EP0038199B1 - Turret punch press - Google Patents
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- EP0038199B1 EP0038199B1 EP19810301603 EP81301603A EP0038199B1 EP 0038199 B1 EP0038199 B1 EP 0038199B1 EP 19810301603 EP19810301603 EP 19810301603 EP 81301603 A EP81301603 A EP 81301603A EP 0038199 B1 EP0038199 B1 EP 0038199B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D28/00—Shaping by press-cutting; Perforating
- B21D28/02—Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap; Notching
- B21D28/12—Punching using rotatable carriers
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- This invention relates to an improved turret punch press.
- a further turret punch press is disclosed in US-A-4165669 in which tooling carrying modules are cantilevered from a central turret section in spoke-like fashion.
- the modules are adapted to carry one or more punch or die tools and at the work station an anvil is provided so that the tools are firmly positioned during punching.
- a turret punch press comprising a frame having an upper member and a lower member, an upper turret having a plurality of turret stations for punches supported by the upper member, and a lower turret having a plurality of turret stations for dies, said lower turret having upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of slug holes formed therethrough for punched slugs to drop through, one slug hole being provided for each turret station characterised in that each turret station of the lower turret is defined by a step in the upper surface of the turret to provide a datum face extending axially of the turret and a radial support surface between the datum face and the periphery of the turret and in which the slug holes are formed.
- the invention also includes a turret punch press comprising a turret punch press comprising a frame having an upper member and a lower member, an upper turret for punches supported by the upper member, and a lower turret for dies supported by the lower member characterised in that the lower turret has its circumference rebated to provide a plurality of datum faces against which die assemblies may be received, each die assembly comprising a die holder means for releasably securing the die holder against the datum face on the lower turret and the die being releasably received within the die holder.
- the means for releasably securing the die holder on the lower turret comprises a groove on the die holder which is cooperable with an angularly movable, eccentric locking head of a retainer on the turret.
- the die holder may include an O-ring for engaging the die and retaining it by a friction fit.
- the main advantage of the present invention is that the lower turret no longer determines the shape of die to be received. This, by providing a die holder, which services as an adaptor, different types of die may be received on the same turret whereas previously only tooling specially designed for a particular machine could be used.
- a punch press comprises a frame 1 of C-shape, having upper and lower limbs 2 and 3 defining a throat 4.
- a workpiece positioning assembly (figure 2) on the press for supporting a sheet workpiece for two dimensional displacement relative to a punch station of the punch press comprises a first traverse 5 forming the Y-axis fixed to the frame 1 and a second traverse 6 forming the X-axis supported for movement along the Y-axis traverse 5.
- the Y-axis traverse 5 comprises two horizontally-spaced rails 7, one secured to each side of the lower limb 3 of the punch press frame 1. Extending parallel to the rails 7, and secured on one side only of the lower limb, is a leadscrew 8 driven, via a belt connection 9, by a DC Servo Motor 10.
- the rails 7 are not secured directly to the frame but, as shown, are disposed on an intermediate mounting member 11 and these extend forwardly and rearwardly from the back of the throat 4 as clearly seen from figure 2.
- the X-axis traverse comprises an elongate beam 12 of U-shaped cross-section and having a lattice of cross-ties 13 for strength. Secured along the lower front edge of the beam 12 is a single bearing rail 14 for supporting a workpiece carriage 15.
- the workpiece carriage 15 includes two workpiece clamps (not shown) and is movable along the second traverse by means of a driving connection with a driven leadscrew 16.
- the driven leadscrew 16 is also driven by a DC Servo Motor 17 via a belt connection 18.
- the belt connections 9 and 18 enable the respective motors 10 and 17 to be positioned alongside the respective leadscrews rather than at one end thereby producing a more compact arrangement.
- the workpiece positioning assembly described is preferred and is the subject of our copending European Application No. 80304681.2 the present invention is applicable to a turret punch press having any form of suitable workpiece positioning assembly.
- the X and Y axes may each include two parallel vertically spaced tracks as disclosed in our prior British Patent No. 1563921.
- the Y-axis traverse could be mounted upon the upper limb of the frame 1.
- leadscrews 8 and 16 have been illustrated by way of example, rack and pinion drive means may be provided if desired - see for example U.S. Patent No. 3563123.
- the free end of the upper limb 2 supports a hydraulic ram assembly 50 and an upper turret 21.
