Automatic universal workpiece feed and unloading device for machine tool
AssigneeSamsys GmbH
InventorMarc S. GEISER
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Abstract
The device for automatically feeding blanks or half-finished workpieces to a machine tool, more particularly a CNC lathe, and automatically unloading the machined workpieces is composed of a gantry loader having an integrated feeder device that allows loading bars into the rear of the spindle of the lathe, thereby constituting a universal automatic feeding device. Furthermore, the latter more particularly allows a controlled removal of the bar end after all workpieces have been machined from a respective bar.
Claims1
Method for the operation of a device for automatically feeding bars, blanks or half-finished workpieces to a machine tool, more particularly a computer numerical controlled (CNC) lathe, and automatically unloading the machined workpieces, comprising:
- loading a workpiece via a workpiece loading/unloading device that is capable of successively or simultaneously moving at least in a vertical Z axis and a horizontal Y axis and/or loading a bar through the rear into a spindle of the lathe via an integrated bar feeder device and a magazine able to receive at least one bar to be machined;
- machining the workpiece or the bar in a machining space in front of the lathe;
- unloading the workpiece from the machining space after machining via the workpiece loading/unloading device and/or unloading the bar via actuating a loading/unloading beam after a bar has been completely machined in order to recover the bar end in the machining space and to transfer the bar end to a trash bin for residual material and rejects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.