EP3571010B1 - Grinding robot for grinding electrically conductive workpieces, and method for operating same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a grinding robot for grinding electrically conductive workpieces and a method for operating such a grinding robot.
- Grinding robots are known from the general prior art.
- the approach of the grinding wheel to the workpiece is controlled by measuring the position of the grinding wheel towards the workpiece and by measuring the force exerted by the workpiece on the grinding wheel.
- the EP 0 421 323 A1 please refer to the EP 0 421 323 A1 referred.
- the CN 103 056 759 B discloses a generic grinding robot for grinding an electrically conductive workpiece, comprising a grinding body, a unit for actuating the grinding body and a controller which is connected to and controls the unit for actuating the grinding body, the grinding body comprising a wavy tool holder which has an axis of rotation defined, around which the grinding body can rotate during grinding, and a head which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation and which contains abrasive material and has a grinding surface which is in contact with the workpiece during grinding.
- the GB 891 680 A. discloses a device which enables the diameter of a grinding wheel, which changes as a result of wear, to be determined in order to increase its speed accordingly.
- the measurement of the quantities mentioned proves to be difficult in practice.
- the grinding wheel also wears out during operation. In the known grinding robots, this is not taken into account, which affects the accuracy of the Grinding result reduced.
- the inventors have set themselves the task of specifying a grinding robot for grinding electrically conductive workpieces, in which the grinding process can be controlled in normal operation solely by measuring electrical quantities. In addition, the accuracy of the grinding result should be increased.
- this object is achieved by a grinding robot with the features of the independent device claim and by a method for operating one with the features of the independent method claim. Further advantageous configurations result from the dependent subclaims.
- a grinding robot uses a grinding tool to remove material from the surface of a workpiece, e.g. in order to form the hydraulic contour of the blades in the case of cast blades of an impeller for a hydraulic machine.
- the current head diameter can only be estimated during operation, e.g. over the respective operating time. However, such an estimate is too imprecise for the narrow tolerances of the hydraulic contours mentioned above.
- FIG. 1 shows a grinding robot according to the invention in a very highly schematic form.
- the grinding robot according to the invention is suitable for the automated grinding of a conductive workpiece, which is designated by 6.
- the grinding robot has a grinding body, which is designated 5.
- the grinding body 5 comprises a rotationally symmetrical head, which is denoted by 1, a tool holder, which is denoted by 3, and a measuring and transmission unit, which is denoted by 2.
- the grinding robot further comprises a unit for actuating the grinding body 5, which are denoted by 7.
- the actuation of the grinding wheel 5 comprises, on the one hand, the holding and rotation of the grinding wheel 5 by means of the tool holder 3.
- the Unit 7 for actuating the grinding body 5 can comprise, for example, a robot arm.
- the grinding robot 8 further comprises a controller, which is designated 8.
- the controller 8 is connected to the unit 7 for actuating the grinding wheel 5 and controls the same, using data generated by the measuring and transmission unit 2 and transmitted to the controller.
- Figure 2 shows a grinding body 5 for use in a grinding robot according to the invention in a first embodiment along the axis of rotation.
- the rotationally symmetrical head is denoted by 1 and the tool holder by 3.
- the grinding wheel rotates around the tool holder 3.
- the grinding wheel 5 further comprises a measuring and transmission unit, which is designated by 2.
- the measuring and transmission unit 2 is equipped with an independent power supply, which comprises, for example, a battery or a supercapacitor (not shown). At least 2 conductor strands are embedded in the rotationally symmetrical head 1, two of which are designated by way of example with 10 and 11.
- the conductor strands each extend from that outer surface of the rotationally symmetrical head 1, which is in contact with the workpiece 6 during operation, into the interior of the head 1 and are there electrically connected to the measuring and transmission unit 2.
- the conductor strands are electrically insulated from one another, which can be achieved either by spacing the conductor strands from one another or by electrically insulating them.
- Figure 3 shows the same embodiment of the grinding wheel 5 as Figure 1 in a section transverse to the axis of rotation with the same names. It can be seen that the conductor strands 10 and 11 lie one behind the other in this representation and run radially from the cylindrical outer surface of the head 1 into the interior thereof.
