JPH054497A - Automatic hard metal engraving machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a small-sized automatic hard metal engraving machine capable of performing an efficient engraving and giving a good finish to the engraved metal face. CONSTITUTION:An automatic hard metal engraving machine which comprises a horizontally movable table 22 so controlled as to move in a plane; a chuck mechanism 30 mounted on the table to hold the metal W to be engraved; a main shaft support 13 so controlled as to move vertically relative to the aforesaid plane; spindle motors 16 and 17 mounted on the main shaft support; a rough engraving needle 18a having a tip as in a triangular pyramid form provided at a shaft end 16a of the spindle motor 16; a finish engraving needle 18b having a tip as in a quadrangular pyramid form provided at a shaft end 17a of the spindle motor 17; and a cap 37 for having a cutting oil filled therein provided on the metal W.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hard metal stamp automatic engraving machine for engraving characters on a hard metal stamp such as titanium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the production of a seal stamp, letters and the like have been engraved by hand engraving on a stamp material such as ivory or tsuge. Came to be. By the way, because ivory was considered the most suitable printing material, ivory was imported in Japan even after ratifying the Washington Convention for the protection of wild plants and animals. With the rise in the market, it was no longer permitted to import ivory. Therefore, the treatment of alternative materials has become an urgent need for the industry,
Titanium has been selected as one of the promising printing materials.

[0003]

However, it has been found that the above-mentioned titanium is far harder than ivory, sprouting, etc., and thus the conventional engraving machine lacks the processing ability.

Therefore, in the present invention, it is a technical problem to be solved to provide a small-sized automatic engraving machine capable of engraving a hard metal stamp material automatically and efficiently and finishing its processed surface well. This is an issue.

[0005]

The technical means for solving the above problems is to construct an automatic hard metal stamp engraving machine as follows. That is, a hard metal stamp is held by a chuck mechanism attached to a movable table that is movable in a plane, and a stamping cutter is attached to a spindle provided in a spindle head that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the plane. ,And,
A hard metal stamp automatic engraving machine configured to drive each of the moving table and the headstock and automatically engrave the hard metal stamp by the stamping cutter, wherein the hard metal stamp has A cap having a dish portion filled with cutting oil is fitted so that the engraved surface is immersed in the oil surface, and further, a roughing stamping cutter having a pyramidal tip is attached to the headstock. With the first spindle attached,
A second spindle equipped with a stamping cutter for finishing, which has a pyramid-shaped tip portion which is polygonal than the pyramid, is provided.

[0006]

In the automatic engraving machine according to the present invention, the hard metal stamping material gripped by the chuck mechanism is roughly machined according to the preset engraving shape by the roughing stamping cutter attached to the first spindle. Further, it is finished by the stamping cutter for finishing which is attached to the second spindle. Further, since the cutting oil filled in the cap fitted to the hard metal stamping material soaks the engraved surface, the cutting performance of both stamping cutters can be kept good.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an automatic seal engraving device. An automatic engraving apparatus 1 for engraving a hard metal stamp material such as titanium includes an engraving machine 2, a control device 3 for controlling a drive motor and the like provided in the engraving machine 2, and a prestored predetermined device. It is composed of a personal computer 4 for transmitting processing information to the control device 3. The personal computer 4 includes a display 4a, a keyboard 4b, and a personal computer body 4c.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the engraving machine 2. In the figure, the frame 5 of the engraving machine 2 is formed of a base 6 for supporting the engraving machine 2 on a horizontal plane, and a column 10 provided upright on the base 6.
The column 10 has a linear guide bar 1 in which a linear bearing 11a that can slide in the vertical (Z-axis) direction is mounted.
1 and a ball screw 12 to which a nut portion 12a that is also movable in the Z-axis direction is mounted, and the linear bearing 11a and the nut portion 12a are attached to a vertical moving seat 13a described later. The ball screw 12 is directly connected to the output shaft of a step motor 14 fixed on the column 10 side. The headstock 13 includes a vertical moving seat 13a made of aluminum alloy and a spindle stay 13b made of aluminum alloy attached to the vertical moving seat 13a and protruding in the Y-axis direction in the drawing. Two spindle motors 16 and 17 are attached to the tip end portion of the shaft (also referred to as main shaft) 16 via clamp heads 15 and 15.
It is attached with a and 17a facing downward. At the shaft ends 16a, 17a of the spindle motors 16, 17 electrically connected to the control device 3, a roughing engraving needle 18a and a finishing engraving needle 18b project from the lower surface of the spindle stay 13b. Is installed. Therefore, the headstock 13 is rotated by the step motor 14 electrically connected to the control device 3 to rotate the ball screw 1
Since it is moved through 2, the Z of the engraving needles 18a, 18b
It is possible to control the movement (cutting depth) in the axial direction.

