US20110308362A1 - Loading and Unloading Units and Methods for Sheet Metal Processing - Google Patents

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US20110308362A1
US20110308362A1 US13/166,108 US201113166108A US2011308362A1 US 20110308362 A1 US20110308362 A1 US 20110308362A1 US 201113166108 A US201113166108 A US 201113166108A US 2011308362 A1 US2011308362 A1 US 2011308362A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D43/00—Feeding, positioning or storing devices combined with, or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, apparatus for working or processing sheet metal, metal tubes or metal profiles; Associations therewith of cutting devices
    • B21D43/02—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool
    • B21D43/04—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool by means in mechanical engagement with the work
    • B21D43/10—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool by means in mechanical engagement with the work by grippers
    • B21D43/11—Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool by means in mechanical engagement with the work by grippers for feeding sheet or strip material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D28/00—Shaping by press-cutting; Perforating
    • B21D28/24—Perforating, i.e. punching holes
    • B21D28/36—Perforating, i.e. punching holes using rotatable work or tool holders
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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21D37/14—Particular arrangements for handling and holding in place complete dies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21D37/14—Particular arrangements for handling and holding in place complete dies
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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21D5/02—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves on press brakes without making use of clamping means
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    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23Q—DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
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    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23Q—DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
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    • B23Q3/15573—Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools, e.g. combined with manual handling of non-rotary tools the tool being taken from a storage device and transferred to a tool holder by means of transfer devices
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  • the invention relates to loading and unloading units and methods for sheet metal processing.
  • punching machines include an integrated magazine for storing punching tools used for executing certain machining steps during production of sheet metal parts.
  • sheet metal parts which typically includes many different machining steps (e.g. punching different shapes, nibbling, thread forming), a large number of different tools are necessary.
  • the storing capacity of tool magazines that are integrated in punching machines is often insufficient to support the many tools used to execute different machining steps.
  • tools can be exchanged manually (e.g., by an operator) in the tool magazine during breaks in machining processes.
  • manual methods can cause interruptions in the machining process and schedule, and also require manual effort. Therefore, such methods are generally inefficient.
  • Another alternative is to include a separate tool magazine in which punching tools are stored so that the punching tools can be automatically exchanged in the tool magazine that is integrated in the punching machine and picked up from the tool holders to be used for machining.
  • a separate tool magazine in which punching tools are stored so that the punching tools can be automatically exchanged in the tool magazine that is integrated in the punching machine and picked up from the tool holders to be used for machining.
  • additional components of the punching machine and such components correlate to additional costs and enlarged space requirements of the punching machine.
  • the possible number of tools to be stored is often insufficient to ensure an adequate economic production even when a separate standard tool magazine is used.
  • bending tools are also stored in a tool magazine in the bending machine and they are automatically moved to a position to be used in a bending station.
  • the cost associated with the bending tools in or at the machine can be more expensive than that of punching tools.
  • a handling system which automatically exchanges tools within a sheet metal processing machine without creating considerable additional space requirements or requiring substantially larger capital expenditures to be used.
  • a handling system allows a sheet metal processing device to use the same assemblies for accomplishing different tasks (e.g., to use a sheet metal workpiece loading and unloading unit as a tool handling system).
  • FIG. 1 a shows a side view of a loading and unloading unit for a sheet metal workpiece with a tool magazine for punching and forming tools
  • FIG. 1 b shows an enlarged plan view of a rotatable holder with two tool holders
  • FIG. 1 c is a schematic side view of a sheet metal picking unit with a tool holder gripping a bending tool positioned in a tool holder;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a punching machine
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a bending machine
  • FIGS. 4 a through 4 c illustrate tool exchange procedure for a bending machine.
  • FIG. 1 a is a side view of a loading and unloading unit 1 of a sheet metal processing machine.
  • the loading and unloading unit 1 includes a fixed unit 2 .
  • the fixed unit 2 includes a frame with two vertical stands 3 and a horizontal linear unit 4 .
