公开(公告)号：US5400259A

公开(公告)日：1995-03-21

申请号：US132800

申请日：1993-10-07

申请人： William P. Murphy ,  Donald E. Kress

发明人： William P. Murphy ,  Donald E. Kress

IPC分类号： G05B19/4061 ,  G05B23/02

CPC分类号： G05B19/4061 ,  G05B2219/35306 ,  G05B2219/37237 ,  G05B2219/45137 ,  G05B2219/49134 ,  G05B2219/49137 ,  G05B2219/50291 ,  Y10T83/088 ,  Y10T83/175

摘要： A system is provided for identifying no-punch zones corresponding to positions of work clamps on a carriage holding a workpiece to be positioned for tools of a punch press. The system provides a method for storing geometric information with respect to the clamp as well as specifications for the tools on a holder, such as a turret, of the punch press. The edge of each of the clamps is sensed and stored in a control unit which can, therefore, determine boundaries of each of the clamps based on the stored geometric configuration information of the clamp. No-punch zones of the clamps may be determined based on the geometry of the particular tool of the turret and the geometry and the positions of the clamps. As a result, the punch press may be inhibited from operating within the no-punch zones or, in the alternative, the clamp or clamps may be repositioned from the no-punch zone of the clamp for subsequent operation of the punch press. A default setting is further provided for positioning the clamp in a default position upon activation of a flag indicating an occurrence of an event which may effect the no-punch zones.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种系统，用于识别对应于保持要被定位用于冲压机工具的工件的托架上的工件夹具的位置的无冲压区域。 该系统提供了一种用于存储关于夹具的几何信息的方法以及冲压机的支架（例如转塔）上的工具的规格。 每个夹具的边缘被感测并存储在控制单元中，因此可以基于所存储的夹具的几何配置信息来确定每个夹具的边界。 可以基于转塔的特定工具的几何形状以及夹具的几何形状和位置来确定夹具的无冲压区域。 结果，可以禁止冲压机在无冲压区域内操作，或者替代地，夹具或夹具可以从夹具的无冲压区域重新定位，以便冲压机的后续操作。 进一步提供了默认设置，用于在激活指示可能影响无冲击区域的事件的发生的标志时将夹具定位在默认位置。