Machine for punching panels
AssigneeAutoma-Tech
InventorSerge Charbonnier
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Abstract
The invention relates to a punch machine for punching a panel in which the position of each hole to be made is identified by a mark. The machine comprises a structure for receiving said panel, said structure presenting X and Y directions; means for holding said panel relative to the structure; at least four punch blocks secured to a support, each punch block having at least one punch carrier tool and at least one matrix carrier assembly; means for displacing each punch block separately in the X and Y directions and in rotation; optical means for comparing the position of each punch block with said mark; and means for separately controlling the displacement means in response to position error information.
Claims10
A machine for punching a panel on which the position of each hole to be made is identified by a mark, at least some of the holes being capable of having an outline that is not circular, the machine comprising:
- a structure for receiving said panel, said structure presenting X and Y directions;
- transfer means for bringing a panel onto said structure in the X direction;
- means for holding said panel relative to said structure;
- at least four punch blocks disposed on the structure, each punch block comprising least one punch carrier tool, at least one die carrier assembly, and a support, wherein supports for a first two of said blocks are in the form of a gantry to enable said panels to travel in the X direction between said punch carrier tool and said die carrier assembly of said first two punch blocks, and supports for a second two of the punch blocks are not in the form of a gantry;
- displacement means for separately moving each punch block relative to said structure in the X and Y directions and in rotation;
- optical comparator means for comparing the position of each punch block with the corresponding mark and for generating X and Y and rotation position error information relating to each punch block;
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- control means for separately controlling the displacement means in response to the position error information.
A machine for punching a panel on which the position of each hole to be made is identified by a mark, at least some of the holes being capable of having an outline that is not circular, the machine comprising:
- a structure for receiving said panel, said structure presenting X and Y directions;
- transfer means for bringing a panel onto said structure in the X direction;
- means for holding said panel relative to said structure;
- at least four punch blocks disposed on the structure, each punch block comprising at least one punch carrier tool, at least one die carrier assembly, and a support, wherein supports for a first two of said blocks are in the form of a gantry to enable said panel to travel in the X direction between said punch carrier tool and said die carrier assembly of said first two punch blocks, and supports for a second two of the punch blocks are not in the form of a gantry;
- displacement means for separately moving each punch block relative to said structure in the X and Y directions and in rotation, wherein the displacement means comprises means for moving the punch block in a selected one of the X and Y direction and means for separately moving one of two ends of the punch block in a direction opposite to the selected one of the X and Y directions;
- optical comparator means for comparing the position of each punch block with the corresponding mark and for generating X and Y and rotation position error information relating to each punch block;
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- control means for separately controlling the displacement means in response to the position error information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.