Machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10434612-B2
Application number	US-201715852077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Dec 27, 2016
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A machine tool includes a bed, a column, a rotary main spindle, a tool magazine, a tool changer, and a controller. The tool changer includes a body provided on the bed so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the column, a changing arm rotatably provided on the body, and a door provided on the body to open or close an opening formed in the body, and configured to partition an area on the column side from an area on the tool magazine side by closing the opening. The controller is configured to move the body in parallel with at least one of an operation of opening the door and an operation of closing the door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A machine tool, comprising:
a bed;
a column provided so as to be reciprocally movable on the bed;
a rotary main spindle rotatably provided on the column;
a tool magazine configured to house tools;
a tool changer configured to change a tool attached to the rotary main spindle for one of the tools housed in the tool magazine; and
a controller configured to control the column, the rotary main spindle, and the tool changer, wherein
the tool changer includes:
a body provided on the bed so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the column;
a changing arm rotatably provided on the body; and
a door provided on the body to open or close an opening formed in the body, and configured to partition an area on a side of the machine tool at which the column is located from an area on a side of the machine tool at which the tool magazine is located by closing the opening, and

the controller is configured to move the body concurrently with at least one of an operation of opening the door and an operation of closing the door.

2. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to move the body toward the column concurrently with the operation of opening the door.

3. The machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to start an operation of rotating the changing arm before the operation of opening the door is completed.

4. The machine tool according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to move the body toward the column concurrently with the operation of rotating the changing arm.

5. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to move the body toward the tool magazine concurrently with the operation of closing the door.

6. The machine tool according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to start the operation of closing the door before an operation of rotating the changing arm is completed.

7. The machine tool according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to move the body toward the tool magazine concurrently with the operation of rotating the changing arm.

8. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein, when the changing arm performs an operation of changing the tool attached to the spindle for one of the tools housed in the tool magazine, the door is arranged at a position where the door overlaps the column as viewed in the movement direction of the column.

9. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the tool changer includes a tool holder fixed to the body, and configured to hold one of the tools that is taken out of the tool magazine, and
the changing arm is configured to change the tool attached to the rotary main spindle for the tool held by the tool holder.

10. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to move the body concurrently with movement of the column.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Toyama Koji
• Ootsuka Yoshio
• Konno Yuki

Classifications

• B23Q2003/155428

  about a common axis · CPC title

• B23Q3/15766

  the axis of the stored tools being arranged perpendicularly to the rotating or circulating plane of the storage means · CPC title

• B23Q3/15713

  a transfer device taking a single tool from a storage device and inserting it in a spindle (B23Q3/15793 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23Q3/15722

  Rotary discs or drums · CPC title

• B23Q1/015

  Frames, beds, pillars · CPC title