# US 2014/0360324 A1 · Band saw machine and control method of band saw machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0360324 A1 - Document ID: US20140360324A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/362,268 - Filed: 2012-11-19 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-27 - Assignees: Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.; Amada Company, Limited - Applicants: Amada Company, Limited; Amada Machine Tools Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Toru Tokiwa; Masataka Kitai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360324A1 ## CPC - B23D 55/04: of devices for feeding or clamping work - B23D 53/04: with the wheels carrying the strap mounted shiftably or swingingly {, i.e. during sawing}, other than merely for adjustment - B23D 55/043: {for conveying work to the sawing machine} - Y10T 83/0448: With subsequent handling [i.e., of product] - Y10T 83/2183: Product mover including gripper means - B23D: PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (making toothed gears or the like B23F; cutting metal by applying heat locally B23K; arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A feed vise is configured to position a work material on a pass line. A band saw blade has zero twisting, and is configured to cut the work material into a length smaller than a diameter of a driving wheel. A product discharge vise has product discharge vise jaws. The product discharge vise jaws clamp the work material, and the band saw blade is configured to be lowered and cut the work material. After the cutting is completed, the product discharge vise is configured to discharge a product, which is obtained by cutting the work material, below the pass line, while the product discharge vise clamps the product. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A band saw machine comprising: a feed vise configured to position a work material on a pass line, the work material being carried in from an upstream side to a downstream side: a band saw blade, which is wound around a pair of wheels and rotates and travels without being twisted, configured to cut the work material, which is positioned by the feed vice, into a length smaller than a diameter of the wheels, by lowering from above the pass line; and a product discharge vise that has a vise jaw for clamping the work material, configured to, clamp the work material on a downstream side of a cutting position of the work material before the work material is completely cut by the band saw blade, continue clamping the work material after the cutting, be lowered while clamping a product obtained by cutting the work material, and discharge the product below the pass line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The band saw machine according to claim 1, further comprising a product discharge frame having a slope that slopes down from the upstream side to the downstream side, wherein the product discharge vise clamping the product is configured to be discharged along the slope. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The band saw machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a vertically moving mechanism configured to lower the product discharge vise clamping the product in a vertical direction; and a horizontally moving mechanism configured to move the product discharge vise, which is lowered by the vertically moving mechanism, in a horizontal direction to the downstream side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The band saw machine according to claim 1, wherein the product discharge vise includes a support stand that supports the work material from underneath. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The band saw machine according to claim 1, wherein the band saw machine is configured so that an upper end part of the vise jaw does not interfere with the band saw blade when the product discharge vise is discharged in a state where the band saw blade is positioned at a downward end where cutting of the work material by the band saw blade is completed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The band saw machine according to claim 1, wherein the product discharge vise clamping the product is configured to be lowered at a timing when the upper end part of the product does not interfere with the band saw blade when the band saw blade is moved up and retracted from the pass line from a state where the band saw blade is positioned at the downward end at which cutting of the work material by the band saw blade is completed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The band saw machine according to claim 1, further comprising a product collection apparatus configured to collect the product discharged by the product discharge vise. ### Claim 8 A control method of a band saw machine, comprising: positioning a work material on a pass line by a feed vise, the work material being carried in from an upstream side to a downstream side; cutting the work material by lowering a band saw blade from above the pass line, which is wound around a pair of wheels and rotates and travels without being twisted, into a length smaller than a diameter of the wheels, the work material being positioned in the positioning; clamping the work material on a downstream side of a cutting position by a product discharge vise that clamps the work material, before cutting of the work material is completed; and discharging a product, which is obtained by cutting the work material in the cutting, below the pass line, while the product discharge vise clamps the product. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The control method of a band saw machine according to claim 8, wherein, in the discharge, the product discharge vise clamping the product is discharged along a slope that slopes down from the upstream side to the downstream side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The control method of a band saw machine according to claim 8, wherein the discharge includes: lowering the product discharge vise clamping the product in a vertical direction; and moving the product discharge vise, which is lowered in the vertical moving step, in a horizontal direction to the downstream side. ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The control method of a band saw machine according claim 8, further comprising retraction step of retracting the band saw blade above the pass line after cutting of the work material is completed, wherein, in the discharge, the product discharge vise clamping the product is lowered at a timing when an upper end part of the product does not interfere with the band saw blade when retracting the band saw blade in the retraction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The control method of a band saw machine according to claim 8, further comprising moving the work material to the upstream side by the feed vise prior to the retraction, and moving the product to the downstream side by the product discharge vise. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The control method of a band saw machine according to claim 8, further comprising collecting the product discharged in the discharge step. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The control method of a band saw machine according to claim 15, wherein the positioning, the cutting, the clamping, the discharge, and the product collection are sequentially repeated, and the control method further comprises returning the product discharge vise, after the product is collected in the product collection, to a position for clamping the work material, which is positioned subsequently, before cutting of the work material in a subsequent cutting is completed, in order that the product discharge vise clamps the work material in a following clamping. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The control method of a band saw machine according to claim 16, wherein, in the returning, a support stand included in the product discharge vise supports the work material from underneath.