  • a vertical linear unit 5 is provided which is movable in a vertical direction.
  • the vertical linear unit 5 includes a sheet metal picking unit 6 .
  • the sheet metal picking unit 6 includes devices (e.g., gripping fingers, vacuum nozzles, and/or magnets) for picking up sheet metal plates.
  • a drive 7 (e.g., an electric motor or actuator) is included in the vertical linear unit 5 for moving the vertical linear unit 5 with the sheet metal picking unit 6 in a first horizontal direction along the horizontal linear unit 5 (X-direction) and for moving in a second horizontal direction (Y-direction).
  • a drive 8 is also included for moving the sheet metal picking unit 6 in a vertical direction.
  • one single drive can be included to provide all motion capabilities of the drive 7 and the drive 8 .
  • a rotatable holder 9 is provided on the upper side of the sheet metal picking unit 6 .
  • the rotatable holder 9 includes two first tool holders 10 for holding tools 11 used for sheet metal processing (e.g., punching tools).
  • the holder 9 is attached to the sheet metal picking unit 6 so that it is rotatable about a vertical axis 12 .
  • FIG. 1 b when viewed in the direction of the axis 12 (e.g., from the top or the bottom), the tool holders 10 are positioned 90° from each other. However, in some embodiments, the tool holders 10 are positioned at different angles (e.g., 180°) from each other.
  • the rotatable holder 9 includes only one tool holder 10 . In other embodiments, multiple tool holders 10 are positioned side by side in the X-direction along the sheet metal picking unit 6 . In some embodiments, more than two tool holders 10 are included and are arranged around the axis 12 in a revolver-like manner. In some embodiments, in addition to a rotating around the axis 12 , the rotatable holder 9 translates in the Y-direction and/or the first tool holders 10 translate radially relative to the rotatable holder 9 . Also, in some embodiments, tool holders 10 provided side by side at the tool picking unit 6 can translate in the Y-direction.
  • Opening and closing movements of the first tool holders 10 to grip tools 11 are typically driven and controlled pneumatically.
  • the rotary movement of the rotatable holder 9 is also typically driven and controlled pneumatically, by a pneumatic rotary drive.
  • the movements of the tool holders 10 and the rotatable holder 9 are driven and controlled by an electrical drive (e.g. a stepping motor). Such an arrangement can be beneficial when more than two first tool holders 10 are positioned at the rotatable holder 9 .
  • an interface is provided so that the additional weight due to moving the tool holders 10 which are held on the sheet metal picking unit 6 is not always transported during use.
  • This interface can be the joint between the sheet metal picking unit 6 and one of the tool holders 10 or the rotatable holder 9 on which the tool holders 10 are arranged.
  • multiple interfaces are provided.
  • the interfaces can also be movable in the Y-direction, or movement can be performed by a tool holder fixed to the interface or by the rotatable holder.
  • the rotatable holder 9 or the tool holder 10 is fixed at the interface by a magnetic force, a form-fit attachment, or other appropriate techniques.
  • a first tool magazine 13 for punching tools is provided between the two vertical stands 3 .
  • Multiple (e.g., six in the illustrated embodiment) second tool holders 14 for punching tools are included in the tool magazine 13 , which are horizontally arranged side by side in the X-direction. As shown in FIG. 1 a , punching tools 11 are held in the second tool holders 14 .
  • the tool magazine 13 includes the second tool holders 14 arranged along several horizontal planes.
  • the second tool holders 14 are arranged along one horizontal plane and positioned consecutively in the Y-direction.
  • the second tool holders 14 are arranged side by side in X-direction and Y-direction.
  • second tool holders 14 suitable for receiving and supporting bending tools are provided, which are also arranged between the two vertical stands 3 .
  • the first tool magazine 13 for punching tools or the first tool magazine 13 for the bending tools is not integrated in the fixed unit 2 .
  • the first tool magazine 13 is a separate component of the machine and is arranged in or near the field of motion of the sheet metal picking unit 6 .