- the grinding wheel 5 from Figure 2 and 3rd is designed so that the cylindrical outer surface of the head 1 is in contact with the electrically conductive workpiece 6 during operation. With suitable rotational positions of the grinding wheel 5, an electrical connection between the strands of a pair of conductor strands 10 and 11 is established during operation by the contact of the conductive workpiece 6, so that a circuit is formed which extends from the measuring and transmission unit 2 via the conductor strand 10, the workpiece 6 and the conductor strand 11 runs back to the measuring and transmission unit 2 (or vice versa). This circuit is used by the measuring and transmission unit 2 for a resistance measurement.
- the conductor strands are designed so that the measured resistance is dominated by the resistance of the conductor strands.
- the measuring and transmission unit 2 is designed to transmit the measured resistance values and thus the degree of wear to the controller 8.
- the transmission can take place via Bluetooth, for example.
- the signals received by the controller 8 are used to control the grinding process in order to generate the desired contour of the workpiece. If the head 1 does not touch the workpiece 6, there is no closed circuit and no current can flow through the conductor strands 10 and 11. In this case, the measuring and transmission unit 2 does not transmit a resistance value to the controller 8. Instead, the measuring and transmission unit can transmit another signal to the controller 8. This signal or the absence of a resistance signal is used by the controller 8 for the procedure for bringing the grinding wheel 5 closer to the workpiece 6.
- the in the Figures 2 and 3rd The arrangement of the conductor strands 10, 11 shown is only one of many possible arrangements. The radial course is particularly simple and therefore advantageous for the production of a grinding wheel 5 for use in a grinding robot according to the invention.
- the conductor strands in Figure 3 also spiral inwards or in Figure 2 are not perpendicular to the cylindrical surface, but run obliquely or curved. The only requirement is that the length of the conductor strand is continuously shortened with the expected wear of the head 1, so that the decrease in the length of the conductor strand represents a constant measure of the degree of wear and the measured resistance is therefore inversely proportional to the degree of wear.
- FIG 3 a plurality of conductor strand pairs 10, 11 are shown. Since the grinding wheel rotates very quickly during operation, however, such pairs are also less sufficient for periodic resistance measurement, since each pair repeatedly passes the electrically conductive workpiece. Therefore, one conductor strand pair 10, 11 is already sufficient to provide the functionality according to the invention. On the contrary, the use of too many conductor strand pairs 10, 11 may be unfavorable, since more than one conductor pair may then be in contact with the workpiece at a time (if, for example, the Surface of the workpiece 6 is curved accordingly), which means that several circuits are closed at the same time. However, a suitably designed measuring and transmission device 2 can take this problem into account by recognizing such states and taking them into account accordingly, or most simply by using a smaller number of conductor strand pairs 10, 11.
- Figure 4 shows a grinding body 5 for use in a grinding robot according to the invention in a second embodiment in a section along the axis of rotation with the same designations as in FIGS Figures 1 , 2nd and 3rd .
- the in Figure 4 The grinding wheel 5 shown has a rotationally symmetrical head 1, which has a spherical shape. Since such a head 1 is rather in selective contact with the workpiece during operation, the conductor strand pairs 10, 11 must open much closer to the surface of the head 1 and run closely together in the expected wear area of the head 1. Therefore in Figure 4 the conductor strand pairs 10, 11 each represented by a single line. It is clear that this arrangement generally makes it necessary for the conductor strands 10 to be electrically insulated from the conductor strands 11.
- One way of achieving this is to use coaxial conductor strands which are insulated from one another, ie one of the conductor strands 10 or 11 encloses the other in a tubular manner, a suitable insulation material being located between the inner and outer conductors.
- the two strands 10 and 11 can equally well run parallel, with the insulation material being between the same.
- Shaped grinding wheel is to be expected that it will not wear isotropically, but rather the parts of the head 1 located to the side of the axis will wear out faster than the parts in the area in the area of the intersection of the axis of rotation with the surface of the head 1. It is therefore advantageous that conductor strand pairs 10, 11 are provided, which open in different areas of wear on the surface of the head 1, and that the measuring and transmission unit 2 can distinguish between these pairs 10, 11. In this way, the controller 8 can also be informed of such anisotropic wear.
- the embodiment according to the invention Figure 4 also includes an optional device for measuring a bending of the tool holder 3 that may occur.
- a device for measuring a bending of the tool holder 3 that may occur.
