Machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11426829-B2
Application number	US-201716766860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2017
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a machine tool including: a base having a pair of first-axial slides facing each other at both sides of a mounting space; a saddle coupled to the first-axial slides of the base to slide in a first axis direction and having a pair of second-axial slides facing each other; a crosspiece coupled to the second-axial slides of the saddle to slide in a second axis direction and having a pair of third-axial slides facing each other; a vertical ram coupled to the third-axial slides of the crosspiece to slide in a direction perpendicular; and a table disposed in the mounting space of the base to be able to rotate relative to the base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A machine tool comprising:
a base having a mounting space inside, in which a workpiece is mounted, wherein the base has shaft holes through a pair of opposing walls, and the base further has a pair of first-axial slides;
a saddle coupled to the pair of first-axial slides of the base to slide in a first axis direction, the saddle having a pair of opposing second-axial slides, and a respective longitudinal axis of each of the second-axial slides extends parallel to a second axis direction that crosses the first axis direction;
a crosspiece coupled to the pair of second-axial slides of the saddle to slide in the second axis direction and having a pair of opposing third-axial slides, and a respective longitudinal axis of each of the third-axial slides extends perpendicular to a plane, which is formed by the first axis direction and the second axis direction;
a vertical ram coupled to the pair of third-axial slides of the crosspiece to slide in a third axis direction perpendicular to the plane formed by the first axis direction and the second axis direction, and the vertical ram holding a first tool mounted at an end thereof to machine the workpiece; and
a table disposed in the mounting space of the base so as to be able to rotate relative to the base through the shaft holes of the base,
wherein the base has formed in a bed thereof an opening for discharging machined chips or cooling water,
wherein the pair of walls of the base include a first wall and a second wall that are disposed on opposite sides of the mounting space, and one of the pair of first axial-slides is disposed at an upper end of the first wall and the other of the pair of first axial-slides is disposed at an upper end of the second wall, and an intermediate wall extends in the second axis direction from the first wall to the second wall, and the mounting space is defined by the pair of walls and the intermediate wall, and
wherein one or more drain holes for the cooling water are formed in the intermediate wall, and a top surface of the intermediate wall is sloped at an angle towards the one or more drain holes.

2. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the intermediate wall is an inclined surface having a downward slope toward the mounting space so the machined chips produced when the workpiece is machined are collected.

3. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein a work space is defined ahead of the intermediate wall, an automatic tool changer having a plurality of tools, including the first tool, for machining is disposed behind the intermediate wall, and a front surface of the first wall and a front surface of the second wall are each inclined such that a lower end thereof is positioned rearward further than an upper end thereof, thereby defining the work space.

4. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein support feet are formed in a front-rear direction at a lower end of the base, and the support feet and the pair of opposing walls are arranged to make a triangle.

5. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein the pair of first-axial slides are formed such that rear portions thereof are longer than front portions thereof from centers of the shaft holes.

6. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein the saddle has a hexahedral box shape and has portions, which are connected to the pair of first-axial slides, at edges of a bottom thereof, and the pair of second-axial slides are formed at edges of a top surface of the saddle to be perpendicular to the pair of first-axial slides.

7. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein a vertical through-hole is formed in the vertical ram, and edges having a curvature are formed on an inner surface of the vertical through hole.

8. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein portions of the crosspiece that are to be connected to the pair of second-axial slides and portions of the vertical ram that are to be connected to the pair of third-axial slides make a right angle.

9. The machine tool of claim 1 , wherein
the pair of first-axial slides, include: first sliding rails that longitudinally extend; and first sliding blocks that are pieces respectively coupled to the first sliding rails so as to be able to slide along the first sliding rails, and the first sliding rails and the first sliding blocks can be installed at opposite positions to one another, and
the pair of second-axial slides, include: second sliding rails that longitudinally extend; and second sliding blocks that are pieces respectively coupled to the second sliding rails so as to be able to slide along the second sliding rails, and the second sliding rails and the second sliding blocks can be installed at opposite positions to one another, and
the pair of third-axial slides, include: third sliding rails that longitudinally extend; and third sliding blocks that are pieces respectively coupled to the third sliding rails so as to be able to slide along the third sliding rails, and the third sliding rails and the third sliding blocks can be installed at opposite positions to one another.

Assignees

• Hyundai Wia Corp

Inventors

• Lee Dal Ho
• Korff Dennis
• Nowak Erik
• Spengler Sebastian
• Kim Je Wang
• Jalizi Behzad
• Sieber Marc
• Hoerner Johannes
• Schneider Thomas
• Han Sang Mook

Classifications

• B23Q2701/04

  Support braces for a milling machine · CPC title

• B23C2220/32

  Five-axis · CPC title

• Y10T409/309632

  Overarm harness structure · CPC title

• B23Q2701/02

  Movable or adjustable work or tool supports for milling machines, their drive, control or guiding · CPC title

• B23Q1/626

  followed perpendicularly by a single sliding pair · CPC title