  • the first tool magazine 13 is positioned on the sheet picking unit 6 .
  • a second tool magazine 15 is also included, which will be explained in greater detail below with regards to FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 1 c shows a schematic side view of a sheet metal picking unit 6 with a fourth tool holder (e.g., a vacuum nozzle) 39 arranged on the lower side of the sheet metal picking unit 6 .
  • the first tool magazine 13 with the second tool holders 14 and bending tools 11 positioned in the tool holders 14 are also shown in FIG. 1 c .
  • multiple fourth tool holders 39 are included on the sheet metal picking unit 6 .
  • the fourth tool holders 39 while described as vacuum nozzles, can alternatively or additionally be gripping fingers and/or magnets. During use, these multiple fourth tool holders 39 can be used for picking up sheet-metal plates as well as for picking up tools designed in a suitable manner.
  • vacuum nozzles or magnets it has been found favorable to use tools having at least one larger flat portion to allow for proper engagement with the tool holder. Including larger flat portions on tools can be especially beneficial when bending tools 11 are used.
  • FIG. 2 shows a sheet metal processing machine in the form of a punching machine 21 that is used with or includes the loading and unloading unit 1 .
  • the punching machine 21 includes a C-frame 22 that consists of a torsionally stiff, steel-welded construction. At a rear region of the C-frame 22 , a hydraulic power unit 23 is positioned, by which a ram 25 is hydraulically driven by a ram drive.
  • a lower tool fixture 24 is positioned for receiving and holding a lower part of a punching tool 11 .
  • the lower part of the tool is rotatable up to 360° using a rotary drive and can be locked and fixed at any desired angular position.
  • a ram 25 is provided at the upper inside region of the C-frame 22 .
  • the ram 25 includes an upper tool fixture to receive and hold an upper part of a punching tool 11 in a form-fit and backlash-free manner.
  • the ram 25 is also rotatable up to 360° and can be locked in any desired angular position.
  • a second rotary drive is provided to provide rotation to the ram 25 .
  • the rotary drives as well as the driving devices 7 , 8 of the loading and unloading unit 1 are controlled by a machine controller, which is provided in a separate control cabinet.
  • the machine controller also controls a ram controller as well as all of the linear drives for moving a sheet metal plate 26 and actuators for special functions (e.g., to move the part flap 27 up and down).
  • the machine controller includes a keyboard to enable a user to input information and a monitor that can output data to be viewed by the user.
  • the control functions of the drives and actuators are controlled by microprocessors, and machining programs and operation parameters are stored electronically in a storage device of the machine controller.
  • a table 28 is arranged that includes a cross rail 29 with a linear magazine (i.e., the second tool magazine 25 ).
  • Clamping claws 30 for retaining the sheet-metal plate 26 are arranged along the cross rail 29 .
  • the clamping claws 30 can be arranged at, or relocated to, suitable locations along the cross rail 29 so that the sheet metal plate 26 is safely retained but is not gripped at positions where machining shall be conducted.
  • Multiple (e.g., three in the illustrated embodiment) third tool holders 31 for receiving multiple (e.g., two in the illustrated embodiment) punching tools 11 are included along the linear magazine 15 .
  • the part flap 27 is arranged centrally for transferring outward smaller sheet metal parts.
  • the table 28 travels along a programmed range of positions in the Y-direction together with the cross rail 29 on which the clamping claws 30 are arranged to hold the sheet metal plate 26 .
  • the cross rail 29 along with the clamping claws 30 and sheet metal plate 26 , travels along a programmed range of positions in X-direction, whereby the sheet metal plate 26 slides over the table 28 .
  • a punching stroke is performed by the ram 25 .
  • the sheet metal plate 26 is moved to the next punching position and a subsequent punching stroke can be performed.
  • the punching tools 11 are automatically exchanged based on the punching operation to be executed, such exchange being controlled by the machine controller.
