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US 12,070,827 B2Granted
Control mechanism, tool replacement equipment and tool replacement method
AssigneeFulian Yuzhan Precision Technology Co., Ltd
InventorsHsing-Chih Hsu, Zhao-Yao Yi, Lei Zhu, Er-Yang Ma, Chih-Sheng Lin, Ming-Tao Luo
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Abstract
Provided herein are a numerical control mechanism, a tool replacement equipment and a tool replacement method, which are used for disassembling a first tool and preparing a second tool according to a tool replacement task and replacing the first tool with a second tool, so as to realize automatic tool replacement, reduce manpower and machine waiting time for the tool replacement, and improve the tool replacement efficiency.
Claims12
A tool replacement equipment, comprising:
- a transport mechanism, configured to:
- receive a tool replacement task;
- take out a second tool from a tool storehouse according to the tool replacement task;
- and
- transport the second tool to a numerical control mechanism so as to replace a first tool of the numerical control mechanism with the second tool;
- wherein the numerical control mechanism comprises:
- a tool tray;
- and
- a replacing unit, coupled to the tool tray, the replacing unit comprises:
- a clamping member, configured to:
- clamp the first tool from the tool tray;
- place the first tool to the transport mechanism:
- clamp the second tool from the transport mechanism at an accessible position;
- place the second tool to the tool tray to complete the tool replacement task;
- and
- a moving member, configured to move the clamping member between the transport mechanism and the tool tray to adjust the second tool to the accessible position when there is a distance between the second tool and the tool tray;
- wherein the moving member comprises:
- a rotating driver, configured to drive the replacing unit to rotate so as to bring the clamping member to rotate between the transport mechanism and the tool tray;
- a turning driver, arranged on the rotating driver and configured to drive a telescopic driver located thereon to rotate so as to tilt the clamping member towards the tool tray;
- and
- the telescopic driver arranged on the turning driver and configured to drive the clamping member to move.
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A tool replacement equipment, comprising:
- a numerical control mechanism;
- and
- a transport mechanism configured to receive a tool replacement task, take out a second tool from a tool storehouse according to the tool replacement task, and transport the second tool to the numerical control mechanism so as to replace a first tool of the numerical control mechanism with the second tool;
- wherein the numerical control mechanism comprises:
- a tool tray;
- and
- a replacing unit coupled to the tool tray, the replacing unit comprises:
- a clamping member configured to clamp the first tool from the tool tray, place the first tool to the transport mechanism, clamp the second tool from the transport mechanism at an accessible position, and place the second tool to the tool tray to complete the tool replacement task;
- and
- a moving member comprising:
- a rotating driver configured to drive the replacing unit to rotate so as to bring the clamping member to rotate between the transport mechanism and the tool tray;
- a turning driver arranged on the rotating driver;
- and
- a telescopic driver arranged on the turning driver, the clamping member is arranged on the telescopic driver, the turning driver is configured to drive the telescopic driver to rotate so as to tilt the clamping member towards the tool tray, and the telescopic driver is configured to drive the clamping member to move between the transport mechanism and the tool tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.