Drilling apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486242-B2
Application number	US-201715794783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2017
Priority date	Oct 26, 2016
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A drilling apparatus includes: a table supporting a plate; a drill machining a through-hole in the plate; an annular pressing member pressing the plate around the through-hole; a camera capturing a plate surface image through an inner space of the pressing member; and a moving device moving the drill between machining and retraction positions, the machining position being at which the drill center coincides with the pressing member center, the retraction position being a position at which the drill is positioned outside a field of view of the camera. Insertion holes distributed in a circumferential direction are formed in the pressing member, and illumination devices, each emitting light to the plate surface around the through-hole, are inserted in the respective insertion holes. An optical axis direction of each of the illumination devices inserted in the respective insertion holes and the plate surface form an angle of 25 to 60°.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drilling apparatus comprising:
a table that supports a plate;
a drill that machines a through-hole in the plate;
an annular pressing member that presses the plate around the through-hole;
a camera that captures an image of a surface of the plate through an inner space of the pressing member by a dark field technique, the camera being disposed on an extension of a center line of the pressing member;
a moving device that moves the drill between a machining position and a retraction position, the machining position being a position at which a center of the drill coincides with a center of the pressing member, the retraction position being a position at which the drill is positioned outside a field of view of the camera; and
a plurality of illumination devices disposed at a same side as the camera with respect to the plate, the illumination devices each emitting light to the surface of the plate around the through-hole, such that the light that is reflected regularly on the surface of the plate is not incident on the camera, wherein
a plurality of insertion holes distributed in a circumferential direction are formed in the pressing member, and the plurality of illumination devices are inserted in the respective insertion holes, and
an optical axis direction of each of the illumination devices inserted in the respective insertion holes and the surface of the plate form an angle of 25 to 60°.

2. The drilling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a number of the plurality of insertion holes is two, and
the optical axis directions of the respective illumination devices inserted in the two insertion holes are substantially perpendicular to each other when seen in a thickness direction of the plate.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kasahara Kenji
• Nakagawa Tomoya
• Ohji Osamu
• Hanawa Yuuki
• Kojima Shogo

Classifications

• Y10T408/21

  with signal, indicator, illuminator or optical means · CPC title

• B23B49/00 Primary

  Measuring or gauging equipment on boring machines for positioning or guiding the drill; Devices for indicating failure of drills during boring; Centering devices for holes to be bored (marking-out equipment B25H7/00; measuring devices, gauges G01B) · CPC title

• B23B2270/48

  Measuring or detecting · CPC title

• B23Q17/2409

  Arrangements for indirect observation of the working space using image recording means, e.g. a camera · CPC title

• B23Q3/002

  Means to press a workpiece against a guide · CPC title