Five-axis numerical control machining center

By installing a tool recognition component in a five-axis CNC machining center, the system automatically identifies and associates tool status and storage location information using a camera, solving the problems of manual recording errors and failure to identify damaged tools, thus improving tool changing efficiency and machining quality.

CN223670767UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16FUJIAN ZHENGFENG CNC TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520036093.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-08
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-08

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Technical Problem

When machining complex workpieces, manually recording tool information and storage location information on a five-axis CNC machining center is time-consuming and prone to errors. Furthermore, failure to identify damaged tools can affect machining quality, leading to low tool loading efficiency and quality risks.

Method used

A tool identification component, including a vision inspection system and a tool coding ring, is installed on a five-axis CNC machining center. It uses three cameras to collect and analyze the tool's status, coding, and storage location information to automatically associate and identify the tool's condition.

Benefits of technology

This improves the efficiency of tool changing, avoids the machining quality risks caused by human error in identification and damage to unidentified cutting edges, and ensures machining quality.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of numerical control machining equipment, in particular to a five-axis numerical control machining center which comprises a machining center body and a tool recognition assembly, and the tool recognition assembly is provided with a visual inspection system comprising three cameras and a tool coding ring. Three cameras and a tool coding ring are arranged on the side edge of a tool magazine and a tool of a machining center body respectively, and the three cameras are used for collecting blade state information of the tool on a replacement clamping position of the tool magazine, coding information of the corresponding tool coding ring and coding information on a storage position coding disc corresponding to the tool respectively. The visual detection system is used for analyzing and identifying, so that each tool can be automatically associated with the corresponding storage location information, and the intact state of the cutting edge of the tool, which is remounted into the tool storage, of the tool changing device can be automatically identified; therefore, the tool changing efficiency of the machining center can be improved, and the machining quality risk caused by the fact that the damaged cutting edge is not recognized manually is avoided.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to numerical control processing equipment field, concretely relates to a five -axis numerical control machining center. BACKGROUND

[0002] Five -axis numerical control machining center is the mechanical processing equipment for carrying out precision machining to complex workpiece, and its efficiency is high, and workpiece can complete each process machining once clamping. Five -axis numerical control machining center mostly is provided with tool magazine, and the tool magazine can be divided into mobile tool magazine and disc rotary tool magazine, and since the disc rotary tool magazine structure is more compact, and the tool loading capacity is large, so it is more commonly used. The order of selecting tool from the disc rotary tool magazine is executed by the program edited in advance in the machining center, and the process of taking tool from the tool magazine to the spindle of machining center to change tool is completed by the tool changing device such as mechanical arm. But the tool loading of tool magazine is manually completed by the operator, and the operator needs to record the purpose, tool type and size of each tool every time loading tool, and also records the corresponding number of each tool clamped in the magazine position of tool magazine to correspond one by one, and then edits the corresponding information into the control program of machining center to realize automatic tool selection and tool changing. Since the five -axis numerical control machining center processes complex workpiece, sometimes dozens of tools are used, and manual recording of tool information and magazine position information is time -consuming and prone to error, which affects the tool loading efficiency. In addition, the damaged tools such as broken blade during use will also be returned to the tool magazine by the automatic tool changing device, and if the operator does not identify it, it will also affect the next use. In view of this, if the five -axis numerical control machining center can be improved to automatically identify the state information and position information of each tool, the tool loading and changing efficiency of the machining center can be improved, and the machining quality risk caused by tool blade damage can be avoided, which is the problem to be solved in the case. CONTENT OF UTILITY MODEL

