Ring Tool Carrier Profile Machining Table Accessibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing profile processing machines face challenges in operator accessibility and processing speed, with tools being less accessible and prone to overloading, which can lead to damage during machining operations.
Innovation Solution
A profile processing machine design featuring a ring-shaped tool carrier that completely surrounds the machining table, allowing for easy operator access and tool movement, with features like a tilted support surface, clamps that release under overload, and a deformable crash body to prevent damage, along with a tool changer and linear motor for efficient operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional tool carrier configuration is used, then the machine structure is simpler, but operator accessibility to the processing table is reduced and tool travel paths are longer
Solution Approach 1:
The machine structure is segmented into distinct functional zones: the processing table area is separated from the tool carrier support structure, allowing the operator to access the processing table from the front while the tool carrier operates on a separate longitudinal guide. This segmentation enables independent optimization of operator accessibility and tool carrier functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The tool carrier is configured to move along a longitudinal guide that extends beyond the processing table in the longitudinal direction, creating an additional dimensional space for tool operations. This allows tools to approach the processing table from multiple directions and reduces travel paths by utilizing the extended longitudinal space.
2Productivity
If the tool carrier moves along a longitudinal guide extending beyond the processing table, then tool accessibility to the profile is improved and travel paths are shortened, but the machine frame becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal guide structure serves multiple functions: it supports the tool carrier movement, defines the operational envelope, provides mounting positions for tools, and establishes reference planes for positioning. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby managing complexity while enabling short tool travel paths and high processing speed.
3Ease of operation
If the support surface is tilted towards the operator, then ergonomic design is improved and profile placement is easier, but the structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The support surface is tilted only in the region where the operator places and removes profiles, while the rest of the processing table and the tool carrier guide maintain their structural alignment. This localized tilting provides ergonomic benefits for profile handling without compromising the overall structural stability of the machine.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances operator accessibility, reduces machining cycle times, ensures high precision, and prevents damage from overloading by allowing tools to move efficiently and safely along the machining table, while maintaining stability and ergonomic design.
Implementation Method 1
linear motor for efficient operation
Implementation Method 2
a deformable crash body to prevent damage
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AI summary
The invention relates to a profile machining machine with a machine frame, an elongated machining table for placing a profile to be machined on it, and a tool carrier, wherein the tool carrier is displaceable along the machining table, wherein the machine frame has at least two spaced-apart supports and at least one beam connecting the two supports, and the machining table extends between the two supports, wherein the tool carrier is ring-shaped or ring-section-shaped and, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the machining table, surrounds the machining table over an angular range of at least 180 degrees.