Metal member, processing system, and method for manufacturing metal member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12202089-B2
Application number	US-202017642953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2020
Priority date	Sep 17, 2019
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

A processing system includes a drilling tool and a chamfering tool that process a workpiece. The workpiece includes a first plate that includes: a first hole penetrating a first front surface and a first back surface; an opening edge constituting the first hole, a front-side first opening edge being provided in the first front surface; a back-side first opening edge constituting the first hole, the back-side first opening edge being provided in the first back surface; and a first chamfered portion provided on at least one of the front-side first opening edge and the back-side first opening edge, and the workpiece includes a second plate that includes: a second hole including a back-side second opening edge provided in at least a second back surface; and a back-side second chamfered portion provided at the back-side second opening edge, an axis of the first hole and an axis of the second hole are coaxial, and the at least one of the first chamfered portion and the back-side second chamfered portion have a cutting mark.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A processing system comprising:
a drilling tool and a chamfering tool that process a workpiece made of a metal member;
a first drive mechanism that operates the drilling tool;
a second drive mechanism that operates the chamfering tool;
a controller that controls the first drive mechanism and the second drive mechanism; and
a measurement unit that acquires a first physical quantity and a second physical quantity related to the control of the first drive mechanism,
wherein the workpiece includes:
a first plate including a first front surface and a first back surface;
a second plate including a second front surface and a second back surface; and
a leg that fixes the first plate and the second plate such that the first back surface and the second back surface face each other at an interval,

wherein the controller is configured to control the first drive mechanism to operate the drilling tool so as to coaxially and sequentially process; (i) a first hole penetrating the first front surface and the first back surface, and (ii) a second hole provided in the second plate,
the first hole is a hole including: (a) a front-side first opening edge provided in the first front surface, and (b) a back-side first opening edge provided in the first back surface,
the second hole is a hole including a back-side second opening edge provided in at least the second back surface,
wherein the controller is configured to control the second drive mechanism to operate the chamfering tool so as to provide a first chamfered portion at a first opening edge of at least one of the front-side first opening edge and the back-side first opening edge, and to provide a back-side second chamfered portion at the back-side second opening edge,
wherein the first physical quantity is a feed speed of the drilling tool, and the second physical quantity is a first time from a start of drilling the first plate to a start of drilling the second plate, and
wherein the controller;
obtains: (ai) a position of the at least one first opening edge and (aii) a position of the back-side second opening edge, both the position of the at least one first opening edge and the position of the back-side second opening edge are obtained based on the first physical quantity and the second physical quantity, and
controls the second drive mechanism based on the position of the at least one first opening edge and the position of the back-side second opening edge.

2. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the position of the at least one first opening edge and the position of the back-side second opening edge are obtained by a length along an axial direction of the first hole and a length between the first plate and the second plate, and
the length of the first hole along the axial direction and the length between the first plate and the second plate are obtained based on the feed speed and the first time.

3. The processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the chamfering tool has a columnar body having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the drilling tool,
a distal end of the body, distal relative to the second drive mechanism, includes a tapered cutting edge that is tapered toward a distal end side of the chamfering tool, and
a rear end of the body, closer to the second drive mechanism than is the distal end of the body, has a tapered cutting edge that is tapered toward a rear end side of the chamfering tool.

4. The processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first drive mechanism includes a rotation power source rotating the drilling tool,
the measurement unit acquires an electric quantity of the rotation power source,
the controller changes a revolving speed of the rotation power source based on a difference between a first electric quantity and a second electric quantity,
the first electric quantity is an electric quantity acquired by the measurement unit during rotation of the rotation power source and before processing of the workpiece, and
the second electric quantity is an electric quantity acquired by the measurement unit during drilling of the workpiece.

5. The processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the first electric quantity and the second electric quantity are at least one of magnitude of a load current of the rotation power source, a differential value of the load current of the rotation power source, and an integral value of the load current of the rotation power source.

6. The processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the controller sets the revolving speed of the rotation power source to zero when the difference is less than or equal to a threshold.

7. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the chamfering tool has a columnar body having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the drilling tool,
a distal end of the body, distal relative to the second drive mechanism, includes a tapered cutting edge that is tapered toward a distal end side of the chamfering tool, and
a rear end of the body, closer to the second drive mechanism than is the distal end of the body, has a tapered cutting edge that is tapered toward a rear end side of the chamfering tool.

8. The processing system according to claim 7 , wherein
the first drive mechanism includes a rotation power source rotating the drilling tool,
the measurement unit acquires an electric quantity of the rotation power source,
the controller changes a revolving speed of the rotation power source based on a difference between a first electric quantity and a second electric quantity,
the first electric quantity is an electric quantity acquired by the measurement unit during rotation of the rotation power source and before processing of the workpiece, and
the second electric quantity is an electric quantity acquired by the measurement unit during drilling of the workpiece.

9. The processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the first electric quantity and the second electric quantity are at least one of magnitude of a load current of the rotation power source, a differential value of the load current of the rotation power source, and an integral value of the load current of the rotation power source.

10. The processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the controller sets the revolving speed of the rotation power source to zero when the difference is less than or equal to a threshold.

11. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first drive mechanism includes a rotation power source rotating the drilling tool,
the measurement unit acquires an electric quantity of the rotation power source,
the controller changes a revolving speed of the rotation power source based on a difference between a first electric quantity and a second electric quantity,
the first electric quantity is an electric quantity acquired by the measurement unit during rotation of the rotation power source and before processing of the workpiece, and
the second electric quantity is an electric quantity acquired by the measurement unit during drilling of the workpiece.

12. The processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the first electric quantity and the second electric quantity are at least one of magnitude of a load current of the rotation power source, a differential value of the load current of the rotation power source, and an integral value of the load current of the rotation power source.

13. The processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the controller sets the revolving speed of the rotation power source to zero when the difference is less than or equal to a threshold.

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Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy Ltd

Inventors

• Maeda Kazuo

Classifications

• B23C2220/52

  Orbital drilling, i.e. use of a milling cutter moved in a spiral path to produce a hole · CPC title

• B23C3/02

  Milling surfaces of revolution (B23C3/06, B23C3/08 take precedence) · CPC title

• B23C2220/16

  Chamferring · CPC title

• B23C3/12

  Trimming or finishing edges, e.g. deburring welded corners · CPC title

• Y10T409/304144

  Means to trim edge · CPC title