- the controller gets 8 permanent feedback from the measuring and transmission unit 2 that there is no closed circuit and therefore no resistance measurement can take place. Since an existing resistance signal also informs the controller 8 of the contact of the grinding wheel with the workpiece, the controller 8 would assume that there is no contact and would therefore try to bring the grinding wheel 5 closer to the workpiece 6. This would increase the pressure on the grinding wheel 5, which is already on the workpiece. This would result in excessive bending of the tool holder 3.
- the device for measuring the bending of the tool holder 3 Figure 4 additionally comprises a disk which is located on the tool holder 3 and is designated by 4. There is a suitable distance between the disk 4 and the measuring and transmission unit 2, and the measuring and transmission unit 2 has suitable sensors which can measure this distance at several locations distributed over the circumference of the disk. The measuring and transmission unit 2 also transmits these measured values to the controller 8. If the tool holder 3 bends only slightly, this leads to one or more of the measured distances changing.
- the distance between the disk 4 and the measuring and transmission unit 2 can be measured, for example, by means of optical, mechanical, capacitive or inductive sensors.
- Graphite or carbon fiber can be used as material for the conductor strands 10, 11. However, other materials with a suitable resistivity can also be used.
- FIG. 5 shows a method for operating a grinding robot according to the invention.
- the method comprises two method steps, which are designated V1 and V2.
- step V1 the grinding wheel 5 is brought closer to the workpiece 6 until the grinding wheel 5 is in contact with the workpiece.
- the measuring and transmission unit 2 delivers a signal to the controller 8 that says that no circuit is closed via a pair of conductor strands as long as there is no contact between the grinding wheel 5 and the workpiece 6.
- the measuring and transmission unit 2 transmits the measured resistance values to the controller 8, whereupon the latter ends the approach step V1.
- the measuring and transmission unit 2 cannot transmit a signal as long as there is no contact.
- the approach step V1 is ended by the controller 8 as soon as the measurement and Transmission unit 2 has transmitted a measured resistance value to the controller 8.
- the workpiece 6 is processed by means of the grinding body 5 until the desired surface contour is reached, the measuring and transmission unit 2 permanently transmitting the measured resistance values to the controller 8, which takes these values into account when deciding whether the desired one Surface contour is reached or not.
- the measured resistance values contain the information about the current degree of wear of the grinding head 1.
- the measured resistance values can also be transmitted periodically, ie the measuring and transmission unit 2 transmits a resistance value whenever a predefined constant time interval has elapsed. The period is determined in advance according to the expected wear per unit of time and the required surface accuracy. The narrower the surface tolerance, the shorter the period must be selected.
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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Schleifroboter zum Schleifen elektrisch leitfähiger Werkstücke und eine Verfahren zum Betrieb eines solchen Schleifroboters.The present invention relates to a grinding robot for grinding electrically conductive workpieces and a method for operating such a grinding robot.
Schleifroboter sind aus dem allgemeinen Stand der Technik bekannt. Die Annäherung des Schleifkörpers an das Werkstück wird dabei durch die Messung der Position des Schleifkörpers in Richtung zum Werkstück hin und durch Messung der Kraft, die vom Werkstück auf den Schleifkörper ausgeübt wird, gesteuert. Hierzu sei auf die
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Die Messung der genannten Größen erweist sich in der Praxis als schwierig. Außerdem nutzt sich der Schleifkörper während dem Betrieb ab. Bei den bekannten Schleifrobotern bleibt dies unberücksichtigt, was die Genauigkeit des Schleifergebnisses reduziert. Die Erfinder haben sich die Aufgabe gestellt, einen Schleifroboter zum Schleifen von elektrisch leitfähigen Werkstücken anzugeben, bei der die Steuerung des Schleifvorgangs im Normalbetrieb allein durch die Messung von elektrischen Größen erfolgen kann. Außerdem soll die Genauigkeit des Schleifergebnisses erhöht werden.The measurement of the quantities mentioned proves to be difficult in practice. The grinding wheel also wears out during operation. In the known grinding robots, this is not taken into account, which affects the accuracy of the Grinding result reduced. The inventors have set themselves the task of specifying a grinding robot for grinding electrically conductive workpieces, in which the grinding process can be controlled in normal operation solely by measuring electrical quantities. In addition, the accuracy of the grinding result should be increased.
Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe durch einen Schleifroboter mit den Merkmalen des unabhängigen Vorrichtungsanspruchs und durch ein Verfahren zum Betrieb eines solchen mit den Merkmalen des unabhängigen Verfahrensanspruchs gelöst. Weitere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen ergeben sich aus den abhängigen Unteransprüchen.According to the invention, this object is achieved by a grinding robot with the features of the independent device claim and by a method for operating one with the features of the independent method claim. Further advantageous configurations result from the dependent subclaims.
Die Erfinder haben sich von folgenden Gedanken leiten lassen. Ein Schleifroboter verwendet einen Schleifkörper, um Material an der Oberfläche eines Werkstücks zu entfernen, z.B. um bei gegossenen Schaufeln eines Laufrades für eine hydraulische Maschine die hydraulische Kontur der Schaufeln zu formen. Um eine zeitaufwändige Annäherungsprozedur zu vermeiden, ist es notwendig dass der Schleifroboter feststellen kann, wann sich der Schleifkörper im Kontakt mit dem Werkstück befindet. Da sich ein Schleifkörper während dem Betrieb abnutzt, wobei sich der Durchmesser des Kopfes reduziert, müsste ein Schleifroboter außerdem stets über den aktuellen Kopfdurchmesser informiert sein, damit er die gewünschte Kontur des Werkstücks innerhalb der Toleranzen erzeugen kann. Bei herkömmlichen Schleifkörpern kann der aktuelle Kopfdurchmesser während dem Betrieb nur abgeschätzt werden, z.B. über die jeweilige Betriebsdauer. Für die engen Toleranzen der oben erwähnten hydraulischen Konturen ist eine solche Abschätzung jedoch zu ungenau.The inventors were guided by the following ideas. A grinding robot uses a grinding tool to remove material from the surface of a workpiece, e.g. in order to form the hydraulic contour of the blades in the case of cast blades of an impeller for a hydraulic machine. In order to avoid a time-consuming approach procedure, it is necessary for the grinding robot to be able to determine when the grinding wheel is in contact with the workpiece. Since a grinding tool wears out during operation, reducing the diameter of the head, a grinding robot would also have to be informed about the current head diameter so that it can produce the desired contour of the workpiece within the tolerances. With conventional grinding tools, the current head diameter can only be estimated during operation, e.g. over the respective operating time. However, such an estimate is too imprecise for the narrow tolerances of the hydraulic contours mentioned above.
Die erfindungsgemäße Lösung wird nachfolgend anhand von Figuren erläutert. Darin ist im Einzelnen folgendes dargestellt:
Figur 1- Erfindungsgemäßer Schleifroboter;
Figur 2- Schleifkörper zur Verwendung in einem erfindungsgemäßen Schleifroboter in einer ersten Ausführungsform in einen Schnitt entlang der Drehachse;
Figur 3- Schleifkörper zur Verwendung in einem erfindungsgemäßen Schleifroboter in einer ersten Ausführungsform in einem Schnitt quer zur Drehachse;
Figur 4- Schleifkörper zur Verwendung in einem erfindungsgemäßen Schleifroboter in einer zweiten Ausführungsform in einem Schnitt entlang der Drehachse;
Figur 5- Verfahren zum Betrieb eines erfindungsgemäßen Schleifroboters.
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- Grinding robot according to the invention;
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- Abrasive bodies for use in a grinding robot according to the invention in a first embodiment in a section along the axis of rotation;
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- Abrasive bodies for use in a grinding robot according to the invention in a first embodiment in a section transverse to the axis of rotation;
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- Abrasive bodies for use in an inventive grinding robot in a second embodiment in a section along the axis of rotation;
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- Method for operating a grinding robot according to the invention.