On the other hand, on the base 6, there is a Y moving table 21 which is movable in the Y axis direction in the figure, and an X moving table 22 which is placed on the Y moving table 21 and is movable in the X axis direction in the figure. Are provided in a two-stage configuration. Y
The moving configuration of the moving table 21 and the X moving table 22 is as follows.
The structure is the same as that of the headstock 13 movable in the Z-axis direction. That is, a linear bearing (not shown) mounted on the linear guide bar 23 provided on the base 6 and capable of sliding in the Y-axis direction is attached to the Y moving table 21. Further, a ball screw (not shown) is provided on the base 6, a nut portion movable in the Y-axis direction is attached to the Y moving table 21, and the ball screw is a step motor (fixed on the base 6 side). (Not shown) is directly connected to the output shaft. Therefore,
By the rotation of the step motor, the Y moving table 21
Are moved in the Y-axis direction.

The X moving table 22 is an XY axis body 22a.
Mounted on the XY axis body 22a, is mounted on a linear guide bar 24 provided on the Y moving table 21, and is capable of sliding in the X axis direction.
Has been attached. Furthermore, on the Y moving table 21,
A ball screw 25 having a nut portion 25a movable in the X-axis direction is provided. The nut portion 25a is attached to the XY-axis body 22a, and the ball screw 25 is attached to the Y moving table 21 side of the step motor 26. It is directly connected to the output shaft. Therefore, when the step motor 26 electrically connected to the control device 3 is rotated, X
The Y-axis body 22a is controlled to move on the Y-moving table 21 in the X-axis direction. That is, the X moving table 22 is XY
Since it is mounted on the shaft body 22a, it is configured to be movable and controllable within a predetermined range of a plane defined by the X axis and the Y axis. A chuck mechanism 30, which will be described later, is attached to the center of the upper part of the X moving table 22.
A protective resin cover 27 is attached to the outer periphery of the moving table 22 to prevent scattering of cutting oil and chips.

Next, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the chuck mechanism 30. As shown in FIG.
The mount 32 attached to the central portion of the has a disk-shaped base portion and a round bar-shaped shaft portion, and a plunger 32b biased upward by a spring 32a is supported slidably up and down via the shaft portion. ing. A stepped cylindrical holder 33 is fitted concentrically with the plunger 32b in a center hole 31a opened in the central portion of the chuck base 31.
A guide groove 33a is provided in the upper part of the holder along the diametrical direction, and a ring-shaped scroll 34 having a screw portion 34a on the upper surface is externally fitted to the holder 33 in the vicinity of the center thereof so as to be horizontally rotatable. There is. Guide groove 33a of holder 33
Inside, the screw portion 3 is arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the holder 33 and is screwed to the screw portion 34a of the scroll 34 on the lower surface.
A pair of movable claws 35 on which 5a are formed are fitted so that the holder 33 can slide in the radial direction, and the movable claws 35 are moved in the approaching direction or the separating direction at the same time by rotating the scroll 34 in the forward and reverse directions. It can be moved horizontally.
A pair of rectangular plate-shaped chuck claws are provided on the upper surfaces of both movable claws 35 for gripping a round bar-shaped hard metal stamping material (hereinafter referred to as “printing material”) W and clamping it in the vertical position at the center of the holder 33. 36 and 36 are fastened by bolts 36a. Both chuck claws 36 are made of aluminum alloy, and V-shaped grooves (see FIG. 1) corresponding to the outer diameter of the printing material W are formed in the center of the facing surfaces 36b, 36b.

Further, as shown in the figure, the cap 37, which is inserted from above into the printing material W held in the center of the holder 33, serves as a saucer for containing cutting oil during engraving. Then, it is formed in a cylindrical shape with a hole, and is placed on the chuck claw 36 in a state in which the engraved surface W1 is slightly immersed below the liquid surface.

As shown in FIG. 4, the shape of the engraving needles 18a, 18b is such that the tip of an alloy steel rod having a diameter of about 2 mm is ground into a predetermined shape. As shown in FIG. 5A, the roughing engraving needle 18a has a tip end cross-sectional shape of three faces (regular triangle).
The sharpness of the tip, which is ground into a triangular pyramid and is approximately 4.5 °. Also, the engraving needle 18b for finishing
As shown in Fig. 2B, the cross-sectional shape of the tip portion is polished into four surfaces (regular quadrangle), and the sharpness angle of the tip formed in the shape of a quadrangular pyramid is about 5 °. The optimum shape is selected from the results of experiments, and both the engraved needles 18a and 18b after polishing are provided with a special TIN coating in order to improve the durability of the engraved needles.

