Press forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11358207-B2
Application number	US-201816211380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2018
Priority date	Dec 12, 2017
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

A press forming system includes a press working unit, a material supply device, a detection device, and a control device. The press working unit includes a slide that moves in accordance with an operation pattern in which the slide passes through an advance position where press forming is formed from a withdrawal position, and returns to the withdrawal position. The material supply device starts a supply operation at a synchronous timing before the slide returns from the advance position to the withdrawal position. The control device performs a control for stopping the slide before the slide reaches the withdrawal position from the advance position in a case where the suppliable state of the forming material is not detected within a predetermined determination period by the detection device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A press forming system comprising:
a press working unit configured to perform press forming on a forming material;
a material supply device configured to supply the forming material to the press working unit;
a detection device configured to detect the forming material supplied from the material supply device; and
a control device configured to control the press working unit and the material supply device,
wherein the press working unit comprises a slide that is moveable in accordance with an operation pattern in which the slide passes through an advance position where press forming is formed from a withdrawal position, and returns to the withdrawal position,
wherein the material supply device is configured to start a supply operation at a synchronous timing while the slide returns from the advance position to the withdrawal position,
wherein the control device configured to perform a control for stopping the slide before the slide reaches the withdrawal position from the advance position in a case where the forming material is not detected within a predetermined determination period by the detection device,
wherein the synchronous timing is a timing at which the slide moving from the advance position to the withdrawal position passes through a synchronous position, and
wherein the synchronous position is a position where the material supply device or the forming material held by the material supply device does not interfere with the press working portion due to the movement of the slide in a case where the material supply device starts the supply operation at the timing at which the slide passes through the synchronous position.

2. The press forming system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the slide is stopped, the control device is configured to perform a control for resuming operation of the slide and then, the forming material is detected by the detection device.

3. The press forming system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the determination period is determined to be within a range after the passage of the slide through the advance position and before the reaching of the slide at the withdrawal position, and
wherein the control device is configured to perform a control for returning the slide through a reversal movement to a position of the slide at the synchronous timing or to a position closer to the advance position than the position of the slide after the material supply device and the slide are stopped.

4. The press forming system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the determination period is determined to be within a range after the passage of the slide through the advance position and before the synchronous timing.

5. The press forming system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the press working unit has a servo motor as a drive source for a movement operation of the slide.

6. The press forming system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the press working unit comprises a flywheel, a motor that rotates the flywheel, and a clutch that switches connection and disconnection of a rotational force of the flywheel to and from the slide side.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Kajitani Junpei
• Kondo Satoshi

Classifications

• B21J5/02

  Die forging; Trimming by making use of special dies {; Punching during forging} · CPC title

• B21J13/08

  Accessories for handling work or tools · CPC title

• B21D43/05

  specially adapted for multi-stage presses {(B21D43/145 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B21J9/18

  operated by making use of gearing mechanisms, e.g. levers, spindles, crankshafts, eccentrics, toggle-levers, rack bars · CPC title

• G05B19/41865

  characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow · CPC title