Machining jig for rotatably supporting workpiece with respect to tool of machine tool and machining system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9656329-B2
Application number	US-201514658585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2015
Priority date	Mar 19, 2014
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A machining jig for rotatably supporting a workpiece comprising: a rotary drive part which rotates a seating part about a rotation axis, a clamp arm which has a rotary type clamp member which cooperates with the seating part to fasten a workpiece at a position separated from the seating part in a direction along the rotation axis of the seating part, a linear drive part which moves the clamp arm in a direction along a rotation axis, a position adjusting part which adjusts a position of the clamp arm in a plane intersecting the rotation axis, and a tilt adjusting part which adjusts a tilt of the clamp member so that a rotation axis of the clamp member becomes parallel with the rotation axis of the seating part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A machining jig configured to rotatably support a workpiece with respect to a tool of a machine tool, the machining jig comprising:
a seating part which has a top surface on which the workpiece is to be placed;
a rotary drive part configured to rotate said seating part about a predetermined rotation axis;
a clamp arm which has
an arm body, and
an axially rotatable projecting part which projects from a tip end part of said arm body toward said seating part, and
a rotary clamp member which is
attached to a tip end part of said projecting part,
located at a position separated from said seating part in a direction along the rotation axis of said seating part, and
configured to axially rotate together with said projecting part and fasten the workpiece in cooperation with said seating part;

a linear drive part configured to move said clamp arm in a direction along the rotation axis of said seating part;
a position adjusting part configured to adjust a position of said clamp arm in a plane intersecting the rotation axis of said seating part; and
a tilt adjusting part configured to adjust a tilt of a rotation axis of said clamp member with respect to a rotation axis of said projecting part so that the rotation axis of said clamp member becomes parallel with the rotation axis of said seating part,
wherein the rotary clamp member is configured to be tilted with respect to said projecting part such that a workpiece engaging surface of the rotary clamp member is parallel with the top surface of the workpiece, and
wherein the clamp arm has the form of a cantilever that projects from the position adjusting part.

2. The machining jig according to claim 1 , wherein said tilt adjusting part is a sliding contact part which comprises:
a curved depression part which is provided on the tip end part of said projecting part; and
a curved convex part which is provided on said clamp member.

3. The machining jig according to claim 2 , wherein said tilt adjusting part is a universal joint.

4. A machining system, comprising:
the machine tool which has the machining jig according to claim 1 ,
a control device configured to generate an operation command for the machine tool based on a predetermined machining program,
a measuring device configured to measure a position of the workpiece which is placed on the seating part,
an arithmetic device configured to calculate an offset amount of the position of the workpiece, which is measured by said measuring device, from a workpiece seating reference position which is previously set in said seating part, and
a correction device configured to correct said operation command so that said offset amount is cancelled out while said machine tool machines the workpiece.

5. The machining system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a workpiece changer configured to perform an operation for placing the workpiece, before being machined by said machine tool, on said seating part, and an operation for ejecting, from said seating part, the workpiece after being machined by said machine tool.

6. A machining system, comprising:
the machine tool which has the machining jig according to claim 1 , and
a workpiece changer configured to perform an operation for placing the workpiece, before being machined by said machine tool, on said seating part, and an operation for ejecting, from said seating part, the workpiece after being machined by said machine tool.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Ogawa Kenichi
• Nagatomi Takashi

Classifications

• Y10T29/5114

  Lathe and tool · CPC title

• B23Q7/00

  Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting (incorporated in working-spindles B23B13/00) · CPC title

• Y10T82/2511

  Vertical · CPC title

• B23C2270/08

  Clamping mechanisms or provision for clamping (B23C2210/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T483/16

  with means to transfer work · CPC title