Machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9901987-B2
Application number	US-201615017073-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2016
Priority date	Feb 9, 2015
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A machine tool includes: a lower tool rest on which a plurality of tools are mounted; a motor provided at the lower tool rest, for rotating a rotating tool when the rotating tool is mounted on the lower tool rest; and a tool holder attached to the lower tool rest, for detachably holding the tool. The tool holder has a clamping mechanism portion operating between a clamping state of clamping the tool and an unclamping state of unclamping the tool, as a result of transmission of motive power generated at the motor. With such a configuration, the clamping mechanism portion for automatically clamping and unclamping the tool held in the tool holder on the tool rest is provided with a simple configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A machine tool comprising:
a tool turret on which a plurality of tools are mounted;
a tool holder, which is attached to the tool turret, for detachably holding one of the plurality of tools; and
a motor provided at the tool turret for rotating the one of the plurality of tools relative to the tool turret when the one of the plurality of tools is held by the tool holder, wherein
the tool holder has a clamping mechanism portion operating between a clamping state of clamping the one of the plurality of tools and an unclamping state of unclamping the one of the plurality of tools, as a result of transmission of motive power generated at the motor,
the tool holder further having a clutch shaft to which rotation is input from a rotor shaft of the motor,
the rotor shaft has an engagement groove which the clutch shaft engages,
the tool turret has a ring member provided with an annular groove that extends circumferentially with respect to a tool turret indexing axis, and which is continuous to the engagement groove, and
the clutch shaft is provided so as to be movable between the engagement groove and the annular groove when indexing of the tool turret is performed.

2. The machine tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the tool holder further has a decelerating mechanism portion, which decelerates the rotation input to the clutch shaft, and
a motion converting mechanism portion, which converts the rotation decelerated by the decelerating mechanism portion into linear motion and transmits the linear motion to the clamping mechanism portion.

3. The machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the rotor shaft of the motor outputs the rotation to the decelerating mechanism portion by way of the clutch shaft, and
the motion converting mechanism portion operates the clamping mechanism portion when the rotation input from the rotor shaft of the motor to the clutch shaft is equal to or greater than 180°.

4. The machine tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the decelerating mechanism portion includes an output shaft with a groove portion, where the output shaft outputs the rotation input thereto to the motion converting mechanism portion,
the motion converting mechanism portion includes a rotation input member to which the rotation is input from the output shaft, the rotation input member having a key portion engaging the groove portion, and
between the key portion and a groove wall of the groove portion, a gap is provided in a rotation direction of the output shaft.

5. The machine tool according to claim 3 , wherein
when θ represents a rotation angle of the output shaft in a range where the rotation input from the motor to the clutch shaft does not cause the clamping mechanism portion to operate, and R (the number of input rotations/the number of output rotations) represents a reduction ratio of the decelerating mechanism portion, a relationship of θ>180°×1/R is satisfied.

6. The machine tool according to claim 2 , further comprising
a control portion controlling the rotation of the motor, wherein
the control portion controls the rotation of the motor such that an upper limit output of the motor when the clamping mechanism portion is operated is smaller than an upper limit output of the motor when the one of the plurality of tools is rotated.

Assignees

• Dmg Mori Co Ltd
• Alpstool Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimoto Koji
• Kuriya Tatsuhiko
• Miyairi Shuji
• Tanaka Masayoshi

Classifications

• Y10T82/2587

  Turret type holder [e.g., multiple tools, etc.] · CPC title

• B23B29/24 Primary

  Tool holders for a plurality of cutting tools, e.g. turrets {(indexing devices B23Q16/00)} · CPC title

• Y10T29/5155

  Rotary tool holder · CPC title

• Y10T29/5167

  Lock means for tool or work turrets · CPC title

• Y10T408/37

  Turret of tools · CPC title