  • the cross rail 29 is driven by a linear drive along the X-direction so that the position of the tool 11 to be exchanged in the X-direction corresponds to the position of the lower tool fixture 24 in the X-direction.
  • the cross rail 29 travels together with the table 28 in the Y-direction so that a central axis of the punching tool 11 is aligned with a central axis of the lower tool fixture 24 and the ram 25 , so that the punching tool 11 can be held in the lower tool fixture 24 and in the ram 25 . If a tool is positioned in the ram 25 and in the lower tool fixture 24 , this tool is dispensed to a free space in the linear magazine 15 before the next tool is brought to the ram 25 and the lower tool holder 24 .
  • the necessary punching tool 11 is taken from the first tool magazine 13 .
  • the sheet metal picking unit 6 travels in the X-direction such that the axis 12 of the rotatable holder 9 is aligned with a central axis 17 of the desired punching tool 11 . Subsequently, the sheet metal picking unit 6 travels in the Y-direction so far backwards that the first tool holder 10 may grip the punching tool 11 (i.e., an orifice 16 (referring to FIG. 1 a ) of the first tool holder 10 can grip the punching tool 11 in a form-fit manner).
  • a closing movement of the first tool holder 10 is performed and the punching tool 11 is removed from the second tool holder 14 of the first tool magazine 13 of the sheet-metal picking unit 6 and moved in the opposite Y-direction by a forward movement.
  • the sheet-metal picking unit 6 travels in X-direction until the central axis 17 of the punching tool is aligned with the central axis of the upper tool fixture 25 and lower tool fixture 24 and, subsequently, the sheet-metal picking unit 6 analogously travels in the Y-direction.
  • the punching tool 11 is received and retained by the tool fixtures 24 , 25 in a conventional manner.
  • only the first tool holder 10 or the rotary holder 9 travels in Y-direction.
  • the first tool holder 10 is typically moved in the Y-direction, however, the movement of the first tool holder 10 is selected such that it moves in relation to the second tool holder 14 so that the punching tool 11 can be taken out of the second tool holder 14 or the punching tool 11 can be delivered to the second tool holder 14 .
  • the punching tool 11 to be exchanged in the second tool magazine 15 is removed from the first tool magazine 13 by one of the first tool holders 10 and then passed to a third tool holder 31 in the second tool magazine 15 in the same manner that a punching tool 11 is placed in the upper tool fixture 25 and the lower tool fixture 24 .
  • the rotatable holder 9 is rotated approximately 90° or the sheet metal picking unit 6 is moved in the X-direction such that another of the first tool holders 10 is positioned to remove the punching tool 11 present in this third tool holder 31 .
  • the rotatable holder 9 is rotated in the opposite direction, here approximately 90°, or the sheet metal picking unit 6 is moved in the opposite X-direction in order to pass the punching tool 11 to be exchanged to this third tool holder 31 .
  • the punching tool 11 that was removed from the second tool magazine 15 can then be either moved to the first tool magazine 13 or it can be inserted in the upper tool fixture 25 and the lower tool fixture 24 .
  • the punching tools 11 may be removed from the second tool magazine 15 and moved directly to the first tool magazine 13 .
  • multiple punching tools 11 can be removed from the first tool magazine 13 and moved to the second tool magazine 15 (or removed from the second tool magazine 15 and moved to the first tool magazine 13 ) at the same time.
  • first tool holders 10 arranged side by side on the sheet metal picking unit 6 or the number of the tool holders included on the rotatable holder 9 , several punching tools 11 may be used and positioned in other first tool holders 10 .
  • the method for exchanging the punching tools from the first tool magazine 13 may be executed along with the loading the punching machine 21 with a sheet metal plate (i.e., the punching machine can load a sheet metal plate and the desired punching tools at the same time).
  • the desired punching tools 11 are taken from the first tool magazine 13
  • the sheet metal plate 26 is removed from a magazine in the region of the fixed unit 2 by gripping devices or vacuum nozzles and the obtained punching tools 11 are moved to the punching machine along with the sheet metal plate 26 .