[0003] In order to overcome the prior art, the utility model discloses a five -axis numerical control machining center, including machining center body and tool recognition subassembly, tool recognition subassembly is equipped with visual inspection system and the tool coding ring of fixed connection on the tool, and visual inspection system contains three cameras and three cameras are separately placed on the front and back sides of the tool on the tool magazine reloading clamping position. The utility model discloses through to five -axis numerical control machining center improvement, three cameras and tool coding ring of tool recognition subassembly are set up on the side of tool magazine of machining center body and the tool respectively, utilize three cameras respectively to gather the cutting edge state information of the tool on the reloading clamping position of tool magazine, the coding information of the tool coding ring on this tool and the coding information on the corresponding magazine position coding disc of the tool at the reloading clamping position, and by visual inspection system, the analysis identification is carried out, so that the operator need not record the corresponding magazine position coding of different tools when randomly loading the tool, and the corresponding magazine information of each tool can be automatically associated, and the perfect state of the cutting edge of the tool in the tool magazine can be automatically identified, thereby the efficiency of the tool loading and changing of the machining center can be improved, and the processing quality risk caused by the damage of the cutting edge can be avoided.

[0004] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0005] A five -axis numerical control machining center, including machining center body, the machining center body is five -axis linkage's numerical control processing machine tool, and it is equipped with the disc rotary type multiple magazine's tool magazine on the main shaft side of installation tool, and the magazine position when the magazine rack rotates to the bottom end of tool magazine is equipped as the reloading clamping position of tool, and it is equipped with the rotatable magazine position coding disc on one side of tool magazine, and it is characterized by further including tool recognition subassembly, the tool recognition subassembly is equipped with visual inspection system and the tool coding ring of fixed connection on the tool, the visual inspection system contains first camera, second camera and third camera, the first camera faces the blade part of the tool on the tool magazine reloading clamping position, the second camera faces the corresponding tool coding ring of the tool on the tool magazine reloading clamping position, and the third camera faces the magazine position coding disc of tool magazine and is placed in the front of the corresponding coding of tool magazine reloading clamping position, the first camera, second camera and third camera can gather the cutting edge state information of the tool on the reloading clamping position, the coding information of the tool coding ring on the reloading clamping position and the coding information on the corresponding magazine position coding disc of the tool at the reloading clamping position, the visual inspection system further contains information processing module, and the information gathered by first camera, second camera and third camera can be analyzed and identified by visual inspection system.

[0006] The magazine position coding disc is a rotatable disc, a plurality of codes are arranged on the same circumference of the disc surface, and the plurality of codes are not uniformly distributed, the plurality of codes of the magazine position coding disc correspond to the plurality of magazine positions of the rotary type multiple magazine tool magazine one by one, and the magazine position coding disc rotates with the magazine positions of the tool magazine.

[0007] The cutter coding ring is a ring-shaped sleeve, the cutter coding ring is provided with a plurality of pieces, the plurality of pieces of cutter coding ring are respectively fixed on the cutter bars of the plurality of pieces of cutters, each piece of cutter coding ring is provided with a plurality of codes on the outer circumferential surface thereof, the codes on the same piece of cutter coding ring are completely same, and the codes on different pieces of cutter coding ring are all different.

[0008] The cutter identification assembly further comprises a cover, a linear module and a connecting piece, the cover is a hollow tubular body with a closed top, the cover is arranged at the rear side of the tool magazine and is fixed on the rack of the machining center body, the linear module is vertically fixed on the upper part in the cover, and the connecting piece is a strip-shaped plate member, the upper part of the connecting piece is connected to the slider provided with the linear module.

[0009] The first camera and the second camera are both fixed on the lower part of the connecting piece, and the first camera is arranged below the second camera.

[0010] The linear module can drive the connecting piece to slide up and down, when the connecting piece slides upward, the first camera and the second camera can be moved into the cover, and when the connecting piece slides downward, the first camera and the second camera can be moved out of the cover and can face the blade of the cutter on the tool changing clamping position of the tool magazine and the cutter coding ring on the cutter bar of the cutter respectively.

[0011] The third camera is fixed on the rack of the machining center body by a bracket.

