Machining device for machine-assisted production and machining of dental workpieces
10471560 · 2019-11-12
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Abstract
The invention relates to a machining device for the machine-assisted production and machining of dental workpieces (16), particularly of artificial teeth and/or other dental replacement parts, the at least one workpiece (16) being clamped in at least one workpiece retainer (11) which can be raised, lowered and rotatably driven, is positioned on a rotational axis (9), and, for the purpose of machining, feeds said workpiece (16) to at least one tool spindle (4, 5, 6) that is rotationally driven and has a tool (7) secured thereto, an additional tool retainer (2, 2a, 2b) with a plurality of tools (7) arranged thereupon being associated with said workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) and lying opposite on one side thereof, and a workpiece changer (22, 22a, 22b) which receives the workpieces (16, 16a, 16b, 16c) to be machined, such that they can be exchanged, being arranged on the other side of said workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b).
Claims
1. A machining device for the machine-assisted production and machining of dental workpieces (16), at least one of the workpieces (16) being clamped in at least one workpiece retainer (11) which can be raised, lowered and rotatably driven and which is positioned on a rotational axis (9), and wherein the at least one workpiece retainer feeds the at least one workpiece (16), for the purpose of machining the at least one workpiece while the at least one workpiece (16) is clamped in the at least one workpiece retainer, to at least one tool spindle (4, 5, 6) that is rotationally driven and that has at least one tool (7) secured thereto, wherein the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) is configured as a multi-axis robot with at least five degrees of freedom, on one side of the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) is arranged at least one tool retainer (2, 2a, 2b) that is provided with the at least one tool spindle (4, 5, 6) and the at least one tool (7), and wherein on an opposite side of the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) are arranged: (i) a tool storage (34), and (ii) a workpiece changer (22, 22a, 22b) in which the workpieces (16, 16a, 16b, 16c) to be machined are received such that the workpieces can be exchanged between the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) and the workpiece chancier (22, 22a, 22b), wherein the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) further comprises (i) a device at a head portion of the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b), which device is for clamping the workpiece (16) to be machined; and (ii) two gripper forks (32, 33), each gripper fork (32, 33) being configured to receive a respective tool, so as to enable the multi-axis robot to exchange tools between the tool storage (34) and the at least one tool spindle (4, 5, 6).
2. The machining device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tool storage (34) comprises a plurality of holding arms (49) that together are rotatably driven in the manner of a rotary table (35), and wherein at a respective free end of each of the holding arms (49) a respective tool (7) is received within a respective plug-in device.
3. The machining device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the workpiece changer (22) comprises a plurality of holding arms (43) that together are rotatably driven in a manner of a rotary table (23), and wherein at a respective free end of each of the holding arms of the workpiece changer (43), a respective plug-in device (44) is arranged such that a respective workpiece (16) is held in an exchangeable manner.
4. The machining device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the holding arms (49) of the tool storage (34) are arranged on a common drive shaft (41).
5. The machining device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) is configured as an X-Y-Z slide such that the clamped workpiece (16, 16a, 16b, 16c) can be moved in all three spatial directions, and can be rotated and swiveled.
6. The machining device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dental workpieces (16) comprise at least one of artificial teeth or dental replacement parts.
7. A machining device for the machine-assisted production and machining of dental workpieces (16), at least one of the workpieces (16) being clamped in at least one workpiece retainer (11) which can be raised, lowered and rotatably driven and which is positioned on a rotational axis (9), and wherein the at least one workpiece retainer feeds the at least one workpiece (16), for the purpose of machining the at least one workpiece while the at least one workpiece (16) is clamped in the at least one workpiece retainer to at least one tool spindle (4, 5, 6) that is rotationally driven and has a tool (7) secured thereto, wherein the at least one tool spindle (4, 5, 6) comprises a plurality of tool spindles, wherein below the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) a tool retainer (2, 2a, 2b) is arranged that is configured as a rotary table (3), wherein the plurality of tool spindles (4, 5, 6) and their respective tools (7) are placed on the rotary table (3), wherein each of the tool spindles is separately rotatably driven, and wherein arranged above the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) is a workpiece changer (22, 22a, 22b) in which the workpieces (16, 16a, 16b, 16c) to be machined are received, such that the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) can exchange workpieces between the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) and the workpiece changer (22, 22a, 22b).
8. The machining device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one workpiece retainer (11, 11a, 11b) is arranged within an interspace between the tool retainer (2, 2a, 2b) and the workpiece changer (22, 22a, 22b).
9. A machining device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the dental workpieces (16) comprise at least one of artificial teeth or dental replacement parts.
