Machining system and machining method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10888934-B2
Application number	US-201916356248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2019
Priority date	Mar 29, 2018
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

A machining system includes a machining unit and a moving apparatus configured to move the machining unit. The machining unit includes a rotating tool for rotating about an axis in a vertical direction, an upper surface abutting member configured to be abutted against an upper surface of a work, an end face abutting member configured to be abutted against an end face of the work between an upper edge and an lower edge of the work, and a vertical moving unit configured to change a position of the upper surface abutting member in the vertical direction with respect to the rotating tool. The rotating tool includes a machining portion main body, a first machining portion provided on a lower side of the machining portion main body, and a second machining portion provided on an upper side of the machining portion main body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A machining system comprising:
a machining unit configured to machine an upper edge and a lower edge of a planar work held in a horizontal orientation; and
a moving apparatus including a motor as a driving source and configured to move the machining unit,
the machining unit comprising
a rotating tool configured to rotate about an axis in a vertical direction and machine the work,
an upper surface abutting member configured to be abutted against an upper surface of the work when machining the work by the rotating tool,
an end face abutting member configured to be abutted against an end face of the work between the upper edge and the lower edge when machining the work by the rotating tool, and
a vertical moving unit including a motor as a driving source and configured to change a position of the upper surface abutting member in the vertical direction with respect to the rotating tool, and
the rotating tool comprising
a machining portion main body,
a first machining portion provided on a lower side of the machining portion main body and configured to machine the upper edge of the work, and
a second machining portion provided on an upper side of the machining portion main body and configured to machine the lower edge of the work,
wherein the upper surface abutting member is a member including an insertion portion into which the rotating tool is inserted,
the insertion portion comprises a hole,
the upper surface abutting member includes an abutting portion abutted against the upper surface of the work, and
the abutting portion projects downward from a lower surface of the upper surface abutting member and is annular so as to surround the insertion portion, the abutting portion having a lower end that has a semicircular sectional shape.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the end face abutting member comprises
a first end face abutting member supported by the machining portion main body on an upper side of the second machining portion, and
a second end face abutting member supported by the machining portion main body on a lower side of the first machining portion.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a plate thickness of the work; and
a control unit including a processor and a storage device and configured to control a position of the upper surface abutting member with respect to the rotating tool by vertically moving the vertical moving unit based on a measurement result of the sensor.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the vertical moving unit includes a plurality of column members configured to support the upper surface abutting member,
the plurality of column members are arranged at an equal angular pitch in a circumferential direction around the rotating tool.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a size or diameter of the abutting portion is arranged so that an abutting position, where the annular abutting portion abuts against the upper surface of the work, is spaced apart from the upper edge of the work.

6. A machining system comprising:
a machining unit configured to machine an upper edge and a lower edge of a planer work held in a horizontal orientation; and
a moving apparatus configured to move the machining unit,
the machining unit comprising
a rotating tool configured to rotate about an axis in a vertical direction and machine the work,
an upper surface abutting member configured to be abutted against an upper surface of the work when machining the work by the rotating tool,
an end face abutting member configured to be abutted against an end face of the work between the upper edge and the lower edge when machining the work by the rotating tool, and
a vertical moving unit configured to change a position of the upper surface abutting member in the vertical direction with respect to the rotating tool, and
the rotating tool comprising
a machining portion main body,
a first machining portion provided on a lower side of the machining portion main body and configured to machine the upper edge of the work, and
a second machining portion provided on an upper side of the machining portion main body and configured to machine the lower edge of the work,
wherein the upper surface abutting member is a member including an insertion portion into which the rotating tool is inserted,
the upper surface abutting member comprises at least two planar members each having a flat lower surface abutted against the upper surface of the work, and
the insertion portion comprises a gap between the planar members.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the end face abutting member comprises
a first end face abutting member supported by the machining portion main body on an upper side of the second machining portion, and
a second end face abutting member supported by the machining portion main body on a lower side of the first machining portion.

8. The system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a plate thickness of the work; and
a control unit configured to control a position of the upper surface abutting member with respect to the rotating tool by vertically moving the vertical moving unit based on a measurement result of the sensor.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein
the vertical moving unit includes a plurality of column members configured to support the upper surface abutting member,
the plurality of column members are arranged at an equal angular pitch in a circumferential direction around the rotating tool.

10. A machining method of machining a planar work held in a horizontal orientation by moving a machining unit while abutting the machining unit against an upper edge and a lower edge of the work,
the machining unit comprising
a rotating tool configured to rotate about an axis in a vertical direction and machine the work,
an upper surface abutting member configured to be abutted against an upper surface of the work when machining the work by the rotating tool,
an end face abutting member configured to be abutted against an end face of the work between the upper edge and the lower edge when machining the work by the rotating tool, and
a vertical moving unit including a motor as a driving source and configured to change a position of the upper surface abutting member in the vertical direction with respect to the rotating tool, and
the rotating tool comprising
a machining portion main body,
a first machining portion provided on a lower side of the machining portion main body and configured to machine the upper edge of the work, and
a second machining portion provided on an upper side of the machining portion main body and configured to machine the lower edge of the work,
the upper surface abutting member being a member including an insertion portion into which the rotating tool is inserted,
the insertion portion comprising a hole,
the upper surface abutting member including an abutting portion abutted against the upper surface of the work, and
the abutting portion projecting downward from a lower surface of the upper surface abutting member and being annular so as to surround the insertion portion, the abutting portion having a lower end that has a semicircular sectional shape,
the method comprising:
machining the upper edge by the first machining portion while abutting the upper surface abutting member against the upper surface of the work;
changing a relative position in the vertical direction between the abutting portion of the upper surface abutting member and the second machining portion of the rotating tool by driving the vertical moving unit; and
machining the lower edge by the second machini

Assignees

• Hirata Spinning

Inventors

• Yabuta Toshimi
• Sakanashi Hirohiko

Classifications

• B23Q3/1543

  using electromagnets · CPC title

• B23C2255/08

  Limitation of depth of cut · CPC title

• B23C2220/20

  Deburring · CPC title

• B23C2270/14

  Constructions comprising exactly two similar components · CPC title

• B23C5/14 Primary

  essentially comprising curves {(B23C5/1009 takes precedence)} · CPC title