The present application relates to a manufacturing system in which multiple work machines are disposed.
A system such as described in the patent literature below is considered as a manufacturing system which is constituted such that work machines including a machine tool are disposed in one line and multiple work machines sequentially perform work on one workpiece. In the system, multiple machine tools in which one machine main body section is mounted on one base are lined up, and each machine main body is able to be pulled out from each base. Therefore, the system is highly convenient for maintenance, replacement, and the like of the machine main body section.
PTL 1: JP-A-2006-68894
It is possible to increase practicality of the system by improving the manufacturing system in which the multiple work machines including machine tools as described above are disposed. The present invention is carried out from the above viewpoint and has the object of providing a manufacturing system with high practicality.
In order to solve the problem, the manufacturing system of the present disclosure is a manufacturing system including a base, and multiple work machine modules that are arranged in an arrangement direction on the base or on the side of the base and attachable and detachable to and from the base, in which the plurality of work machine modules include one or more processing work modules that perform machine processing work on a workpiece using a tool, and one of more supplementary work modules that perform supplementary work that is work supplementarily performed to the machine processing work.
The manufacturing system of the present disclosure does not only modularize at least one machine tool that performs processing work on the workpiece, but modularizes at least one machine that performs work supplementarily to the processing work, for example, supplementary work such as charging the workpiece into the manufacturing system, inspecting or verifying the workpiece prior to processing, during processing, or after processing is complete, temporary placing of the workpiece, and the like. According to the manufacturing system of the present disclosure, since it is possible to easily increase and decrease the number of processing work modules and supplementary work modules or sort the modules, it is possible to easily recombine the modules with respect to modification of the manufacturing process.
An example of a manufacturing system that is an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that, in addition to the embodiments below, the present disclosure is able to be implemented in a state in which various modifications are carried out based on knowledge of a person skilled in the art.
Overall Configuration of Manufacturing System
As shown in
Eight of the nine work machine modules 30 (eight from the right side in
In addition, dimensions of various types of work machine modules 30 in the left-right direction are equivalently small to dimensions in the front-back direction. Then, the dimension of the base 20 in the left-right direction is approximately equal to the dimensions of the eight work machine modules 30 in the left-right direction in a state in which the eight work machine modules 30 are mounted. That is, in the left-right direction, on the base 20, the eight work machine modules 30 have a size to be precisely placed. From such a configuration above, the manufacturing system 10 has a length of the entirety of the system 10 in the arrangement direction that is comparatively short regardless of the arrangement of the nine work machine modules 30.
On the base 20, four base units 40 indicated in
As shown in
Put another way, the work machine module 30 is able to be pulled out from the base unit 40 to be detachable. A state in which the pulling out of the module 30 is performed from the rear using a wheeled table 50 is indicated in
The manufacturing system 10 manufactures a product P indicated in
Meanwhile, the remaining four out of the nine work machine modules 30 are supplementary work modules that perform supplementary work that is work supplementarily performed to the machine processing work which is performed by the processing work modules. In detail, the manufacturing system 10 is provided with one each of the workpiece charging module 30A that charges the workpiece W1 in the system 10, the verification module 30C that verifies the workpiece during processing, the temporary placement module 30D for temporarily placing the workpiece in the middle of the system 10, and the stock module 30F that stores the completed product P as the supplementary work modules.
In the manufacturing system 10, the workpiece charging module 30A is arranged so as to contact the side face of the left face of the base 10, the three modules of the lathe module 30B, the verification module 30C, and the temporary placement module 30D and the two modules of the drilling-milling module 30E and the stock module 30F are arranged on the base 10 in order from the left side. Then, in the manufacturing system 10, the workpiece that is charged by the workpiece charging module 30A is produced such that work is performed by each work machine module 30 in order from the left side work machine module 30.
Note that, the manufacturing system 10 is provided with two workpiece loaders 60 indicated in
In addition, each of the two workpiece loaders 60 has an articulated type arm 62 and a chuck 64 serving as a holding tool that is provided on a distal end of the arm 62 and holds the workpiece. That is, the workpiece loaders 60 stretch the arm 62 to a working position of the work machine module 30, the workpiece is mounted at the working position by the chuck 64, and the workpiece is able to be separated from the working position.
Furthermore, the workpiece loader 60 has a workpiece inversion device 66. The workpiece inversion device 66 grasps the workpiece using a clamp 68, and the workpiece is inverted by rotating the clamp 68 by 180° around an axis extending in an up-down direction. Note that, in a case where the workpiece loader 60 is to change an orientation of the workpiece that is held with the chuck 64 by 180° in the up-down direction, the workpiece loader 60 moves the workpiece held with the chuck 64 by the arm 62 to a position at which a clamp 68 can grasp the workpiece, the workpiece is grasped by the clamp 68, and the workpiece that is inverted by the workpiece inversion device 66 is held again using the chuck 64.
One workpiece loader 60 is movable from the second work machine module 30 from the left side to the fifth work machine module 30 from the left side, receives the workpiece from the workpiece charging module 30A, delivers the workpiece to three lathe modules 30B and the verification module 30C, hands over the workpiece to the temporary placement module 30D, and the like. In addition, the other workpiece loader 60 is movable from the seventh work machine module 30 from the left side to the work machine module 30 on the right end, receives the workpiece from the temporary placement module 30D, delivers the workpiece in the drilling-milling module 30E, hands over the workpiece to the stock module 30F, and the like.
