IP Library Granted Patent US 9,383,061
Granted Patent B2
US 9,383,061 · App. 14/232,252 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Machine tool and drive regulation device for said machine tool

Inventor: Hitoshi Matsumoto (Saitama, JP)
Assignees: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
F16P3/08B23Q11/0085B23Q11/0092B23Q11/0891G05B9/02B23B3/00B23B2270/60
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Patent No.
US 9,383,061
App. No.
14/232,252
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive regulation device for a machine tool that stops driving of a motor when a door ( 18 ) provided for a cover ( 17 ) for covering a driven body driven by the motor becomes to be in an open state includes a detection unit ( 21 ) detecting an open/closed state of the door ( 18 ) provided for the cover ( 17 ) for covering the driven body driven by the motor, an excitation operation unit ( 22 ) switching the motor between an excitation state and a non-excitation state, a speed regulation unit ( 23 ) stopping the motor, when the motor that has been stopped is rotated faster than a predetermined allowable rotation speed, and a speed-regulation switch unit ( 24 ) controlling the speed regulation unit ( 23 ), in a case where the detection unit ( 21 ) detects that the door ( 18 ) is in the open state, such that the speed regulation unit ( 23 ) works when the motor is in the excitation state, and the speed regulation unit ( 23 ) does not work when the motor is in the non-excitation state.

Claims (23)

1. A drive regulation device for a machine tool that stops driving of a motor when a door provided for a cover for covering a driven body driven by the motor becomes to be in an open state, the drive regulation device for the machine tool comprising:

a detection unit detecting an open state and a closed state of the door;

an excitation operation unit switching the motor between an excitation state and a non-excitation state;

a speed regulation unit stopping the motor, when the motor that has been stopped is rotated faster than a predetermined allowable rotation speed; and

a speed-regulation switch unit controlling the speed regulation unit, in a case where the detection unit detects that the door is in the open state, such that the speed regulation unit works when the motor is in the excitation state, and the speed regulation unit does not work when the motor is in the non-excitation state.

2. The drive regulation device of the tool machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the driven body comprises a main spindle of the machine tool, and

in a case where a control apparatus for controlling a main spindle motor for rotationally driving the main spindle is in a C-axis mode for indexing the main spindle at a predetermined rotation angular position to perform positioning and fixing, the excitation operation unit maintains the main spindle motor in the excitation state, when the detection unit detects that the door is in the open state.

3. The drive regulation device of the tool machine according to claim 2 , wherein, when the control apparatus is not in the C-axis mode and when the detection unit detects that the door is in the open state, the excitation operation unit switches the main spindle motor from the excitation state to the non-excitation state.

4. A machine tool comprising:

a driven body;

a motor driving the driven body;

a door provided for a cover for covering the driven body;

a detection unit detecting an open state and a closed state of the door; and

a drive regulation device stopping driving of the motor, when the detection unit detects that the door is in an open state,

wherein the drive regulation device comprises:

an excitation operation unit switching the motor between an excitation state and a non-excitation state;

a speed regulation unit stopping the motor, when the motor that has been stopped is rotated faster than a predetermined allowable rotation speed; and

a speed-regulation switch unit controlling the speed regulation unit, in a case where the detection unit detects that the door is in the open state, such that the speed regulation unit works when the motor is in the excitation state, and the speed regulation unit does not work when the motor is in the non-excitation state.

5. The tool machine according to claim 4 , wherein

the driven body comprises a main spindle of the machine tool, and

in a case where a control apparatus for controlling a main spindle motor for rotationally driving the main spindle is in a C-axis mode for indexing the main spindle at a predetermined rotation angular position to perform positioning and fixing, the excitation operation unit maintains the main spindle motor in the excitation state, when the detection unit detects that the door is in the open state.

6. The tool machine according to claim 5 , wherein, when the control apparatus is not in the C-axis mode and when the detection unit detects that the door is in the open state, the excitation operation unit switches the main spindle motor from the excitation state to the non-excitation state.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041895/0640 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 6, 2015
From: CITIZEN MACHINERY MIYANO CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036064/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2014
From: MATSUMOTO, HITOSHI
To: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN MACHINERY MIYANO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031945/0270 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-155561 · Jul 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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