Turret tool rest and machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10773313-B2
Application number	US-201615166264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	Jul 21, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A turret tool rest includes a main shaft, a turret turning shaft, a turret, a joint base, a mill housing connection shaft, and an engagement member. The main shaft rotates a tool. A part of the main shaft is provided in the turret turning shaft. The turret turning shaft has a first coupling hole. The turret is connected to the turret turning shaft via which the turret is rotated. The joint base has a second coupling hole. The mill housing connection shaft is connected to the joint base. The mill housing connection shaft is provided between the main shaft and the turret turning shaft. Each of the mill housing connection shaft, the joint base, the part of the main shaft, and the turret turning shaft are disposed to rotate around a rotation axis of the turret. The engagement member moves in the first coupling hole and the second coupling hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turret tool rest comprising:
a main shaft for rotating a tool;
a mill housing comprising a mill housing connection shaft into which the main shaft is inserted;
a turret turning shaft into which the mill housing connection shaft is inserted;
a turret to which one end of the turret turning shaft is fixed;
a joint base fixed to one end of the mill housing connection shaft;
a turret base configured to support the turret turning shaft; and
a sleeve provided between the turret base and the turret turning shaft and configured to grip an outer cylindrical surface of the turret turning shaft without the turret turning shaft being slid in an axial direction along an axis of rotation of the turret turning shaft to prevent turning of the turret, the sleeve being attached to the turret base such that the sleeve is not rotatable with respect to the turret base regardless of whether or not the sleeve prohibits the turning of the turret,
wherein the mill housing is disposed inside the turret,
wherein the joint base comprises an engagement mechanism, which includes a piston, the piston having a longitudinal center axis, the longitudinal center axis being radially offset from the axis of rotation of the turret turning shaft, and
the piston being movable back and forth in a direction that extends parallel the longitudinal center axis for switching between coupling to the turret base and coupling to the turret turning shaft.

2. The turret tool rest according to claim 1 , wherein the piston is movable back and forth from the joint base.

3. The turret tool rest according to claim 2 , wherein the piston is displaced between a first position coupled to the turret turning shaft and a second position coupled to the turret base in the joint base.

4. The turret tool rest according to claim 3 , wherein
the joint base comprises a coolant block configured to supply a coolant to the turret, and
the turret comprises a flow path configured to allow the coolant supplied from the coolant block to flow therethrough.

5. The turret tool rest according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a plurality of cam followers radially disposed on the outer cylindrical surface of the turret turning shaft at predetermined intervals about the axis of rotation of the turret turning shaft;
a globoidal cam configured to be engaged with the plurality of cam followers to apply a feed in a rotation direction of the turret turning shaft to the plurality of cam followers; and
a turret turning motor configured to rotate the globoidal cam.

6. A machine tool, comprising:
the turret tool rest according to claim 5 ;
a workpiece holder configured to hold a workpiece; and
an NC control device configured to control drive of the turret tool rest and the workpiece holder,
wherein the machine tool has a first axis in a direction in which the turret tool rest and the workpiece holder move close to or separate from each other, a second axis in which the turret tool rest is moved back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, and
the NC control device combines control of a position of the turret tool rest in the first axis and control of a rotation angle of the turret of the turret tool rest to control a tip position of the tool in the third axis.

7. The turret tool rest according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of cam followers radially disposed on the outer cylindrical surface of the turret turning shaft at predetermined intervals about the axis of rotation of the turret turning shaft;
a globoidal cam configured to be engaged with the plurality of cam followers to apply a feed in a rotation direction of the turret turning shaft to the plurality of cam followers; and
a turret turning motor configured to rotate the globoidal cam.

8. The turret tool rest according to claim 7 , wherein the turret turning motor includes a servo motor.

9. A machine tool, comprising:
the turret tool rest according to claim 1 ;
a workpiece holder configured to hold a workpiece; and
an NC control device configured to control drive of the turret tool rest and the workpiece holder,
wherein the machine tool has a first axis in a direction in which the turret tool rest and the workpiece holder move close to or separate from each other, a second axis in which the turret tool rest is moved back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, and
the NC control device combines control of a position of the turret tool rest in the first axis and control of a rotation angle of the turret of the turret tool rest to control a tip position of the tool in the third axis.

10. The machine tool according to claim 9 , wherein the turret turning motor of the turret tool rest has a function of detecting a rotation angle of the turret from an original position.

11. The machine tool according to claim 10 , wherein
the turret comprises a tool holder in which a tip of the tool is located at a position deviated by a predetermined offset angle from a virtual center line of any one of tool attachment positions defined by equally dividing the turret, and
the NC control device performs, when processing is performed using the tool attached to the tool holder, positioning of a processing starting point of the tool by setting a rotation angle of the turret to an angle obtained by adding the offset angle to a rotation angle of the virtual center line.

12. The machine tool according to claim 11 , wherein
the NC control device comprises a tool data memory configured to store tool data including turret numbers, identification numbers of a plurality of holders, and tip positions of tools in the plurality of holders,
the tool data memory includes data of the offset angle for the tool holder, and
the NC control device performs, when processing is performed using the tool attached to the tool holder, positioning of a processing starting point of the tool by reading the offset angle from the tool data memory.

13. The machine tool according to claim 12 , wherein the NC control device compares a command value of a rotation angle to the turret with a detected value of a rotation angle detected in the turret turning motor, and issues a correction command for calculating a differential value between the command value and the detected value and making the differential value zero on the basis of the differential value when the command value and the detected value do not coincide with each other.

14. The machine tool according to claim 13 , wherein the NC control device stops drive of the turret tool rest and the workpiece holder and performs a warning display when the differential value exceeds a preset allowable range.

15. The turret tool rest according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal center axis extends parallel to the axis of rotation of the turret turning shaft.

16. The turret tool rest according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a tool rotating motor provided on the turret base and separated from the joint base, the tool rotating motor being configured to generate torque;
a drive line connecting the tool rotating motor and the main shaft to transmit the torque from the tool rotating motor to the main shaft.

17. A turret tool rest comprising:
a main shaft to rotate a tool;
a mill housing connection shaft into which the main shaft is inserted;
a turret turning shaft into which the mill housing connection shaft is inserted, said turret turning shaft havi

Assignees

• Yamazaki Mazak Corp

Inventors

• Kijima Tetsuya
• Abe Koji
• Kawamura Koichi
• Il Takuya

Classifications

• B23Q2716/02

  Devices for the axial positioning of the turret in a lathe; Devices for rotating and blocking the turret · CPC title

• G05B2219/50016

  Turret with multiple workpiece holders, spindles, multiple fixed tools around it · CPC title

• B23Q16/06

  Rotary indexing · CPC title

• B23B29/323 Primary

  Turrets with power operated angular positioning devices · CPC title

• G05B19/402 Primary

  characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title