Product Manufacturing Process and Work Machine Module Configuration
(A) Workpiece Charging (Workpiece Charging Module)
Next, the manufacturing process of the product P using the manufacturing system 10 is described in order while describing the configuration of each work machine module 30. In the manufacturing system 10, first, the workpiece W1 is charged by the workpiece charging module 30A. As shown in
(B) Cutting Processing (Lathe Module)
In the manufacturing system 10, first, cutting processing is performed on the charged workpiece W1 by the three lathe modules 30B. In each lathe module 30B, a lathe is modularized, and as shown in
Each lathe module 30B holds the workpiece using the chuck that is provided on the distal end of the spindle 92, cutting processing is performed by the cutting tool that is held on the head 94 while the workpiece is rotated. Note that, the first lathe module 30B cuts places on a two-dot chain line indicated in
(C) Workpiece Verification (Verification Module)
The workpiece W3 that is processed by three lathe modules 30B is transferred to the verification module 30C by the workpiece loader 60. The verification module 30C verifies all of the workpiece W3 that is processed by the three lathe modules 30B. The verification module 30C sets a verification position to two places lined up in the intersecting direction using a deep depth (dimension in the intersecting direction is long). Then, as shown in
In addition, the verification module 30C has a workpiece moving device 108 that moves the workpiece W3 which is held in the chuck 106 in the intersecting direction. First, the verification module 30C moves the workpiece W3 to the verification position at which the first verification instrument 100 is provided and verifies the dimension L1 on one end side of the workpiece W3 (refer to
Note that, two verification positions are set in the verification module 30C of the manufacturing system 10, but it is possible to increase the number of the verification positions to three or more. In addition, the verification module 30C of the manufacturing system 10 is configured such that verification is performed by one verification instrument at one verification position, but may be configured such that verification is performed by multiple verification instruments at one verification position.
(D) Workpiece Temporary Placement (Temporary Placement Module)
Next, the workpiece W3 with which no problem is found in verification in the verification module 30C is transferred to the temporary placement module 30D. As shown in
Ordinarily, as shown in
Note that, the temporary placement module 30D of the manufacturing system 10 has two temporary placement tables that are able to respectively mount one workpiece, but it is possible to mount multiple workpieces on one temporary placement table by increasing the number of temporary placement tables to three or more, and it is possible to set a module that is able to accommodate multiple workpieces by being able to mount more workpieces.
(E) Drilling Processing (Drilling-Milling Module)
Next, drilling processing is performed on the workpiece W3 by two drilling-milling modules 30E. In each drilling-milling module 30E, a machining center is modularized, and as shown in
Each drilling-milling module 30E moves the main spindle head 132 to a drilling position with respect to the workpiece that is fixed and held in the workpiece table 138, the main spindle head 132 is lowered while rotating a spindle 140 to which a drill is attached, and two types of holes 142 and 144 indicated in
That is, in the manufacturing system 10, the drilling-milling module 30E performs only drilling processing, but the drilling-milling module 30E modularizes the machining center, and therefore the drilling-milling module 30E can be used for various processing such as rotary cutting working or milling processing.
(F) Accommodation at Carry-Out Side (Stock Module)
The product P that is completed as one type of workpiece is accommodated in the stock module 30F. As shown in
Features of Manufacturing System
The manufacturing system 10 is configured such that each of the work modules 30 have dimensions in the arrangement direction that are short in comparison to the dimensions in the intersecting direction, and work is performed using a space in the intersecting direction, and the length in the arrangement direction is short by each of the work modules 30 being arranged close without a gap. In addition, in the manufacturing system 10, not only a machine that performs machine processing work is modularized, but also the machine that performs supplementary work that is supplementarily performed to the machine processing work is modularized, therefore it is possible to easily construct a system that manufactures various products merely by rearranging the processing work module and the supplementary work module.
For example, in a case of manufacturing a product on which milling processing or drilling processing are greatly carried out in comparison to the product P that is manufactured by the manufacturing system 10 described above, it is possible to set a manufacturing system 170 as indicated in
In addition, for example, in a case where rotary cutting processing, milling processing, and drilling processing are performed in advance, and the cutting processing is performed by holding the workpiece using a hole opened by the drilling processing as a reference, it is possible to set a manufacturing system 180 as indicated in
10: MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, 20: BASE, 30: WORK MACHINE MODULE, 30A: WORKPIECE CHARGING MODULE (SUPPLEMENTARY WORK MODULE), 30B: LATHE MODULE (PROCESSING WORK MODULE), 30C: VERIFICATION MODULE (SUPPLEMENTARY WORK MODULE), 30D: TEMPORARY PLACEMENT MODULE (SUPPLEMENTARY WORK MODULE), 30E: DRILLING-MILLING MODULE (PROCESSING WORK MODULE), 30F: STOCK MODULE (SUPPLEMENTARY WORK MODULE), 40: BASE UNIT, 42: RAIL PAIR, 44: RAIL, 46: WHEEL, 48: BED, 50: WHEELED TABLE, 60: WORKPIECE LOADER (WORKPIECE TRANSFER DEVICE), 66: WORKPIECE INVERSION DEVICE, 80: WORKPIECE POOL, 82: CHARGING TABLE (CHARGING POSITION), 100: FIRST VERIFICATION INSTRUMENT, 102: SECOND VERIFICATION INSTRUMENT, 108: WORKPIECE MOVING DEVICE, 120, 122: TEMPORARY PLACEMENT TABLE, 150: CONVEYOR, 170: MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, 180: MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
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