  • the punching tools 11 are placed in either the second tool magazine 15 or the upper tool fixture 25 and lower tool fixture 24 .
  • the sheet metal plate 26 is placed on the table 28 and moved to a position to be retained by the clamping claws 30 .
  • the unloading of manufactured sheet metal parts may also be executed along with the exchange of punching tools 11 in the first tool magazine 13 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a bending machine 33 having a basic structure that is similar to that of the punching machine 21 shown in FIG. 2 and described above.
  • the bending machine 33 includes an upper tool fixture 34 with a drive 36 and a lower tool fixture 35 as well as a controller. Some machine components (e.g. the tool fixtures 34 , 35 and the driving device 36 ) are optimized for the bending process using bending tools.
  • sheet metal 26 is furnished with cut outs 37 which are bent upward using the bending machine to form upwardly bent sheet metal portions 38 .
  • the exchanging of additional sheet metal processing tools 11 may also occur directly in the second tool magazine of the bending machine or directly in the tool fixtures 34 , 35 .
  • FIGS. 4 a to 4 c the upper tool fixture 34 and the lower tool fixture 35 for bending tools 11 and the sheet metal picking unit 6 with the fourth tool holder 39 (from FIG. 1 b ) are respectively shown.
  • the bending tools 11 respectively include a lower part (e.g., a 1 , b 1 ) and an upper part (e.g., a 2 , b 2 ).
  • a method of exchanging the bending tools out of, and into, the tool fixtures 34 , 35 is described below.
  • a bending tool with a lower part a 1 and an upper part a 2 is accommodated in the tool fixtures 34 , 35 .
  • the sheet metal picking unit 6 travels toward the tool holders 34 , 35 so that the fourth tool holder 39 is located above the lower part al, the fourth holder 39 attaches to the lower part of the tool a 1 (shown in view I), the lower part a 1 is loosened or released from the lower tool fixture 35 , and the fourth holder 39 removes the lower part of the tool a 1 out of the lower tool fixture 35 (shown in view II).
  • a lower part b 1 is inserted in the lower tool fixture 35 using the fourth holder 39 (shown in view III). Once the lower part b 1 is inserted in the lower tool fixture 35 , the lower part b 1 is fixed or fastened in place in the lower tool fixture 35 .
  • the upper tool fixture 34 having the upper part of the tool a 2 is moved downward to contact the lower part b 1 , which is positioned in the lower tool fixture 35 .
  • the upper part of the tool a 2 is loosened or released from the upper tool fixture 34 so that when the upper tool fixture 34 moves upward and away from the lower tool fixture 35 , the upper part of the tool a 2 remains positioned on the lower part of the tool b 1 (shown in view IV).
  • the sheet metal picking unit 6 travels so that the fourth tool holder 39 is located above the upper part of the tool a 2 , which is positioned on the lower part of the tool a 1 picks up the upper part of the tool a 2 (shown in view V).
  • the upper part of the tool b 2 With the upper part of the tool a 2 removed from of the machine (shown in view VI), the upper part of the tool b 2 can be moved toward the tool fixture 35 and placed on top of the lower part of the tool b 1 by the sheet metal picking unit 6 and the fourth tool holder 39 (shown in view VII of FIG. 4 c ).
  • the upper tool fixture 34 travels downwards and picks up the upper part of the tool b 2 (shown in view VIII). Once the upper tool fixture 34 receives the upper part of the tool b 2 , the upper tool fixture 34 retains the upper part of the tool b 2 and moves back upward (shown in view IX).
  • the removal of tools from the first tool magazine or the placement of tools into the first tool magazine can be executed in parallel to the production of sheet metal parts. Therefore, while sheet metal is machined in the sheet metal processing machine, a tool can be removed from the first tool magazine or placed in the first tool magazine by the loading and unloading unit 1 for sheet metal workpieces without considerable disturbance of the machining procedure (e.g., punching or bending of the sheet metal).

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