[0012] As can be seen from the above description, the five-axis numerical control machining center has the following advantages: the three cameras of the cutter identification assembly and the cutter coding ring are arranged on the side of the tool magazine of the machining center body and on the cutters respectively, the blade state information of the cutter on the tool changing clamping position of the tool magazine, the code information of the cutter coding ring on the cutter and the code information on the corresponding magazine code disc of the cutter in the tool changing clamping position are collected by the three cameras respectively, and are analyzed and identified by the visual detection system, so that when the operator randomly installs the cutter, the corresponding magazine code of the different cutters does not need to be recorded, and the corresponding magazine information of each cutter can be automatically associated, and the perfect state of the cutter blade of the cutter changing device returned to the tool magazine can be automatically identified. The machining center is improved, the efficiency of the cutter installation and changing of the machining center can be improved, and the machining quality risk caused by the fact that the damaged cutter blade is not identified by the operator can be avoided. The machining center has the advantages of reasonable design, simple structure, low cost and convenience for promotion. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is a general schematic view of the five-axis numerical control machining center;

[0014] Figure 2is an enlarged schematic view of A part in Figure 1

[0015] Figure 3 is an enlarged schematic view of B part in Figure 2

[0016] Figure 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the tool identification assembly.

[0017] Reference signs:

[0018] 1 machining center body; 11 tool magazine; 111 magazine position code disc; 2 tool identification assembly; 21 first camera; 22 second camera; 23 third camera; 24 cover; 25 linear module; 26 connecting piece; 27 tool code ring; 900 tool. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The utility model is further described below through specific embodiments.

[0020] As Figures 1 to 3 shown, the utility model discloses a five-axis numerical control machining center, including machining center body 1 and tool identification assembly 2, machining center body 1 is five-axis linkage's numerical control machining machine tool, and it is equipped with disc rotary type multi-position tool magazine 11 on the main shaft one side of installing tool 900, and the magazine position of the magazine position frame rotation to the bottom end of tool magazine 11 is equipped with the tool 900's changeover clamping position, is equipped with rotatable magazine position code disc 111 on one side of tool magazine 11, the magazine position code disc 111 is rotatable disc, and is equipped with several codes on the same circumference on its disc face, and several codes are uniformly distributed and are not same, and the several codes of magazine position code disc 111 correspond to the several magazine positions of rotary type multi-position tool magazine 11 one to one, and the magazine position code disc 111 rotates with the magazine position of tool magazine 11.

[0021] As Figures 1 to 4 ​​As shown, the cutter recognition assembly 2 is provided with a visual detection system and a cutter code ring 27 fixed on the cutter 900, the cutter code ring 27 is an annular sleeve, the cutter code ring 27 is provided with a plurality of pieces, the plurality of pieces of cutter code ring 27 are respectively fixed on the cutter bar of the plurality of pieces of cutter 900, each piece of cutter code ring 27 is dispersedly provided with a plurality of codes on the outer circumferential surface, and the codes on the same piece of cutter code ring 27 are completely same, and the codes on different cutter code rings 27 are all different. The visual detection system comprises a first camera 21, a second camera 22 and a third camera 23, the first camera 21 faces the blade part of the cutter 900 on the tool magazine 11 reloading clamping position, the second camera 22 faces the cutter code ring 27 corresponding to the cutter 900 on the tool magazine 11 reloading clamping position, and the third camera 23 faces the magazine position code disc 111 of the tool magazine 11 and is placed in front of the corresponding code of the tool magazine 11 reloading clamping position, the first camera 21, the second camera 22 and the third camera 23 can respectively collect the blade state information of the cutter 900 on the reloading clamping position, the code information of the cutter code ring 27 on the reloading clamping position and the code information on the corresponding magazine position code disc 111 of the cutter 900 at the reloading clamping position, the visual detection system further comprises an information processing module, and the information collected by the first camera 21, the second camera 22 and the third camera 23 can be analyzed and recognized by the visual detection system. The visual detection system is a known technology, and the visual detection system can be integrated into the main control system of the machining center as a subsystem.

