Dual-Transport Machine Tool for Simultaneous Workpiece Machining
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional machine tools for drilling and milling on moving panels suffer from low machining precision and significant encumbrances, limiting their ability to perform high-precision operations efficiently and productively.
Innovation Solution
A machine tool design featuring dual transport systems and movable drilling/milling units along parallel axes, allowing simultaneous machining of workpieces advancing in different directions, with stop elements and contact elements to maintain precision and speed synchronization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional machine tools are used for drilling and milling on moving panels, then the machine structure is simple, but the machining precision is low
Solution Approach 1:
The machine tool is divided into two independent transport means moving in opposite directions, each handling a separate row of workpieces. This segmentation allows each transport system to be optimized for precision while maintaining overall system simplicity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a dual-transport configuration where workpieces move in opposite directions along parallel paths. This dimensional arrangement enables simultaneous machining of multiple workpieces with high precision while keeping the machine footprint compact.
2Productivity
If traditional machine tools process moving workpieces, then the device size is limited, but the productivity is low
Solution Approach 1:
Both transport means operate continuously in opposite directions, enabling uninterrupted machining of workpieces. The continuous bidirectional transport maximizes productivity by eliminating idle time while maintaining a compact machine structure through efficient space utilization.
3Productivity
If workpieces are transported along advancing direction during machining, then the productivity is improved, but the machining precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of moving workpieces in a single direction, the invention employs two transport means moving in opposite directions. This inverted approach allows each workpiece row to be processed with high precision while maintaining continuous motion and high productivity through bidirectional transport.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a machine tool (1) for drilling and/or milling workpieces (P1, P2) comprising: first means of transport (2) for transporting, in use, a first plurality of consecutive workpieces (P1), along a first advancing direction (D1); second means of transport (3) for transporting, in use, a second plurality of consecutive workpieces (P2), along a second advancing direction (D2) substantially parallel to said first advancing direction (D1); at least one support (8) substantially parallel to said first advancing direction (D1) and said second advancing direction (D2) and arranged between said first means of transport (2) and said second means of transport (3); first drilling and/or milling means (9) connected to said at least one support (8) in a movable manner along a first axis (X) parallel to said first advancing direction (D1) and said second advancing direction (D2); said first drilling and/or milling means (9) being mounted on a first side of said at least one support (8), substantially facing said first transport means (2); and second drilling and/or milling means (10) connected to said at least one support (8) in a movable manner along a second axis parallel to said first axis (X); said second drilling and/or milling means (10) being mounted on a second side of said at least one support (8), substantially facing said second means of transport (3), in such a way as to allow, in use, the simultaneous drilling and/or milling of said first plurality of workpieces (P1) by said first drilling and/or milling means (9) and of said second plurality of workpieces (P2) by said second drilling and/or milling means (10) while said first plurality of workpieces (P1) advances along said first advancing direction (D1) and said second plurality of workpieces (P2) advances along said second advancing direction (D2).