Machining system including robot for transporting machined article and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10493585-B2
Application number	US-201815874148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2018
Priority date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A machining system includes: a working machine that machines an article while supplying a dielectric working fluid to the article; a robot that transports the machined article from the working machine; a controller that controls the robot; and a recessed wall part that is provided outside the working machine so as to demarcate the transport path of the article. The robot includes a gripping part that grips the article and a rotating part that rotates the gripping part. The controller is configured to move the gripping part with the machined article along the transport path while rotating the gripping part in the recessed wall part by means of the rotating part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A machining system, comprising:
a working machine configured to machine an article while supplying a dielectric working fluid to the article;
a robot configured to transport the machined article from the working machine, the robot being installed outside the working machine;
a controller configured to control the robot; and
a recessed wall part that is provided outside the working machine so as to demarcate a transport path of the article,
the robot including
a gripping part configured to grip the article, and
a rotating part configured to rotate the gripping part,

the controller being configured to move the gripping part with the machined article along the transport path while rotating the gripping part in the recessed wall part by the rotating part, wherein the gripping part is rotated by the rotating part about a rotational axis that moves along the transport path.

2. The machining system according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed wall part has an inner wall part configured to allow the dielectric working fluid, but not swarf, to pass through, the recessed wall part being configured to receive the dielectric working fluid having passed through the inner wall part.

3. The machining system according to claim 2 , wherein the inner wall part is a mesh.

4. The machining system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot is an articulated robot, and the rotating part is a motor for rotating joint axes of a wrist part of the articulated robot.

5. A method, comprising:
machining an article in a working machine while a dielectric working fluid is supplied to the article; and then
transporting the machined article from the working machine by a robot installed outside the working machine,
wherein
a recessed wall part is provided outside the working machine so as to demarcate a transport path of the article, and
said transporting includes throwing off the dielectric working fluid, or the dielectric working fluid and swarf, adhering to the machined article in the recessed wall part by causing the robot to move the machined article along the transport path while rotating the machined article in the recessed wall part, wherein the machined article is rotated about a rotational axis that moves along the transport path during said rotating.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein
the recessed wall part has an inner wall part configured to allow the dielectric working fluid, but not swarf, to pass through, and
during said transporting, the recessed wall part receives the dielectric working fluid having been thrown off the machined article and then passed through the inner wall part.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the inner wall part is a mesh.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kawabe Saneyuki

Classifications

• B23Q39/046 Primary

  including a loading and/or unloading station · CPC title

• B23Q7/14

  co-ordinated in production lines · CPC title

• B23Q7/047

  the gripper supporting the workpiece during machining · CPC title

• B23Q11/0053

  using the gravity force · CPC title

• B08B3/041

  Cleaning travelling work · CPC title