Slide cushion device of press machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9808849-B2
Application number	US-201615366237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2016
Priority date	Dec 1, 2015
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A slide cushion device includes: a hydraulic cylinder group integrally formed in a board provided immediately below a slide; a pressing member that is disposed in a recessed portion of an upper die that vertically moves together with the slide, in a vertically movable manner; a plurality of slide cushion pins that is provided in the pressing member and penetrates the upper die to be brought into contact with a piston member of the hydraulic cylinder group, wherein a number of the cushion pins is less than a number of hydraulic cylinders disposed in a plane of projection of the recessed portion; and a slide cushion hydraulic device that controls hydraulic pressure to be supplied to a compression chamber of the hydraulic cylinder with which a slide cushion pin is to be brought into contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A slide cushion device of a press machine, comprising:
a plurality of hydraulic cylinders integrally formed in a board included in a slide of the press machine, or in a board provided immediately below the slide;
a pressing member that is disposed in a recessed portion of an upper die that vertically moves together with the slide, in a vertically movable manner, and that presses a material with a projecting portion of a lower die facing the upper die;
a plurality of cushion pins that is provided in the pressing member and penetrates the upper die to be brought into contact with a piston member of the hydraulic cylinder, wherein a number of the plurality of cushion pins is less than a number of hydraulic cylinders disposed in a plane of projection of the recessed portion of the upper die; and
a slide cushion hydraulic device that controls at least hydraulic pressure that is to be supplied to a compression chamber of the hydraulic cylinder with which the cushion pins are to be brought into contact.

2. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the number of hydraulic cylinders N is ten or more.

3. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 2 , wherein
total maximum thrust N×f of the N hydraulic cylinders is 1.5 times or more maximum slide cushion force on specifications, where maximum thrust of one of the plurality of hydraulic cylinders is indicated as f.

4. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the slide cushion hydraulic device includes a cushion pressure generating line, and a system pressure acting line in which operation fluid is held under a predetermined system pressure, and
the compression chamber of each of the plurality of hydraulic cylinders is connected to the cushion pressure generating line or the system pressure acting line through any one of a plurality of changeover valves equal in number to the plurality of hydraulic cylinders, or is connected to the cushion pressure generating line or the system pressure acting line through any one of the plurality of changeover valves less in number than the plurality of hydraulic cylinders.

5. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the slide cushion hydraulic device includes a cushion pressure generating line, and a system pressure acting line in which operation fluid is held under a predetermined system pressure, and
the compression chamber of each of the plurality of hydraulic cylinders is directly connected to the cushion pressure generating line.

6. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 4 , wherein
an accumulator configured to hold the operation fluid under system pressure within a range from 0.3 MPa to 10.0 MPa is connected to the system pressure acting line.

7. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 4 , wherein the slide cushion hydraulic device includes:
a logic valve of a pilot drive type that is provided between the cushion pressure generating line and the system pressure acting line, and that is operable as a main relief valve when slide cushion pressure acts, and
a pilot relief valve that is provided between the cushion pressure generating line and the system pressure acting line to generate pilot pressure that controls the logic valve.

8. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 7 , wherein
the slide cushion hydraulic device includes a first solenoid valve that switches pressure to be applied to a pilot port of the logic valve to any one of the pilot pressure and the system pressure.

9. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 8 , wherein
the slide cushion hydraulic device includes a second solenoid valve that is provided between the cushion pressure generating line and the system pressure acting line to open and close a line between the cushion pressure generating line and the system pressure acting line.

10. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a controller configured to control the first solenoid valve and the second solenoid valve, wherein the controller controls the first solenoid valve so that the pilot pressure is applied to the pilot port of the logic valve during a descending period of the slide, and the second solenoid valve so that the second solenoid valve is opened during a rising period of the slide.

11. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 7 , wherein
the cushion pressure generating line is connected through a check valve to a cushion pressure preceding pressurization line through which operation fluid pressurized by an external hydraulic device can be supplied, and
the system pressure acting line is connected through a relief valve to a preceding pressurized fluid volume discharge line.

12. The slide cushion device of a press machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the slide cushion hydraulic device is filled with pressurized operation fluid, and
no hydraulic pump for pressurizing and supplying the operation fluid is provided between the cushion pressure generating line and the system pressure acting line.

Assignees

• Aida Eng Ltd

Inventors

• Kohno Yasuyuki

Classifications

• B21D24/14

  pneumatically or hydraulically · CPC title

• B21D24/02 Primary

  Die-cushions · CPC title

• B21D37/12 Primary

  Particular guiding equipment, {e.g. pliers}; Special arrangements for interconnection or cooperation of dies · CPC title

• B21D24/08

  Pneumatically or hydraulically loaded blank holders · CPC title