Workpiece part discharge system
AssigneeTRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorJoerg Heusel
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Abstract
A machine tool for separative machining of preferably plate-like workpieces, for example, metal sheets, has a workpiece support and a discharge device on the workpiece support. The discharge device discharges workpiece parts produced as products of the separative machining. The discharge device includes two opening sections are adjustable relative to one another in the horizontal Y direction to form a through-opening for discharge of workpiece parts. The opening sections are adjustable into different positions relative to one another in the horizontal Y direction, to form through-openings of different widths for discharge of workpiece parts.
Claims17
A machine tool for separative machining of workpieces, the machine tool comprising:
- a workpiece support;
- and
- a discharge device provided on the workpiece support for discharging a workpiece part produced as a product of the separative machining,
- wherein the discharge device comprises two opening sections that are adjustable relative to one another in a horizontal Y direction that lies in an X-Y plane to form a through-opening for discharge of the workpiece part along a vertical direction Z that is perpendicular to the X-Y plane, the two opening sections adjustable relative to one another in the horizontal Y direction to adjust a width of the through-opening for discharge of the workpiece part,
- wherein the two opening sections comprise respective supports that are mounted to pivot downwardly about respective pivot axles from a horizontal position parallel to the X-Y plane,
- wherein the respective supports are lowerable, under acceleration, in the vertical direction Z, and
- wherein at least one of the respective supports is rotatably mounted to a supporting table that is displaceable in the horizontal Y direction.
A method of discharging a workpiece part produced on a machine tool as a product of separative machining, using a discharge device that comprises two opening sections that are adjusted relative to one another in a horizontal Y direction to form a through-opening for discharge of the workpiece part, the method comprising:
- moving the two opening sections, while respective supports of the two opening sections are disposed in a support position, relative to one another in the horizontal Y direction to adjust a width of the through-opening for discharge of the workpiece part, the respective supports being in-plane with each other and parallel to a workpiece support;
- moving the respective supports of the two opening sections out of the support position by accelerating the respective supports downwardly in a vertical Z direction that is perpendicular to the horizontal Y direction;
- and
- widening the through-opening by pivoting the respective supports of the two opening sections downwardly about respective pivot axles that lie in an X-Y plane that includes the horizontal Y direction and that is perpendicular to the vertical Z direction,
- wherein at least one of the respective supports is rotatably mounted to a supporting table that is displaceable in the horizontal Y direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.