[0022] As Figures 1 to 4 shown, the cutter recognition assembly 2 further comprises a cover 24, a linear module 25 and a connecting piece 26, the linear module 25 of the embodiment is a ball screw type linear module, and the linear module is a known technology. The cover 24 is a hollow tubular body with a closed top, the cover 24 is placed on the rear side of the tool magazine 11 and is fixed on the rack of the machining center body 1, the linear module 25 is vertically fixed in the upper part of the cover 24, the connecting piece 26 is a strip-shaped plate member, and the upper part of the connecting piece 26 is connected to the sliding block of the linear module 25. The first camera 21 and the second camera 22 are both fixed on the lower part of the connecting piece 26, and the first camera 21 is placed below the second camera 22. The linear module 25 can drive the connecting piece 26 to slide up and down, when the connecting piece 26 slides up, the first camera 21 and the second camera 22 can be moved into the cover 24, when the connecting piece 26 slides down, the first camera 21 and the second camera 22 can be moved out of the cover 24, and the first camera 21 and the second camera 22 can face the blade part of the cutter 900 on the tool magazine 11 reloading clamping position and the cutter code ring 27 on the cutter bar of the cutter 900 respectively. The third camera 23 is fixed on the rack of the machining center body 1 by a support.

[0023] The embodiment assumes that the magazine of the tool magazine 11 of the machining center body 1 has 20 positions, and the codes of the code disks 111 are A1, A2,..., A20 in sequence. The embodiment assumes that the machining plan uses 12 tools 900, and the codes of the 12 tool code rings 27 are B1, B2,..., B12 in sequence. The embodiment assumes that 6 tools 900 in the tool magazine 11 are used as main tools to complete six different machining processes of the whole product, and the other 6 tools 900 are also loaded into the tool magazine 11 as standby tools of the 6 main tools, that is, one main tool is matched with one standby tool, the functional parameters of the main tool are the same as those of the corresponding standby tool, but the code of the main tool is different from that of the standby tool.

[0024] Before loading the tools, the embodiment edits the basic information of the complete shape of the cutting edges of the 12 tools 900, the edge profile parameters, and the codes on the corresponding tool code rings 27 into the main control system of the machining center. The operator randomly loads the 12 tools 900 into any 12 positions of the tool magazine 11, and does not need to manually record the 12 position codes of the tool magazine 11 corresponding to the 12 tools 900. Then, the linear module 25 is instructed to move the connecting member 26 downward to move the first camera 21 and the second camera 22 out of the housing 24 to the working position and start the visual detection system. The position frame and the position code disk 111 of the tool magazine 11 are instructed to rotate intermittently, so that each tool 900 is rotated to the tool magazine 11 reloading position and stopped. At this time, the first camera 21, the second camera 22, and the third camera 23 can respectively collect the cutting edge state information of the tool 900 stopped at the reloading position, the code information of the tool code ring 27 on the tool 900, and the code information of the corresponding position code disk 111 of the tool 900 at the reloading position. When the position frame and the position code disk 111 of the tool magazine 11 rotate one revolution, the information of all the tools 900 in the tool magazine 11 and the corresponding code information on the position code disk 111 are collected. The collected information is fed back to the visual detection system for analysis and identification, so that each tool 900 can be automatically associated with the corresponding position code information. Since the functional parameters of the tools are distinguished by the codes on the tool code rings 27, the machining center can automatically select the required tools 900 for tool changing by using the selected tool program edited in advance and finding the associated position code according to the tool code before tool changing. After tool changing, the linear module 25 is instructed to move the connecting member 26 upward to move the first camera 21 and the second camera 22 into the housing 24.

[0025] If a tool 900 is damaged in use and is returned to the tool magazine 11 by the automatic tool changer, the tool edge damage state information will be collected by the first camera 21. After the visual detection system compares and identifies the abnormal state, the main control system can issue a warning and skip the damaged tool when the tool is needed again. The damaged tool can be replaced when the machine is stopped.