The operation of the automatic engraving apparatus 1 configured as above will be described. In FIG. 1, the processing condition data and the character shape data stored in advance in the personal computer 4 are appropriately modified in an interactive manner using the display 4a and the keyboard 4b, and then processed into processing data. By the input, the processed data is sequentially transferred from the personal computer 4 to the control device 3. Then, the control device 3 starts the electrical control of the engraving machine 2 in accordance with the processing data. First, in the engraving machine 2, the spindle motor 16 rotates, and the roughing engraving needle 18a rotates at a required rotation speed (about 3000 rp).
m), the movement (cutting depth) in the Z-axis direction is controlled by the rotation of the step motor 14. Further, the Y moving table 21 and the X moving table 22 of the engraving machine 2 are controlled to move in the XY plane, and the chuck mechanism 30
After the stamping material W grasped at is set at a predetermined position (machining origin position), the movement (feeding) is controlled according to a preset engraving shape, and a relatively rough engraving needle 18a is required. Since the trajectory is drawn, the engraved surface W1 is automatically rough-processed. Engraving needle for roughing 18 when roughing is finished
a is away from the engraved surface W1 and the spindle motor 1
6 stops. Subsequently, the procedure is controlled in the same manner as the rough machining, and the finish machining is automatically performed by the engraving needle 18b. Further, since the cutting oil filled in the cap 37 fitted to the stamp W soaks the engraved surface W1,
Improves the workability of the engraving needles 18a and 18b.

Since the engraving machine 2 of the automatic engraving apparatus 1 according to the present invention has the two main spindles as described above,
When the roughing by the roughing engraving needle 18a is finished, the finishing by the finishing engraving needle 18b is automatically performed, and the stamp W can be continuously processed. Therefore, the processing time is longer than that of the conventional single-axis engraving machine. Can be reduced. Further, since a roughing engraving needle 18a having a triangular pyramid-shaped tip portion and a finishing processing engraving needle 18b having a quadrangular pyramid-shaped tip portion are mounted for a hard metal stamp such as titanium, the machining efficiency is improved. Can be improved and the processed surface can be finished well. Further, since the cap 37 filled with cutting oil is fitted on the stamp W so that the engraved surface W1 is immersed in the oil surface, a large-scale cutting oil supply device is not required and the engraving machine 2 The configuration of can be simplified. Since the ball screws 12, 25 (including those not shown) arranged in the XYZ axial directions are configured to have a high rigidity while being processed with high precision by precision grinding, they are used. The engraving machine 2 can process the printing material W with high accuracy.

[0016]

As described above, the hard metal stamp automatic engraving machine according to the present invention has a hard metal stamp rough cutting cutter having a pyramid-shaped tip portion on the main shaft of a biaxial structure, and a polygonal polygon from the pyramid. From a roughing process to a finishing process, a hard metal stamping cutter with a pyramidal tip is attached to the stamping tool for finishing, and the stamping material is fitted with a cap for dipping the engraved surface in cutting oil. The stamp material can be engraved automatically and efficiently, and the processed surface can be finished well.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an automatic seal engraving machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an engraving machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a chuck mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an engraving needle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view of a portion AA in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Engraving machine 13 Headstock 16, 17 Spindle motor 16a, 17a Shaft end 18a Roughing engraving needle 18b Finishing engraving needle 21 Y moving table 22 X moving table 30 Chuck mechanism 37 Cap W stamping material

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A hard metal stamp is gripped by a chuck mechanism attached to a movable table that is movable in a plane, and is provided on a headstock that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the plane. An automatic hard metal stamp engraving machine configured such that a stamp cutter is attached to the main spindle, and each of the movable table and the headstock is driven to automatically engrave the hard metal stamp by the stamp cutter. The hard metal stamping material is fitted with a cap having a dish portion that is filled with cutting oil so that the engraved surface of the hard metal stamping material is immersed from the oil surface,
Further, the headstock has a first spindle mounted with a roughing stamping cutter having a pyramid-shaped tip, and a second spindle mounted with a finishing stamping cutter having a polygonal pyramidal tip than the pyramid. An automatic engraving machine for hard metal stamps, which is provided with and.