Processing apparatus and processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11926010-B2
Application number	US-202217820104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2022
Priority date	Aug 20, 2021
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

A processing apparatus includes: an apparatus main body including a base portion that is movable and a liquid supply unit that supplies a liquid to the base portion; a chuck portion connected to the base portion and including an attachment hole that is open outward; and a processing tool detachably mounted on the chuck portion. The processing tool includes a cylinder fitted into and held by the attachment hole, a drive unit disposed inside the cylinder and including a rotating body to be rotated around a central axis by the liquid introduced from the liquid supply unit via the base portion, a rotary shaft protruding outward from an inside of the cylinder along the central axis to rotate integrally with the rotating body, and a tool portion connected to a tip of the rotary shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body comprising:
a base portion that is:
a movable spindle of a numerical control (NC) machine tool, or
a movable arm of a multi-axis robot; and

a liquid supply unit that is configured to supply a liquid to the base portion;

a chuck portion connected to the base portion and including an attachment hole that is open outward;
a processing tool detachably mounted on the chuck portion and that comprises:
a cylinder fitted into and held by the attachment hole;
a drive unit disposed inside the cylinder and comprising a rotating body configured to rotate around a central axis by the liquid introduced from the liquid supply unit via the base portion;
a rotary shaft protruding outward from an inside of the cylinder along the central axis and configured to rotate integrally with the rotating body; and
a tool portion connected to a tip of the rotary shaft; and

an outer cylinder:
of which one end is non-rotatably connected to the cylinder,
that extends along the central axis, and
that includes an outer cylinder insertion hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted.

2. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the cylinder includes a liquid supply path that is connected to the liquid supply unit and configured to supply the liquid to the drive unit, and
the liquid supply path is configured to supply the liquid to the rotating body in a flow direction along the central axis.

3. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder includes a liquid discharge path that is configured to discharge the liquid that has passed through the drive unit, to an outside of the cylinder.

4. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a bearing disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder and an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft to support the rotary shaft so as to be rotatable around the central axis with respect to the cylinder.

5. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the apparatus main body is a machine that is configured to perform cutting, and
the liquid supply unit is configured to supply a compressed lubricant to be supplied to a workpiece during the cutting, as the liquid.

6. A processing method using the processing apparatus according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a step of mounting the processing tool on the chuck portion;
a step of supplying the liquid from the liquid supply unit to the drive unit and rotating the rotary shaft integrally with the rotating body; and
a step of processing a workpiece using the tool portion.

7. The processing method according to claim 6 , wherein in the step of processing the workpiece, an impeller is manufactured as the workpiece.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp

Inventors

• Tazawa Yoshiki
• Shiwaki Masaki

Classifications

• B23Q11/10 Primary

  Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work · CPC title

• B23C9/00

  Details or accessories so far as specially adapted to milling machines or cutter (drives, control devices, or accessories, in general B23Q) · CPC title

• B24B47/14

  by liquid or gas pressure (B24B47/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23Q5/06 Primary

  driven essentially by fluid pressure or pneumatic power · CPC title

• B23Q11/1023

  Tool holders, or tools in general specially adapted for receiving the cutting liquid from the spindle · CPC title