[0026] The three cameras of the tool recognition assembly 2 and the tool code ring 27 are arranged on the side of the machining center body 1 and the tool 900, respectively. The three cameras collect the tool edge state information of the tool 900 on the tool magazine 11, the code information of the tool code ring 27 on the tool 900, and the code information on the corresponding magazine code disc 111 of the tool 900 in the tool magazine 11. The visual detection system analyzes and identifies the information, so that the operator can automatically associate each tool 900 with the corresponding magazine information without recording the corresponding tool magazine 11 magazine code of different tools 900 when randomly loading the tool. The tool edge damage state of the tool 900 returned to the tool magazine by the automatic tool changer can be automatically identified, thereby improving the efficiency of the tool loading and changing of the machining center and avoiding the processing quality risk caused by the tool edge damage not being identified by the operator.

[0027] The above is only one specific embodiment of the present application, but the design concept of the present application is not limited to this. Any non-essential modification of the present application using this concept should be considered as an infringement of the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A five-axis numerical control machining center, comprising a machining center body (1), the machining center body (1) is a five-axis linkage numerical control machining tool, which is provided with a disc rotary multi-position tool magazine (11) on the side of the main shaft where a tool (900) is installed, the position of the tool magazine (11) when the tool magazine (11) is rotated to the bottom end is set as the tool (900) replacement card position, and a rotatable position coding disc (111) is arranged on one side of the tool magazine (11), characterized in that: Also include the tool identification assembly (2), the tool identification assembly (2) is equipped with visual detection system and the tool coding ring (27) fixed on the tool (900), the visual detection system contains first camera (21), second camera (22) and third camera (23), the first camera (21) faces the blade of the tool (900) on the tool magazine (11) reloading clamping site, the second camera (22) faces the tool coding ring (27) corresponding to the tool (900) on the tool magazine (11) reloading clamping site, the third camera (23) faces the magazine position coding disc (111) of the tool magazine (11) and is placed in the front of the coding corresponding to the reloading clamping site of the tool magazine (11), the first camera (21), the second camera (22) and the third camera (23) can respectively collect the blade state information of the tool (900) on the reloading clamping site, the coding information of the tool coding ring (27) on the reloading clamping site and the coding information on the magazine position coding disc (111) corresponding to the tool (900) at the reloading clamping site, and be analyzed and identified by the visual detection system.

2. A five-axis CNC machining center according to claim 1, characterized in that: The same circumference on the disc face of the magazine position coding disc (111) is provided with a plurality of codes, and the plurality of codes are not uniformly distributed, the plurality of codes of the magazine position coding disc (111) correspond to the plurality of positions of the rotary multi-position tool magazine (11) one by one, and the magazine position coding disc (111) rotates with the position of the tool magazine (11).

3. A five-axis CNC machining center according to claim 2, characterized in that: The tool coding ring (27) is provided with a plurality of pieces, the plurality of pieces of tool coding ring (27) are respectively fixed on the tool shank of the plurality of pieces of tool (900), and a plurality of codes are dispersed on the outer circumferential surface of each tool coding ring (27), and the codes on the same tool coding ring (27) are completely same, and the codes on different tool coding rings (27) are not same.

4. A five-axis CNC machining center according to claim 3, characterized in that: The tool identification assembly (2) further includes a housing (24), a linear module (25) and a connecting piece (26), the housing (24) is a hollow tubular body with a closed top, the housing (24) is placed at the rear side of the tool magazine (11), the linear module (25) is fixed in the upper part of the housing (24), and the upper part of the connecting piece (26) is connected to the sliding block of the linear module (25).

5. A five-axis CNC machining center according to claim 4, characterized in that: The first camera (21) and the second camera (22) are fixed to the lower part of the connecting piece (26), and the first camera (21) is placed below the second camera (22).

6. A five-axis CNC machining center according to claim 5, characterized in that: The linear module (25) can drive the connecting piece (26) to slide up and down, when the connecting piece (26) slides up, the first camera (21) and the second camera (22) can be moved into the housing (24), when the connecting piece (26) slides down, the first camera (21) and the second camera (22) can be moved out of the housing (24), and the first camera (21) and the second camera (22) can face the blade of the tool (900) on the reloading clamping site of the tool magazine (11) and the tool coding ring (27) on the tool shank of the tool (900) respectively.