Modular Machining System Base with Draw-Out Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing machining systems with multiple working machines, including machine tools, face challenges in practicality due to complex maintenance and increased space requirements, as they often require separate bases for each module, leading to inefficiencies in maintenance and space utilization.
Innovation Solution
A machining system design where multiple working machine modules, including machine tool modules, are modularized and mounted on a single base, allowing them to be drawn out along intersecting tracks, facilitating easy maintenance and reducing the number of bases needed, while maintaining a compact system layout.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of repair
If multiple working machines are mounted on separate bases, then each machine can be independently maintained, but the number of bases increases and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple working machine modules onto a single shared base structure. The base includes a common support frame with multiple mounting positions, allowing modules to be arranged in rows or columns while sharing foundational support, utility connections, and control systems. This merging reduces the total number of bases required while maintaining individual module accessibility for maintenance through side or front access points.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple working machines are arranged in a compact layout, then space is reduced, but maintenance becomes difficult due to interference from adjacent modules
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the machining system into independent, modular working machine modules that can be individually accessed. Each module is designed as a self-contained unit with standardized interfaces, allowing it to be drawn out or accessed from the side of the base without disturbing adjacent modules. The base structure provides separate mounting positions and access pathways for each module, enabling maintenance personnel to work on one module without interference from others.
3Ease of repair
If machine tools are modularized, then maintenance and replacement become easier, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal, standardized module designs with consistent mounting interfaces, connection points, and control protocols across all working machine modules. This universality allows any module to be replaced with another of the same type without requiring custom integration work. The base structure includes standardized utility connections (power, coolant, pneumatic) and control interfaces that work with all module types, reducing the operational complexity despite the modular architecture.
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AI summary
A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool such as a lathe, are configured to be disposed in a line and multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order such that practical utility of the machining system is enhanced. The machining system includes a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.