane. That is, the vice 30 is attached so as to be arranged on the table 28 in a state in which the vice 30 is positioned so as to extend along the Z-axis direction.
The configuration in which the vice 30 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface 28a of the table 28 in a detachable manner is not particularly limited, and, for example, a mounting screw can be used.

Here, since the table 28 on which the vice 30 is arranged is movably arranged in the Y-axis direction as described above, the support shaft 34 of the vice 30 arranged on the upper surface 28a of the table 28 and the supporting shaft 34 are supported. The workpiece 50 supported by the shaft 34 is rotatable about the axis and movable in the Y-axis direction.

  FIG. 1B shows another example of the vise. The vise 300 shown in FIG. 1B differs from the vise 30 shown in FIG. 1A in the following points.

  That is, in the vise 300, in place of the triangular pyramid-shaped support portion 38 at the end portion 32 b of the vise 30, a rotary table 302 including a chuck having the same configuration as the chuck 37 is provided.

  The rotary table 302, like the rotary table 36 arranged on the rotatable shaft 34 of the vise 30, is rotatable about a rotary shaft extending along the X-axis direction at the end 32b of the frame 32 as a rotation center. It is arranged on the support shaft 304 arranged in this state.

  The vise 300 is also provided with a cable 31 like the vise 30, and by connecting the cable 31 to the connection terminal 11 provided on the processing machine 10, a microcomputer for controlling the overall operation of the processing machine 10. Connection with 200 is achieved.

According to the vise 300 shown in FIG. 1B, the workpiece 50 can be fixedly arranged on the end portion 32a side by the chuck of the rotary table 302, so that the vise 30 shown in FIG. The workpiece 50 can be more reliably fixed as compared with the above.

In this embodiment, the processing machine 10 has three types: a state in which only the table 28 is provided, a state in which the vise 30 is provided on the table 28, and a state in which the vise 300 is provided on the table 28. The state of can be taken.

The processing machine 10 is provided with a cover member (not shown) from the upper surface to the front surface, and inside the processing space S surrounded by the cover member, the base member 12, the side members 14L and 14R, and the rear member 16. Various components such as the main shaft 24 and the table 28 are provided in the interior.

  Further, a full-color LED 60 having a variable display mode as a display is provided on the side member 14L of the processing machine 10 toward the processing space S side.

The full-color LED 60 is controlled by the microcomputer 200 and emits light of a predetermined color.

  Here, the processing machine 10 is different from the conventional technology only in that the display of the full-color LED 60 is controlled, and for measuring or processing the vices 30 and 300 using the probe 40 in the processing space S and the workpiece 50. Conventionally known techniques can be applied to other configurations and control methods such as processing of the workpiece 50 using the tool 42.

Therefore, in the following description, only the method of controlling the display of the full-color LED 60 will be described, and the description of other configurations and control methods to which conventionally known technology can be applied will be omitted.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the microcomputer 200 for controlling the display of the full-color LED 60.

  The microcomputer 200 includes a determination unit 202, a vise determination unit 204, and a display unit control unit 206.

  The determination unit 202 determines whether or not the cables 31 of the vices 30 and 300 are connected to the connection terminal 11.

  The vise discrimination unit 204 discriminates the type of vise, that is, whether the measured vise is the vise 30 or the vise 300, according to the measurement result using the tracing stylus 40.

The display control unit 206 controls the emission color of the full-color LED 60 based on the determination result of the determination unit 202 and the determination result of the vise determination unit 204.

  A method for controlling the display of the full-color LED 60 in the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart showing the processing routine of the display control processing shown in FIG.

  It is assumed that the probe 40 is attached to the spindle 26 of the processing machine 10 in advance.

  In the processing machine 10, when the power is turned on to be executed by the operator, the processing routine of the display control processing shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not it is connected to (step S302).

  If it is determined by the process of step S302 that the cables 31 of the vices 30 and 300 are not connected to the connection terminal 11, only the table 28 is mounted on the processing machine 10, and the vices 30 and 300 are As a non-mounted type, the full-color LED 60 is controlled by the display unit control unit 206 with the first emission color (for example, blue) set in advance when only the table 28 is mounted on the processing machine 10. Light is emitted (step S304), and the processing routine of this display control processing is terminated.

  After the processing routine of the display device control processing is completed, the conventional known technology is applied to perform the measurement processing and the processing processing of the workpiece 50.

  On the other hand, when it is determined by the process of step S302 that the cables 31 of the vices 30 and 300 are connected to the connection terminal 11, the process proceeds to step S306.

  In the process of step S306, whether the vise 30 or the vise 300 is mounted on the processing machine 10 by applying a conventionally known technique using the tracing stylus 40 under the control of the vise determination unit 204. To determine.

