Machining system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9919398-B2
Application number	US-201314917483-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2013
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool such as a lathe, are configured to be disposed in a line and multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order such that practical utility of the machining system is enhanced. The machining system includes a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A machining system comprising:
a base; and
multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and arranged in an arrangement direction,
wherein the multiple working machine modules include one or more machine tool modules, each of the multiple working machine modules configured to be drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction that intersects with the arrangement direction, wherein
a coolant tank that contains coolant is provided in the base,
the base includes a reception port that receives coolant discharged from one of the multiple working machine modules, and
the reception port retracts into the base when the one of the multiple work machine modules is drawn out from the base along the track.

2. The machining system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reception port is provided protruding on the base, and provides the coolant discharged from the one of the multiple working machine modules to the coolant tank, and
wherein the base includes a reception port retracting mechanism that retracts the reception port so as to avoid interference with the reception port when the one of the multiple working machine modules is drawn out.

3. The machining system according to claim 2 ,
wherein, a module fixing mechanism that fixes each working machine module at a fixing position set in the intersecting direction is provided for each of the multiple working machine modules, and the reception port retracting mechanism is configured to retract the reception port linked with the release of the fixing of the one of the multiple working machine modules by the module fixing mechanism.

4. The machining system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base is configured to receive shavings produced in an operating space in which an operation is performed on a work by the one of the multiple working machine modules, into the inside of the base itself, and the machining system includes a shavings discharge device which discharges the shavings received in the base from a side surface of the base.

Assignees

• Fuji Machine Mfg

Inventors

• Mizuta Kenji
• Suzuki Toshifumi

Classifications

• B23Q11/0042

  Devices for removing chips (B23Q11/02, B23Q11/0875 take precedence) · CPC title

• B23P23/00

  Machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass (if the particular kinds of operation are not essential B23Q37/00 - B23Q41/00; {working by laser beam combined with other working of metal B23K26/0093}) · CPC title

• B23Q39/04

  the sub-assemblies being arranged to operate simultaneously at different stations, e.g. with an annular work-table moved in steps (associations of machines connected only by work-transferring means B23Q41/00) · CPC title

• B23Q11/0067

  chip containers located under a machine or under a chip conveyor · CPC title

• Y10T409/304088

  with means to remove chip · CPC title