- the hydraulic ram assembly 50 is supplied with hydraulic fluid from a reservoir (not shown) and flow is controlled by a hydraulic manifold 51.
- the hydraulic fluid passes to the ram assembly 50 through hydraulic pressure pipe 52 and fluid returns on ram retraction through pipe 53.
- the upper turret 21 is provided with roller chain drive 22 for rotating the turret into a desired angular position to bring a desired punch below the operative position of the hydraulic ram assembly 50.
- the workpiece may be locked in position for clamp reposition by means of a pair of retractable clamping mechanisms 23 (only one shown) the operation of which is controlled by reposition solenoid 54.
- each turret station is defined by a step in the upper surface 70 of the turret providing a datum face 41 extending axially of the turret and a radial support surface 72 extending between the datum face 41 and the periphery of the turret.
- a slug hole 45 is provided for punched slugs to drop through.
- the lower turret 24 also has a roller chain drive 25 and the two chains for the respective upper and lower turrets 21, 24 are connected to a common turret drive shaft 55 driven by a single drive motor 56 so that the movement of the two turrets are synchronised: a turret clutch/brake for the drive shaft 55 is provided at 57.
- the wedge assemblies 58, 59 Disposed at the front of the machine, and on each of the upper and lower limbs 2 and 3, are respective upper and lower turret wedge assemblies 58, 59.
- the wedge assemblies 58, 59 each of which include a reciprocal locking member 60 operated by turret wedge solenoid 61.
- respective pairs of wedge sensors 62, 63 are provided on the upper and lower limbs.
- the wedge assemblies 58, 59 lock the respective turrets in position after indexing a desired punch station by engaging location pins (not shown) on the turret so that, during punching, the turrets are accurately positioned relative to the hydraulic ram assembly 50.
- the locking member 60 engage one of a plurality of bull-nosed location pins in the respective turret as explained more fully below. Also shown in figure 1 are sheet clamp solenoid 64 and datum pin solenoid 65, neither the workpiece clamps nor the reciprocal datum plunger being shown in the drawings, the datum plunger being positioned on the other side of the lower limb 3 from that shown in figure 1.
- the construction of the preferred die assembly is shown in figure 3.
- the assembly 30 comprises a die holder 31 having two laterally projecting location pins 32 set at 90° (only one shown) and a locking groove 33.
- the die holder 31 receives a die 34 having a location pin 35 locating in one of four location slots 36 and retained in position by frictional engagement with an 0-ring 37 in the die holder 31.
- the location pins 32 are offset from the location slots 36 by 45° so that adjustment at 45° intervals is possible with only four slots.
- a retainer 38 which has an eccentric locking head 39 for engagement with locking groove 33.
- the die holder 31 is designed to be received in the lower turret 24 (see figures 4 and 5), the die holder being located by one of pins 32 being positioned in a slot 40 in the datum face 41 of the respective turret station.
- the slot 40 is closed vertically by means of a permanently set grub screw (not shown).
- the retainer 38 is loosely received in an aperture 42 in the turret and has a vertical slot (not shown) joining peripheral groove 43.
- the vertical slot and groove 43 cooperate with a locking pin 44 in the aperture 42 to allow removal of the retainer only when the locking head is released ie: angular movement of the retainer 38 to release the locking head 39 from the groove 33 enables the locking pin for the retainer to be aligned with the vertical slot.
- the lower turret in addition includes holes 46 for the location pins (not shown) to accurately orientate the turret - equivalent location pins being provided on the upper turret also: the pins being held in the holes 46 by tapered bushes also not shown.
- the locking screws 44 pass through holes 47 in the periphery of the turret.
- the arrangement of the lower turret means that by simply changing the die holder 31 different types of die tooling may be received whereas before only custom-made tooling could be accommodated.
- the datum faces 41 are preferably arcuate it will be understood that they may be of any other configuration, the die holders 31 being suitably contoured as necessary.
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Description
- This invention relates to an improved turret punch press.
- In punch presses incorporating turrets, such as in our British Patent No. 1420594, it has normally always been the practice for the lower turret forming a die holder for the dies to be formed with a plurality of holes of different sizes which receive the dies. However, such an arrangement means that the turret is not able to accept different types of die tooling.
- Another proposal of punch press is disclosed in GB-A-1183871 in which spaced upper and lower turrets are provided for punch and die tooling respectively. The turrets have a plurality of stations and means are provided for loading the tooling into the respective turrets and ejecting it therefrom.