  If it is determined by the process of step S306 that the vise 30 is installed in the processing machine 10, if the vise 30 is installed in the processing machine 10 in advance by the control of the display unit control unit 206. The full-color LED 60 emits light with the set second emission color (for example, yellow) (step S308), and the processing routine of this display control processing ends.

  After the processing routine of the display device control processing is completed, the conventional known technology is applied to perform the measurement processing and the processing processing of the workpiece 50.

  On the other hand, when it is determined by the processing in step S306 that the vise 300 is installed in the processing machine 10, the vise 300 is installed in the processing machine 10 in advance under the control of the display unit control unit 206. The full-color LED 60 emits light with the third emission color (for example, white) set in this case (step S310), and the processing routine of this display control processing ends.

  After the processing routine of the display device control processing is completed, the conventional known technology is applied to perform the measurement processing and the processing processing of the workpiece 50.

If it is not possible to determine whether the processing machine 10 is equipped with the vise 30 or the vise 300 in the processing of step S306, it is determined that a processing error has occurred in advance by the control of the display unit control unit 206. The full-color LED 60 emits light with the fourth emission color (for example, red) set in the case of processing (step S312), and the processing routine of this display control processing ends.

As described above, in the processing machine 10, the processing machine 10 currently recognizes only the table 28 by a simple method in which the operator visually recognizes the emission color of the full-color LED 60. It is possible to easily confirm whether the vise 30 is mounted or the vise 300 is mounted.

  The above-described embodiment may be modified as shown in the following (1) to (8).

  (1) In the above-described embodiment, the full-color LED 60 having a variable display mode is used as the display, and the processing machine 10 is currently recognizing whether only the table 28 is mounted or the vise 30 is used. Light is emitted in a different emission color depending on whether the device is mounted or the device 300 is mounted, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a plurality of characters or the like is used as a display device, and the processing machine 10 currently recognizes that only the table 28 is mounted or the vise 30 is mounted. The display may be performed depending on whether the device is in the open state or the state in which the vise 300 is installed.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, the case where one full-color LED 60 is provided as a display has been described, but the number of display is not limited to one, and two or more may be provided.

  (3) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the full-color LED 60 is arranged inside the processing space S as a display, but it is not limited to this.

  That is, the place where the full-color LED 60 is arranged as a display is not particularly limited, and it may be arranged outside the processing space S such as the outer surface of the side member 14L.

  (4) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the full-color LED 60 is used as the display has been described, but the display is not limited to one type of full-color LED, and a plurality of types such as a full-color LED, a liquid crystal display, and an organic EL element. The indicators may be used in an appropriate combination.

  (5) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the full-color LED 60 having a variable display mode is used as the display has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, it is possible to use a plurality of lamps or single-color LEDs whose display modes cannot be changed and to realize different displays by changing the number of these lights.

  (6) In the above-described embodiment, two types of vise, the vise 30 and the vise 300, are shown, but the vise is not limited to this.

  That is, the vise may be only one type or plural types of three or more types.

  (7) In the above-described embodiment, the table 28 is fixedly arranged on the processing machine 10, but it is not limited to this.

  That is, the table 28 may be detachably arranged in the processing machine 10.

  (8) The above-described embodiments and the modifications described in (1) to (7) above may be combined appropriately.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is used for various processing machines such as a three-dimensional processing machine such as a modeling machine used when making a part or a design model in trial manufacture or mass production, and a two-dimensional engraving machine that cuts with a tool. can do.

  10 processing machine, 11 connecting terminal, 30 vice, 31 cable, 40 measuring element, 42 processing tool, 50 workpiece, 60 full-color LED, 200 microcomputer, 202 determination section, 204 vice determination section, 206 display control section , 300 vise

Claims (4)

In a display device in a processing machine capable of selectively mounting a table holding a work piece on an upper surface and a vise holding the work piece,
A connection terminal for connecting with the cable of the vise,
An indicator that performs a predetermined display,
A determination unit that determines whether the cable of the vice is connected to the connection terminal,
When it is determined by the determination unit that the cable of the vice is connected to the connection terminal, a vice determination unit that determines the type of the vice in which the cable is connected to the connection terminal,
A display device control unit for controlling the display of the display device based on the determination result of the determination unit and the determination result of the vice determination unit. The display device in the processing machine according to claim 1,
The indicator control unit may display differently when the determination unit determines that the cable of the vice is not connected to the connection terminal and the determination result of the vice determination unit. A display device in a processing machine, wherein the display of the display device is controlled. The display device in the processing machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2,
The display device in a processing machine, wherein the display device is a full-color LED whose emission color is variable. The display device in the processing machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2,
The display device in a processing machine, wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display whose display mode is variable.

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