Main shaft device and machine tool provided with same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10130997-B2
Application number	US-201515325773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

This device is provided with: a main shaft ( 20 ) onto which a tool ( 100 ) is detachably mounted; a rod ( 30 ) slidably supported by the main shaft ( 20 ) and configured to attach or detach the tool ( 100 ) to or from the main shaft ( 20 ) through a sliding action; a fluid channel ( 32 ) formed in the rod ( 30 ); fluid feed device ( 51, 70 ) configured to feed a fluid into the fluid channel ( 32 ); a plurality of fluid channels for seating detection ( 24 ) for detecting when the main shaft ( 20 ) and the tool ( 100 ) are in a seated state, the fluid channels for seating detection ( 24 ) being formed in the main shaft ( 20 ) so as to communicate with the fluid channel ( 32 ) when the rod ( 30 ) is positioned at a first position; and a plurality of fluid channels for cleaning ( 25 ) for cleaning seating portions of the main shaft ( 20 ) and the tool ( 100 ), the fluid channel for cleaning ( 25 ) being formed in the main shaft ( 20 ) so as to communicate with the fluid channel ( 32 ) when the rod ( 30 ) is positioned at a second position different from the first position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A main shaft device comprising:
a main shaft, onto a seating face of which is detachably mounted a tool that performs predetermined machining on an object to be machined or a tool holder to which the tool is attached;
a rod slidably supported by the main shaft and configured to attach or detach the tool or the tool holder to or from the main shaft through a sliding action;
a fluid channel formed in the rod;
fluid feed device configured to feed a fluid into the fluid channel;
a plurality of fluid channels for seating detection for detecting when the main shaft and the tool or the tool holder are in a seated state, the fluid channels for seating detection being formed in the main shaft so as to communicate with the fluid channel when the rod is positioned at a first position as a result of the sliding action; and
a plurality of fluid channels for cleaning for cleaning seating portions of the main shaft and the tool or the tool holder, the fluid channels for cleaning being formed in the main shaft so as to communicate with the fluid channel when the rod is positioned at a second position as a result of the sliding action, the second position being different from the first position, wherein
the rod is movable to a third position as a result of the sliding action, the third position being different from the first position and the second position, and
when the rod is positioned at the third position, the fluid channel communicates with neither the fluid channels for seating detection nor the fluid channels for cleaning.

2. The main shaft device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first position is an intermediate position located between an unclamped position at which the tool or the tool holder is unclamped, and a clamped position at which the tool or the tool holder is reliably clamped,
the second position is the unclamped position, and
the third position is the clamped position.

3. The main shaft device according to claim 1 , wherein
the seating face has an orthogonal face that is orthogonal to the main shaft and a tapered face oriented in a different direction to the main shaft and the orthogonal face,
each of the fluid channels for seating detection opens in the orthogonal face, and
each of the fluid channels for cleaning opens in the tapered face.

4. The main shaft device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fluid channels for seating detection and the fluid channels for cleaning are alternately formed at intervals of a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the main shaft.

5. A machine tool comprising:
a main shaft device provided with a main shaft onto which is detachably mounted a tool that performs predetermined machining on an object to be machined or a tool holder to which the tool is attached, wherein
the main shaft device is the device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Machine Tool Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishizu Kazuyuki
• Omokawa Hidefumi
• Takagi Tatsuro

Classifications

• B23B2270/30

  Chip guiding or removal · CPC title

• B23B31/001 Primary

  Protection against entering of chips or dust · CPC title

• B23Q11/005

  by blowing · CPC title

• B23B2231/24

  Cooling or lubrication means · CPC title

• B23B2231/26

  Detection of clamping · CPC title