US 12,269,139 B2
Intelligent production line for turning tool bit cavities and use method thereof
Changhe Li, Qingdao (CN); Haogang Li, Qingdao (CN); Liang Luo, Qingdao (CN); Weixi Ji, Qingdao (CN); Binhui Wan, Qingdao (CN); Shuo Yin, Qingdao (CN); Huajun Cao, Qingdao (CN); Bingheng Lu, Qingdao (CN); Lizhi Tang, Qingdao (CN); Xin Cui, Qingdao (CN); Mingzheng Liu, Qingdao (CN); Yanbin Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Jie Xu, Qingdao (CN); Huiming Luo, Qingdao (CN); Haizhou Xu, Qingdao (CN); Min Yang, Qingdao (CN); Huaping Hong, Qingdao (CN); Teng Gao, Qingdao (CN); Yuying Yang, Qingdao (CN); Wuxing Ma, Qingdao (CN); and Shuai Chen, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to Qingdao University of Technology, Shandong Province (CN); and Ningbo Sanhan Alloy Material Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Province (CN)
Filed by Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao (CN); and Ningbo Sanhan Alloy Material Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,544.
Claims priority of application No. 202010840454.5 (CN), filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055164 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 7/04 (2006.01); B23P 23/06 (2006.01); B23Q 3/08 (2006.01); B23Q 7/10 (2006.01); B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B23Q 11/08 (2006.01); B23Q 17/24 (2006.01); B23Q 41/02 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B23B 13/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 7/04 (2013.01) [B23P 23/06 (2013.01); B23Q 3/082 (2013.01); B23Q 7/10 (2013.01); B23Q 7/1494 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0891 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2428 (2013.01); B23Q 41/02 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 19/022 (2013.01); B23B 13/021 (2013.01); B23Q 7/1415 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0825 (2013.01); B25J 19/0058 (2013.01); Y10S 901/49 (2013.01); Y10T 29/5124 (2015.01); Y10T 409/30392 (2015.01); Y10T 409/305264 (2015.01); Y10T 409/30532 (2015.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A production line for machining workpiece blanks, the production line comprising:
a robot;
material tables, each of the material tables comprising a respective material table base body and a respective plurality of trays, each of the trays being configured to receive a respective plurality of the workpiece blanks;
a plurality of machining centers for clamping and machining the workpiece blanks;
a protective fence surrounding the robot;
wherein the material tables and the machining centers are arrayed about the robot such that the machining centers are outside the protective fence,
wherein a respective transfer station for selectively receiving workpiece blanks from the robot and machined workpieces from the robot is arranged outside the protective fence and between each of the machining centers and the robot,
wherein the protective fence is arranged to extend directly above the material tables such that part of each of the material tables is outside of the protective fence, and such that part of each of the material tables is inside of the protective fence;
wherein the robot is provided with a mechanical arm, the mechanical arm comprises at least one clamping jaw, wherein the robot is configured to provide workpiece blanks to each of the machining centers; and
wherein the trays are each driven so as to be slidable beneath the protective fence and relative to the corresponding material table base body so as to enable the workpiece blanks thereon to be moved from outside the protective fence to inside the protective fence where the workpiece blanks inside the protective fence can be picked up via the at least one clamping jaw.