Method for evaluating tool installation, and machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10239176-B2
Application number	US-201515551647-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2015
Priority date	Mar 2, 2015
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a method for evaluating tool installation when fastening a tool to a main shaft of a machine tool, wherein the method includes a storage step for storing a reference location of a draw bar at the time when the tool is contacting a mounting seat of the main shaft, in a state in which foreign matter has been removed from the surface of the mounting seat and from the contacting surface of the tool. The method for evaluating tool installation includes a measuring step for measuring a measurement location of the draw bar when the tool is installed on the main shaft, and a determination step for determining the installation state of the tool to be abnormal if a measurement-location error with respect to the reference location exceeds a predetermined determination range.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tool mount evaluation method when mounting a tool on a spindle by drawing a tool with a draw bar arranged in the spindle of a machine tool, the tool mount evaluation method comprising:
a storage step for storing a position of the draw bar in an axial direction when the tool comes into contact with an attachment seat as a reference position in a state in which foreign substances on a surface of the attachment seat of the spindle and on a contact surface of the tool are removed;
a measurement step for measuring a position of the draw bar in the axial direction when the tool is mounted on the spindle as a measured position; and
a determination step for determining that a mounted state of the tool is abnormal when an error of the measured position with respect to the reference position exceeds a predetermined determination range,
wherein dogs for detecting the measured position of the draw bar in the axial direction are disposed on the draw bar and on a piston that presses the draw bar, and
in the measurement step, the measured position when the tool is mounted on the spindle and a measured position when the draw bar is drawn without mounting the tool on the spindle are detected by the dog disposed on the draw bar, and a measured position when the tool is released is detected by the dog disposed on the piston.

2. The tool mount evaluation method according to claim 1 , wherein in the measurement step, the measured positions are measured by an induction type displacement sensor.

3. A machine tool comprising:
a spindle device configured to draw a tool by a draw bar arranged in a spindle and mount the tool in the spindle;
a position detector configured to detect a position of the draw bar in an axial direction; and
a control device configured to control a machine tool, wherein
the position detector includes dogs, disposed on the draw bar and on a piston that presses the draw bar, for detecting measured positions of the draw bar in the axial direction,
the control device includes a storage unit configured to store the position of the draw bar in association with the tool, and a determination unit configured to determine a mounted state of the tool based on a measured position of the draw bar in the axial direction, which is detected when the tool is mounted on the spindle,
the storage unit stores the position of the draw bar in the axial direction as a reference position, which is detected when the tool comes into contact with an attachment seat in a state in which foreign substances on a surface of the attachment seat of the spindle and on a contact surface of the tool are removed,
the determination unit is configured to determine that the mounted state of the tool is abnormal when an error of the measured position with respect to the reference position exceeds a predetermined determination range, and
the position detector detects the measured position when the tool is mounted on the spindle,
a measured position when the draw bar is drawn without mounting the tool on the spindle, by using the dog disposed on the draw bar, and
a measured position when the tool is released, by using the dog disposed on the piston.

Assignees

• Makino Milling Machine

Inventors

• Takano Yuji

Classifications

• B23B31/265

  by means of collets · CPC title

• B23Q2717/006

  in milling machines · CPC title

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title

• B23Q17/003 Primary

  by measuring a position · CPC title

• G05B19/401

  characterised by control arrangements for measuring, e.g. calibration and initialisation, measuring workpiece for machining purposes (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title