Press brake control device, press brake control method, tool, and data structure of tool information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11801545-B2
Application number	US-201917057723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2019
Priority date	May 28, 2018
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

When a sheet metal is sandwiched between a punch held by a punch holder and a die held by a die holder to bend the sheet metal at a set bending angle by moving the punch toward the die, a stroke calculation unit calculates a stroke of the punch for bending the sheet metal at the bending angle in consideration of a spring back amount of the bent sheet metal. A bending load calculation unit calculates a bending load required to bend the sheet metal at the bending angle. A punch deflection amount calculation unit calculates a punch deflection amount according to the bending load. A punch holder deflection amount calculation unit calculates a punch holder deflection amount according to the bending load. A depth value calculation unit calculates a depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount and the punch holder deflection amount to the stroke.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A press brake control device, comprising an NC device wherein:
the NC device is configured to calculate, when a sheet metal is sandwiched between a punch held by a punch holder and a die held by a die holder and the punch is moved toward the die to bend the sheet metal at a set bending angle, a stroke of the punch for bending the sheet metal at the bending angle in consideration of a spring back amount of the bent sheet metal;
the NC device is configured to calculate a bending load required to bend the sheet metal at the bending angle;
the NC device is configured to calculate a punch deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the punch according to the bending load, and varies depending on a constraint condition on which the punch holder holds the punch according to a type of the punch holder;
the NC device is configured to calculate a punch holder deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the punch holder according to the bending load;
the NC device is configured to calculate a depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount and the punch holder deflection amount to the stroke, the depth value being a distance by which the punch is moved toward the die, and wherein
the constraint condition is a gripping force with which a clamper of the punch holder clamps the punch or a gripping position at which the clamper of the punch holder clamps the punch, or a friction coefficient between the punch holder and the punch.

2. The press brake control device according to claim 1 , wherein the NC device is configured to calculate a punch deflection amount according to a type of the punch.

3. The press brake control device according to claim 2 , wherein the NC device is configured to calculate a punch holder deflection amount according to a type of the punch holder.

4. The press brake control device according to claim 1 , the NC device is further configured to calculate a die deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the die according to the bending load,
wherein the NC device is configured to calculate the depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount, the punch holder deflection amount, and the die deflection amount to the stroke.

5. The press brake control device according to claim 4 , wherein the NC device is configured to calculate a die deflection amount according to a type of the die.

6. The press brake control device according to claim 4 , the NC device is further configured to calculate a die holder deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the die holder according to the bending load,
wherein the NC device is configured to calculate the depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount, the punch holder deflection amount, the die deflection amount, and the die holder deflection amount to the stroke.

7. The press brake control device according to claim 1 , wherein the NC device is configured to calculate a punch deflection amount according to a type of the punch holder that holds the punch.

8. A press brake control method, executed by a control device that controls a press brake for bending a sheet metal by sandwiching the sheet metal between a punch held by a punch holder and a die held by a die holder and then moving the punch toward the die, the press brake control method comprising:
calculating a stroke of the punch for bending the sheet metal at a set bending angle in consideration of a spring back amount of the bent sheet metal;
calculating a bending load required to bend the sheet metal at the bending angle;
calculating a punch deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the punch according to the bending load, and varies depending on a constraint condition on which the punch holder holds the punch according to a type of the punch holder;
calculating a punch holder deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the punch holder according to the bending load;
calculating a depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount and the punch holder deflection amount to the stroke, the depth value being a distance by which the punch is moved toward the die; and
controlling such that the punch is moved by the depth value to bend the metal sheet, wherein
the constraint condition is a gripping force with which a clamper of the punch holder clamps the punch or a gripping position at which the clamper of the punch holder clamps the punch, or a friction coefficient between the punch holder and the punch.

9. The press brake control method according to claim 8 , further comprising, by the control device, calculating a punch deflection amount according to a type of the punch.

10. The press brake control method according to claim 9 , further comprising, by the control device, calculating a punch holder deflection amount according to a type of the punch holder.

11. The press brake control method according to claim 8 , further comprising, by the control device:
further calculating a die deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the die according to the bending load; and
calculating the depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount, the punch holder deflection amount, and the die deflection amount to the stroke.

12. The press brake control method according to claim 11 , further comprising, by the control device, calculating a die deflection amount according to a type of the die.

13. The press brake control method according to claim 11 , further comprising, by the control device:
calculating a die holder deflection amount that is a deflection amount of the die holder according to the bending load; and
calculating the depth value by adding at least the punch deflection amount, the punch holder deflection amount, the die deflection amount, and the die holder deflection amount to the stroke.

Assignees

• Amada Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Yingjun
• FUCHINOUE Yohei
• Omata Hitoshi

Classifications

• B21D55/00 Primary

  Safety devices protecting the machine or the operator, specially adapted for apparatus or machines dealt with in this subclass (for presses in general B30B; safety devices in general F16P) · CPC title

• B21D5/02

  on press brakes without making use of clamping means · CPC title

• B21D5/0272 Primary

  Deflection compensating means · CPC title

• G05B19/18

  Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of program data in numerical form (G05B19/418 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B21D5/004

  with program control · CPC title