Laser machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11766751-B2
Application number	US-201816603365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2017
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a laser machine which achieves an enhanced durability against laser beam irradiation. A workpiece transfer device for carrying a workpiece into and out of a workpiece machining chamber, has a turntable device and a partition wall. The partition wall is secured to the top surface of the turntable device, partitioning the top surface of the turntable device into a plurality of workpiece mounting tables on which workpieces can be mounted. The partition wall has: a first plate forming one surface of the partition wall and formed of aluminum alloy; a second plate forming the other surface of the partition wall and formed of aluminum alloy; and a frame for securing the first plate and the second plate in a spaced apart relationship.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A laser machine, comprising:
a laser emitting device for emitting a laser beam to a workpiece to machine the workpiece;
a workpiece machining chamber accommodating the laser emitting device and having a side wall having a workpiece transfer port through which the workpiece is carried into and out of the workpiece machining chamber; and
a workpiece transfer device for carrying the workpiece into and out of the workpiece machining chamber,
the workpiece transfer device having a turntable device configured to rotate in the workpiece transfer port, and a partition wall which is secured to a top surface of the turntable device for rotationally moving with the turntable device and for partitioning the top surface into a plurality of workpiece mounting tables on which the workpiece can be mounted, the turntable device having a center of rotation that is closer to an interior side of the workpiece machining chamber than to an outer surface of the side wall of the workpiece machining chamber,
along with rotation of the turntable device, the partition wall blocking the workpiece transfer port and preventing the laser beam emitted by the laser emitting device from leaking out of the workpiece machining chamber through the workpiece transfer port,
the partition wall having a first plate formed of aluminum alloy and forming one surface of the partition wall, a second plate formed of aluminum alloy and forming an other surface of the partition wall, and a frame for securing the first plate and the second plate in a spaced apart relationship,
the side wall of the workpiece machining chamber having a recessed outer surface, and the workpiece transfer port being formed in the recessed outer surface, and
the partition wall secured to the top surface of the turntable device blocking the workpiece transfer port formed in the recessed outer surface each time the turntable device rotates by 180 degrees.

2. The laser machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first plate and the second plate are formed of a same material.

3. The laser machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the laser emitting device has a nozzle and emits the laser beam to the workpiece through the nozzle,
the laser emitting device has a plurality of movable members configured to move the nozzle three-dimensionally, and
the plurality of movable members are configured to move the nozzle so that the nozzle is directed to the workpiece transfer port.

4. The laser machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the frame is formed of aluminum alloy.

Assignees

• Komatsu Ind Corp

Inventors

• Shimizu Youichirou
• Saisu Takayuki

Classifications

• B23Q1/44 Primary

  using particular mechanisms (B23Q1/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23K26/127

  in an enclosure · CPC title

• B23K26/706 Primary

  Protective screens · CPC title

• B23K37/04

  for holding or positioning work · CPC title

• B65G47/80

  Turntables carrying articles or materials to be transferred, e.g. combined with ploughs or scrapers · CPC title