Machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10377010-B2
Application number	US-201615348893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2016
Priority date	Nov 11, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A machine tool of the present invention includes: a visual sensor that takes an image of unworked workpiece; an unworked workpiece shape information storing unit that stores unworked workpiece shape information obtained by the visual sensor; a worked workpiece shape information storing unit in which worked workpiece shape information is stored; a burr information calculating unit that recognizes a burr by comparing the unworked workpiece shape information with the worked workpiece shape information; a burr determining unit that determines the burr based on conditions including at least one of the location and the direction of the burr in the workpiece; a working method judging unit that decides whether or not to perform burring with a tool of the machine tool based on the determination result concerning the burr; and a working path generating unit that generates a working path for removing the burr judged to be a burr on which burring is to be performed with the tool.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A machine tool that performs burring on unworked workpiece in which a burr has appeared, the machine tool comprising:
at least one visual sensor that takes an image of the unworked workpiece;
a memory configured to store
unworked workpiece shape information obtained by using the at least one visual sensor, and
worked workpiece shape information; and

a controller programmed to
recognize a burr by comparing the unworked workpiece shape information stored in the memory with the worked workpiece shape information stored in the memory,
determine the burr based on conditions including at least one of a location and a direction of the burr in the workpiece,
decide whether or not to perform burring with a tool of the machine tool based on a determination result concerning the burr, and
generate a working path for removing the burr judged to be a burr on which burring is to be performed with the tool, wherein

the memory is further configured to store tool information including a shape and cutting conditions of the tool, and
the controller is further programmed to
select the tool which is used in burring based on the dimensions of the burr and the tool information,
determine the burr based on the conditions further including the tool information of the selected tool, and
generate the working path by calculating a number of cutting operations indicating how many times cutting operations are performed for working from the dimensions of the burr and a maximum cut amount of the selected tool.

2. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is further programmed to determine the burr based on the conditions further including at least one of dimensions of the burr and a movable range of the tool.

3. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the machine tool is configured to take images of the workpiece by the at least one visual sensor from two or more directions.

4. The machine tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the at least one visual sensor includes a plurality of visual sensors, and
the machine tool is configured to take images of the workpiece from two or more directions by making the plurality of visual sensors take images of the workpiece from different directions.

5. The machine tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the at least one visual sensor is installed in a robot and configured to take images of the workpiece from two or more directions by changing a position of the robot.

6. A machine tool that performs burring on unworked workpiece in which a burr has appeared, the machine tool comprising:
at least one visual sensor that takes an image of the unworked workpiece;
a memory configured to store
unworked workpiece shape information obtained by using the at least one visual sensor, and
worked workpiece shape information;

a controller programmed to
recognize a burr by comparing the unworked workpiece shape information stored in the memory with the worked workpiece shape information stored in the memory,
determine the burr based on conditions including at least one of a location and a direction of the burr in the workpiece,
decide whether or not to perform burring with a tool of the machine tool based on a determination result concerning the burr, and
generate a working path for removing the burr judged to be a burr on which burring is to be performed with the tool; and

a robot configured to perform burring, wherein
the controller is further programmed to
select the tool to be used in burring based on dimensions of the burr and tool information,
determine the burr based on the conditions further including the tool information of the selected tool,
generate the working path by calculating a number of cutting operations indicating how many times cutting operations are performed for working from the dimensions of the burr and a maximum cut amount of the selected tool, and
decide whether to perform burring with the tool or to perform burring with the robot based on the determination result concerning the burr.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Okuda Shinji

Classifications

• G05B2219/37208

  Vision, visual inspection of workpiece · CPC title

• B21D19/005

  Edge deburring or smoothing · CPC title

• B23Q17/20

  for indicating or measuring workpiece characteristics, e.g. contour, dimension, hardness · 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

• G05B2219/45151

  Deburring · CPC title