Composite processing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12427576-B2
Application number	US-202118681657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2021
Priority date	Sep 6, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A composite processing machine includes: a holding portion capable of holding a workpiece; a removal processing portion that performs removal processing on the workpiece held by the holding portion, the removal processing portion being capable of performing removal processing of a hard material; an additive manufacturing portion that applies the hard material to a surface of the workpiece held by the holding portion by melting the hard material while supplying the hard material to the surface; and a control unit that controls the composite processing machine. The control unit is configured to: control the additive manufacturing portion to form an additive portion made of the hard material on the surface of the workpiece held by the holding portion; and control the removal processing portion to perform the removal processing on the additive portion formed on the workpiece held by the holding portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite processing machine comprising:
a holding portion that is configured to hold a workpiece;
a removal processing portion that performs removal processing on the workpiece held by the holding portion, the removal processing portion configured to perform removal processing of a hard material, and includes a grinding wheel, and performs grinding by bringing the grinding wheel into contact with the workpiece being held by the holding portion while rotating the grinding wheel;
an additive manufacturing portion that applies the hard material to a surface of the workpiece held by the holding portion by melting the hard material while supplying the hard material to the surface, and forms an additive layer as the additive portion by applying the hard material to the surface of the workpiece being held by the holding portion; and
a control unit that controls the composite processing machine, wherein the control unit is configured to:
control the additive manufacturing portion to form an additive portion made of the hard material on the surface of the workpiece held by the holding portion; and
control the removal processing portion to perform removal processing on the additive portion formed on the workpiece held by the holding portion, wherein:

the additive manufacturing portion includes
a material supply portion that supplies powder of cemented carbide as the hard material,
a first beam emission portion that emits a first light beam that melts the powder of the cemented carbide, and
a second beam emission portion that emits a second light beam; and
the control unit controls the additive manufacturing portion to apply the molten cemented carbide as the additive portion to the surface by causing the material supply portion to supply the powder and causing the first beam emission portion to emit the first light beam toward the powder, and reduce a reduction speed of a temperature of the molten cemented carbide by causing the second beam emission portion to emit the second light beam toward the molten cemented carbide.

2. The composite processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the additive manufacturing portion to keep the reduction speed at 540° C./second or less by causing the second beam emission portion to emit the second light beam toward the molten cemented carbide.

3. The composite processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the additive manufacturing portion to form the additive layer on the surface of the workpiece with a thickness that is enough to withstand the removal processing by the removal processing portion.

4. The composite processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the additive manufacturing portion to form the additive layer on the surface of the workpiece with a thickness that is enough to withstand an expected value of a maximum load applied when the workpiece is used as a product.

5. The composite processing machine according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit does not perform a heat treatment of the workpiece before the removal processing performed on the additive layer.

6. The composite processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to repair a defect on a surface of the additive layer by melting a part of the surface of the additive layer by controlling at least one of the first beam emission portion of the additive manufacturing portion and the second beam emission portion of the additive manufacturing portion after formation of the additive layer.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Tano Makoto
• Nagahama Takaya
• Usuda Keisuke
• Shiiba Koichi
• Kato Kohei
• Ito Masato

Classifications

• B22F2302/10

  Carbide · CPC title

• B22F2203/11

  temperature, temperature profile · CPC title

• B22F10/368

  Temperature or temperature gradient, e.g. temperature of the melt pool · CPC title

• B22F10/364

  for post-heating, e.g. remelting · CPC title

• B22F10/66

  by mechanical means · CPC title