Description
(1) Below, the invention is further explained on the basis of drawings which illustrate only on way of embodying the invention. In this connection, further features and advantages of the invention essential for the invention develop from the drawings and their description, in which:
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(21) In the following description of the Figures the same reference numerals are used for the same parts. When a part with a particular reference numeral has been described sufficiently, this description will also hold true for all of the other parts with the same reference numeral mentioned hereinafter. Accordingly, it is renounced to always provide the same description for parts with the same reference numerals.
(22) The machining device 1 of
(23) The tool spindle 6 comprises a suitable coupling device, e.g. a plug-in coupling, into which a tool 7 is inserted and coupled. In the vertical plane above the tool retainer 2 the inventive workpiece retainer 11 is arranged which is preferably configured as a 5-axis manipulator or a 5-axis robot. It consists of a base body 12 and can perform a rotary movement in the arrow direction 8a and a linear displacement in the arrow directions 15 in the indicated arrow directions (direction of tilt 13a, displacement direction in arrow direction 18 in the X-axis).
(24) Additionally, it carries a machining head which can be swiveled in the swivel axis 14 in the indicated direction of tilt 13. A workpiece holder 17 is disposed at the machining head, which workpiece holder is configured preferably as a plug-in recess into which a workpiece 16 to be machined can be inserted.
(25) Thus, for the purpose of machining the workpiece 16 is coupled non-rotatably in the workpiece holder 17, and the rotary drive for moving the workpiece 16 can take place in the arrow directions 28, for instance.
(26) Preferably, a handling device is arranged at the workpiece retainer 11, said handling device consisting of two forks 32, 33 arranged on top of each other, wherein the forks comprise suitable plug-in devices to remove a tool 7 from a tool storage 34 arranged above and to plug it onto the plug-in recess of the tool spindle 6.
(27) On the other hand, for instance by using the lower fork 33, the tool 7 which is not used anymore can be removed from the tool spindle 6 and returned to the tool storage 34.
(28) In a preferred embodiment, the tool storage 34 is configured such that it can be raised and lowered in the arrow direction 36 and is driven rotatably around the axis of rotation 9 in the arrow direction 37.
(29) In the plane below the tool storage 34 a further rotary table 23 is arranged which is allocated to a workpiece changer 22.
(30) At the workpiece changer 22 a plurality of workpieces 16a, 16b, 16c to be machined are arranged in a way evenly distributed around the circumference.
(31) This rotary table 22 is also preferably driven rotatably in the arrow direction 8.
(32) A workpiece 16 to be machined is simply removed by the workpiece retainer 11, with its front machining head and the workpiece holder arranged thereat, advancing to the top in the direction of the workpiece changer 22, coupling or clamping a blank workpiece thereat and by the workpiece retainer 11 returning to its basic position.
(33) In order to machine a workpiece 16 which is clamped in the workpiece holder 17 of the workpiece retainer 11 the workpiece retainer 11 is advanced to the bottom in the arrow direction 15 along the axis of rotation 9 and the workpiece to be machined is supplied to the area of the tool 7, which is clamped in the tool spindle 6 and driven rotatably, by means of the multi-axis displacement of the workpiece retainer 11, where it is subjected to a number of machining steps.
(34) Contrary to
(35) The exemplary embodiment of
(36) As previously explained, according to the exemplary embodiment of
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(38) Accordingly, a fundamentally different machining device 10 is described compared to the machining device 1 as the machining device 1 according to the
(39) Instead of the arrangement of several rotatably driven tool spindles 4 to 6 which can carry a different tool 7 each it is provided in
(40) In both embodiments according to
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(42) Only for the sake of completeness it is illustrated that the machining device 20 configured in this manner also works with a workpiece retainer 11, 11a, 11b and that the workpiece retainer is mounted in a rotary and swivel axis 60 such that it can be rotated and swiveled.
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(44) The upper area is covered by an upper cover hood 39, while the lower area is covered by a lower cover hood 40.
(45) The central machining area is left blank, and there the workpiece retainer 11 with the workpiece 16 to be machined is visible which is just advanced in the direction of a rotatably driven tool 7 which is clamped in a tool spindle 6.
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(47) It is also apparent that the rotary drive of all holding arms, which are connected to one another non-rotatably, is performed by means of a motor whose motor shaft 45 drives the drive shaft 41 of the workpiece changer 22 rotatably by means of a driving belt 42.
(48) Furthermore, a transmission 47 is provided whose function is described in more detail on the basis of
(49) At the rear part of the machining device 1, 10, 20 a liquid container 50 is apparent.