- In US-A-4096774 there is disclosed a turret punch press in which the die tooling is received in a plurality of segments attached to a turret by means of projectable T headed members and properly aligned relative to the upper turret by a plurality of locating pins which project through the segments and into engagement with the turret.
- A further turret punch press is disclosed in US-A-4165669 in which tooling carrying modules are cantilevered from a central turret section in spoke-like fashion. The modules are adapted to carry one or more punch or die tools and at the work station an anvil is provided so that the tools are firmly positioned during punching.
- According to the present invention there is provided a turret punch press comprising a frame having an upper member and a lower member, an upper turret having a plurality of turret stations for punches supported by the upper member, and a lower turret having a plurality of turret stations for dies, said lower turret having upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of slug holes formed therethrough for punched slugs to drop through, one slug hole being provided for each turret station characterised in that each turret station of the lower turret is defined by a step in the upper surface of the turret to provide a datum face extending axially of the turret and a radial support surface between the datum face and the periphery of the turret and in which the slug holes are formed.
- The invention also includes a turret punch press comprising a turret punch press comprising a frame having an upper member and a lower member, an upper turret for punches supported by the upper member, and a lower turret for dies supported by the lower member characterised in that the lower turret has its circumference rebated to provide a plurality of datum faces against which die assemblies may be received, each die assembly comprising a die holder means for releasably securing the die holder against the datum face on the lower turret and the die being releasably received within the die holder.
- Preferably the means for releasably securing the die holder on the lower turret comprises a groove on the die holder which is cooperable with an angularly movable, eccentric locking head of a retainer on the turret.
- The die holder may include an O-ring for engaging the die and retaining it by a friction fit.
- The main advantage of the present invention is that the lower turret no longer determines the shape of die to be received. This, by providing a die holder, which services as an adaptor, different types of die may be received on the same turret whereas previously only tooling specially designed for a particular machine could be used.
- The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a punch press having a C-shaped frame with the workpiece positioning assembly omitted for clarity;
- Figure 2 is a plan view of the lower limb of the punch press shown in figure 1 with the lower turret shown diagrammatically and partially broken away but including the workpiece positioning assembly;
- Figure 3 is a side elevation of a preferred die assembly;
- Figure 4 is a plan view of a preferred lower turret; and
- Figure 5 is a section on A-A of figure 4.
- In the drawings a punch press comprises a frame 1 of C-shape, having upper and
lower limbs throat 4. A workpiece positioning assembly (figure 2) on the press for supporting a sheet workpiece for two dimensional displacement relative to a punch station of the punch press comprises afirst traverse 5 forming the Y-axis fixed to the frame 1 and a second traverse 6 forming the X-axis supported for movement along the Y-axis traverse 5. - The Y-
axis traverse 5 comprises two horizontally-spacedrails 7, one secured to each side of thelower limb 3 of the punch press frame 1. Extending parallel to therails 7, and secured on one side only of the lower limb, is a leadscrew 8 driven, via a belt connection 9, by a DC Servo Motor 10. Therails 7 are not secured directly to the frame but, as shown, are disposed on an intermediate mounting member 11 and these extend forwardly and rearwardly from the back of thethroat 4 as clearly seen from figure 2. - The X-axis traverse comprises an
elongate beam 12 of U-shaped cross-section and having a lattice ofcross-ties 13 for strength. Secured along the lower front edge of thebeam 12 is a single bearing rail 14 for supporting aworkpiece carriage 15. Theworkpiece carriage 15 includes two workpiece clamps (not shown) and is movable along the second traverse by means of a driving connection with a drivenleadscrew 16. - As seen from figure 2 the driven
leadscrew 16 is also driven by a DC Servo Motor 17 via abelt connection 18. Thebelt connections 9 and 18 enable therespective motors 10 and 17 to be positioned alongside the respective leadscrews rather than at one end thereby producing a more compact arrangement. - Extending rearwardly from the
