Rotary table device
Disclosed is a rotary table device which accurately detects the position of a table rotating in relation to a bed over the entire circumference and whose assembly is facilitated by covering an armature assembly with an insulating layer for insulation between the bed and the table. In the rotary table device, a ring member having a ring scale extending over the entire circumference of the ring member is disposed around a lower part of the table having a field magnet extending over the entire circumference of the table. A sensor for reading the ring scale is disposed on the bed on which armature coils of the armature assembly are arranged in the circumferential direction to face the field magnet.
1. A rotary table device comprising:
a bed disposed at a predetermined location;
a disk-shaped table rotatably mounted on the bed via a bearing; and a motor for rotating the table,
wherein the motor includes an armature assembly on a primary side of the motor and a field magnet on a secondary side of the motor, the armature assembly including a plurality of armature coils each of which is a three-phase, core-less, flat coil wound in an annular shape and which are circumferentially arranged in an annular recess formed in a top surface of the bed, and the field magnet including a plurality of plate-shaped magnets which are circumferentially arranged in an annular recess formed in a bottom surface of the table such that the magnets face the armature coils and provide N and S poles alternatingly in a circumferential direction,
wherein the table has a lower part having the bottom surface on which the field magnet is disposed and facing the bed, and a placement part which is integrally formed with the lower part and to which a counterpart member is attached, and
wherein the rotary table device further comprises: a ring member disposed around the lower part of the table and extending over the entire circumference of the lower part; a ring scale provided over the entire outer circumferential surface of the ring member; and a sensor disposed on the bed so as to read the ring scale.
2. A rotary table device according to claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential surface of the lower part of the table is located radially inward of an outer circumferential surface of the placement part, and an outer circumferential surface of the ring scale attached to the lower part is located radially inward of the outer circumferential surface of the placement part.
3. A rotary table device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring member is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the lower part of the table through centering location fitting.
4. A rotary table device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring member is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the lower part of the table and wherein an inner circumferential surface of the ring member fitted onto the lower part of the table is tapered in a direction in which the outer circumferential surface of the lower part of the table is inserted into the ring member.
5. A rotary table device according to claim 1 , wherein the armature assembly is composed of a ring-shaped base plate extending in the direction of arrangement of the magnets and the armature coils disposed on the base plate such that the armature coils are arranged in the direction of arrangement of the magnets, and wherein the armature assembly has a first insulating layer provided on a side where the armature coils are present and a second insulating layer provided on a side where the base plate is present.
6. A rotary table device according to claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer is an insulating plate bonded to the armature assembly, and the second insulating layer is an insulating sheet bonded to the base plate or an insulating film applied to the base plate.