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Die Messung des Abstandes zwischen der Scheibe 4 und der Mess- und Übertragungseinheit 2 kann beispielsweise mittels optischer, mechanischer, kapazitiver oder induktiver Sensoren erfolgen.The distance between the
Aus dem bisher Gesagten wird klar, dass die Anordnung der Leiterstrangpaare 10, 11 und deren Auswertung in der Mess- und Übertragungseinheit 2 jeweils an die Geometrie des rotationssymmetrischen Kopfes 1 und die zu erwartende Abnützung desselben angepasst werden muss. Als Geometrien für den rotationssymmetrischen Kopf 1 kommen dabei alle gängigen Geometrien in Frage (z.B. Kegel, halbabgerundete Zylinder usw.).It is clear from what has been said so far that the arrangement of the conductor strand pairs 10, 11 and their evaluation in the measuring and
Als Material für die Leiterstränge 10, 11 kommt Graphit oder Carbonfaser in Frage. Es sind jedoch auch andere Materialien mit einem geeigneten spezifischen Widerstand verwendbar.Graphite or carbon fiber can be used as material for the
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- Grinding robot for grinding an electrically conductive workpiece (6), comprising a grinding body (5), a unit (7) for operating the grinding body (5), and a controller (8) which is connected to the unit (7) for operating the grinding body (5) and controls the said unit, wherein the grinding body (5) comprises a shaft-like tool receptacle (3) which defines a rotation axis about which the grinding body can rotate during grinding, and a head (1) which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis, contains abrasive material and has a grinding face which is in contact with the workpiece (6) during grinding, characterized in that the grinding body comprises a measurement and transmission unit (2) and at least one conductor strand pair with two conductor strands (10, 11) which are electrically insulated from one another, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) are embedded into the rotationally symmetrical head (1) and extend from the grinding face of the head (1) into the interior of the head (1) and are electrically connected to the measurement and transmission unit (2) there, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) are arranged such that a closed electrical circuit for measuring a resistance value can be created by the contact with the workpiece (6) during grinding, wherein the electrical circuit runs from the measurement and transmission unit (2), via the conductor strand (10), the workpiece (6) and the conductor strand (11), back to the measurement and transmission unit (2), and wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) are designed and arranged such that the measured resistance is dominated by the resistance of the conductor strands (10, 11), so that the measured resistance represents an inversely proportional measure of the degree of wear of the grinding body (5), and wherein the measurement and transmission unit (2) is designed for measuring this resistance and transmitting the measured value to the controller (8), and wherein the controller (8) is designed such that the transmitted resistance values are taken into account in the decision as to whether a predefined surface contour of the workpiece (6) is reached or not.
- Grinding robot according to Claim 1, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) are designed at a distance from one another for mutual insulation.
- Grinding robot according to Claim 1, wherein a suitable electrical insulation material is located between the conductor strands (10, 11).
- Grinding robot according to either of Claims 2 and 3, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) run parallel in relation to one another.
- Grinding robot according to Claim 3, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) run coaxially in relation to one another, and wherein a conductor strand (10) is of tubular design and comprises the conductor strand (11).
- Grinding robot according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) consist of graphite.
- Grinding robot according to one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the conductor strands (10, 11) consist of carbon fibre.
- Grinding robot according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the measurement and transmission unit (2) comprises a battery.
- Grinding robot according to one of Claims 1 to 7, wherein the measurement and transmission unit (2) comprises a super capacitor.
- Grinding robot according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the measurement and transmission unit (2) is designed to transmit the measured values to the controller (8) with the aid of Bluetooth.
- Grinding robot according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the grinding body (5) has means (4) for measuring the flexion of the tool receptacle (3), and the measurement and transmission unit (2) is designed to transmit the measured values of the flexion to the controller (8).
- Grinding robot according to Claim 11, wherein the grinding body (5) comprises a disc (4) which is located on the tool receptacle (3), and the measurement and transmission unit (2) comprises a plurality of sensors which are designed to measure the distance between the disc (4) and the measurement and transmission unit (2) at several points which are distributed over the circumference of the disc (4).
- Method for operating a grinding robot according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the method comprises the following steps:V1: moving the grinding body (5) closer to the workpiece (6) until the grinding body (5) comes into contact with the workpiece (6);V2: machining the workpiece (6) by means of the grinding body (5) until a predefined surface contour of the workpiece (6) is reached;characterized in that the controller (8) concludes step V1 and transitions to step V2 as soon as it has received a measured resistance value transmitted by the measurement and transmission unit (2), and wherein, in step V2, the measurement and transmission unit (2) permanently transmits the measured resistance values to the controller (8) which takes into account the resistance values in the decision as to whether the predefined surface contour has been reached or not.
- Method according to Claim 13 for operating a grinding robot according to Claim 11 or 12, wherein the controller (8) generates a fault message and moves the grinding body (5) away from the workpiece (6) if, in step V1, the measurement and transmission unit (2) transmits a flexion which exceeds a predefined value for the flexion.
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