IP Library Granted Patent US 9,709,170
Granted Patent B2
US 9,709,170 · App. 14/327,121 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Machine tool including sealing structure in rotation unit

Inventor: Masahiro Murota (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
F16J15/002F16J15/406G05B19/406G05B19/4063
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Patent No.
US 9,709,170
App. No.
14/327,121
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A machine tool including a sealing structure in a rotation unit includes a gas supply amount control unit configured to control so that an air sealing gas supply amount in the case of a deceleration state of the rotation unit determined by a rotation state determination unit becomes larger than an air sealing gas supply amount in the case of a non-deceleration state determined by the rotation state determination unit.

Claims (7)

1. A machine tool that includes a sealing structure in a rotation unit, the machine tool comprising:

a gas supply unit configured to supply and discharge an air sealing gas to the periphery of the rotation unit;

a rotation state determination unit configured to determine whether the rotation speed of the rotation unit is in a deceleration state; and

a gas supply amount control unit configured to control an air sealing gas supply amount when the deceleration state determined by the rotation state determination unit larger than an air sealing gas supply amount when a non-deceleration state determined by the rotation state determination unit,

wherein the rotation state determination unit is configured to

calculate a rotation number change rate of a number of rotations per unit of time of the rotation unit, and

determine that a current state is the deceleration state when the calculated rotation number change rate exceeds a predetermined reference value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2014
From: MUROTA, MASAHIRO
To: FANUC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033274/0441 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-145472 · Jul 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150014936A1 · Jan 15, 2015