main beam 12 of the X-axis traverse are twosupport extensions 19 which engage with the rearward extensions ofrails 7 and enable the traverse to be withdrawn right to the back of the throat whilst maintaining rigidity. - Although the workpiece positioning assembly described is preferred and is the subject of our copending European Application No. 80304681.2 the present invention is applicable to a turret punch press having any form of suitable workpiece positioning assembly. Thus, the X and Y axes may each include two parallel vertically spaced tracks as disclosed in our prior British Patent No. 1563921. Alternatively the Y-axis traverse could be mounted upon the upper limb of the frame 1. Moreover, although
leadscrews 8 and 16 have been illustrated by way of example, rack and pinion drive means may be provided if desired - see for example U.S. Patent No. 3563123. - Referring once again to figure 1 it will be seen that the free end of the
upper limb 2 supports ahydraulic ram assembly 50 and anupper turret 21. Thehydraulic ram assembly 50 is supplied with hydraulic fluid from a reservoir (not shown) and flow is controlled by ahydraulic manifold 51. The hydraulic fluid passes to theram assembly 50 throughhydraulic pressure pipe 52 and fluid returns on ram retraction throughpipe 53. - The
upper turret 21 is provided withroller chain drive 22 for rotating the turret into a desired angular position to bring a desired punch below the operative position of thehydraulic ram assembly 50. The workpiece may be locked in position for clamp reposition by means of a pair of retractable clamping mechanisms 23 (only one shown) the operation of which is controlled byreposition solenoid 54. - Disposed below the
upper turret 21, on thelower limb 3, is thelower turret 24 shown in detail in figures 4 and 5. The figures show that thelower turret 24 has upper andlower surfaces upper surface 70 of the turret providing adatum face 41 extending axially of the turret and aradial support surface 72 extending between thedatum face 41 and the periphery of the turret. At each turret station of the lower turret 24 aslug hole 45 is provided for punched slugs to drop through. Thelower turret 24 also has aroller chain drive 25 and the two chains for the respective upper andlower turrets turret drive shaft 55 driven by asingle drive motor 56 so that the movement of the two turrets are synchronised: a turret clutch/brake for thedrive shaft 55 is provided at 57. - Disposed at the front of the machine, and on each of the upper and
lower limbs turret wedge assemblies reciprocal locking member 60 operated byturret wedge solenoid 61. In order to determine the position of thelocking member 60 respective pairs ofwedge sensors hydraulic ram assembly 50. Thelocking member 60 engage one of a plurality of bull-nosed location pins in the respective turret as explained more fully below. Also shown in figure 1 aresheet clamp solenoid 64 anddatum pin solenoid 65, neither the workpiece clamps nor the reciprocal datum plunger being shown in the drawings, the datum plunger being positioned on the other side of thelower limb 3 from that shown in figure 1. - The construction of the preferred die assembly is shown in figure 3. The assembly 30 comprises a
die holder 31 having two laterally projectinglocation pins 32 set at 90° (only one shown) and alocking groove 33. The dieholder 31 receives a die 34 having alocation pin 35 locating in one of fourlocation slots 36 and retained in position by frictional engagement with an 0-ring 37 in the dieholder 31. Thelocation pins 32 are offset from thelocation slots 36 by 45° so that adjustment at 45° intervals is possible with only four slots. - In order to prevent upward lifting of the die holder 31 a
retainer 38 is provided which has aneccentric locking head 39 for engagement withlocking groove 33. The dieholder 31 is designed to be received in the lower turret 24 (see figures 4 and 5), the die holder being located by one ofpins 32 being positioned in aslot 40 in thedatum face 41 of the respective turret station. In use theslot 40 is closed vertically by means of a permanently set grub screw (not shown). Theretainer 38 is loosely received in anaperture 42 in the turret and has a vertical slot (not shown) joiningperipheral groove 43. The vertical slot andgroove 43 cooperate with alocking pin 44 in theaperture 42 to allow removal of the retainer only when the locking head is released ie: angular movement of theretainer 38 to release thelocking head 39 from thegroove 33 enables the locking pin for the retainer to be aligned with the vertical slot. - As seen from figures 4 and 5 the lower turret, in addition includes
holes 46 for the location pins (not shown) to accurately orientate the turret - equivalent location pins being provided on the upper turret also: the pins being held in theholes 46 by tapered bushes also not shown. Thelocking screws 44 pass throughholes 47 in the periphery of the turret. - Equidistantly spaced about the lower turret 24 (and the upper turret also although not shown) are six
fixing holes 48 by means of which the respective turrets are mounted. - The arrangement of the lower turret means that by simply changing the
die holder 31 different types of die tooling may be received whereas before only custom-made tooling could be accommodated. Although thedatum faces 41 are preferably arcuate it will be understood that they may be of any other configuration, thedie holders 31 being suitably contoured as necessary.
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