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(51) Accordingly, the holding arms 43 of the workpiece changer 22 are positioned in an upper horizontal plane just above the holding arms 49 of the tool storage 34 arranged below, wherein the tools 7 of the tool storage 34 are positioned on a smaller radius than the workpieces 16 of the workpiece changer 22 which are positioned further to the outside, by way of comparison.
(52) It is also apparent from
(53) Both drives are independent of one another and are separated from one another by a parting gap 48 but are arranged coaxially on the same drive shaft 41.
(54) Parts of the slide drive for the rotational, swivel and traversing movements of the machining device 10 are illustrated schematically.
(55) Two drive shafts which are driven independently of one another are illustrated of which only the driving belts 51 and 52 are identifiable in
(56) Furthermore, a slide drive 53 is illustrated schematically and it is apparent that the workpiece 16 to be machined is now fed to the fixed spindle 6 with the rotatably driven tool 7 by means of the multi-axis workpiece retainer 11.
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(58) Further, three planes lying on top of one another are apparent, namely the plane of the upper part 57, the plane of the central part 56 lying below, and the plane of a base plate 54 lying below, on which pillars 55 are arranged which carry the central part 56.
(59) Apart from that, a flexible cover 58 is assigned to the multi-axis workpiece retainer 11, said flexible cover preventing chips from entering the interior of the device during the machining process of a workpiece 16 using the tool 7.
(60) Furthermore, a number of further liquid containers 50a, 50b, 50c are illustrated.
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(62) It is apparent that the workpieces 16 to be machined are mounted radially towards the outside in front of the tools 7 of the tool storage 34 which are positioned behind.
(63) In
(64) On the rotary table 3 a number of tool spindles 4, 5, 6 is arranged which are rotatably driven separately, wherein a (possibly) different tool 7 is assigned to every tool spindle 4 to 6. For instance, one tool 7 can be configured as a dental milling cutter, the second tool can be configured as a pin-shaped milling cutter and the third tool can be configured as a grinding wheel and the like.
(65) A workpiece retainer 11 is arranged above the rotary table 3, said workpiece retainer being configured as an X-Y-Z slide 25, 26, 31 in a preferred exemplary embodiment.
(66) In the exemplary embodiment according to
(67) In this way, a displacement in the paper plane of
(68) For machining, the workpiece 16 clamped in the workpiece holder 17 is fed downwards in the arrow direction 15 to the tool retainer 2 and is machined by a correspondingly controlled swivel, rotation and displacement movement as long as the workpiece 16 is machined to completion.
(69) After the machining process has taken place, the workpiece retainer 11 is fed towards the top in the arrow direction 15 towards a workpiece changer 22 which is preferably also configured as a rotary table 23 in a first embodiment. The workpiece changer 22 is driven rotatably around the vertical axis 9 in the arrow directions 8 and comprises a number of workpieces 16a, 16b, 16c at its outer circumference which either have all been machined to completion already or which are picked up from the workpiece retainer 11 as blank workpieces, clamped in the workpiece holder 17 and passed on for machining.
(70) The general basic shape of the machining device 1 according to
(71) Likewise, it is apparent from the exemplary embodiment according to
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(73) Complementary to
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(75) It is illustrated that the tool retainer 2 can be replaced with an element 2b which can be moved linearly in the vertical direction such that, instead of a horizontal rotational movement, a vertical displacement movement and optionally also a pertaining rotational movement in the arrow direction 8 takes place.
(76) Thus, what is illustrated in
(77) The same applies to the upper workpiece changer 22 which may be configured as a rotary table 23, but which may also be replaced by a linearly moveable element which is configured to be displaceable vertically in the arrow directions 15 and is optionally also configured to be rotatable in the arrow directions 8.
(78) This means that all elements in
(79) Therefore, in
(80) Likewise,
(81) All of the elements which are illustrated graphically in the
(82) The
(83) The tool retainer consists of a rotary table 3 which is disposed in a housing shell in a rotatably-driven manner and in which a number of separately driven tool spindles 4, 5, 6 are disposed wherein every tool spindle 4 to 6 is equipped with a different tool 7.
(84) Above the tool retainer 2, the workpiece retainer 11 is disposed which preferably consists of three slides 25, 26, 31 which can be displaced and adjusted relative to one another.
(85) The workpiece 16 to be machined is held by a rotatably driven workpiece holder 17 which is rotatable in the arrow direction 28. The workpiece holder 17 is mounted in a rotary axis 24 rotatably, said rotary axis 24 in turn being configured in the swivel axis 14 in the directions of tilt 13 so as to be swiveled. It forms part of an X slide 25 which performs a displacement of the workpiece 16 in the X coordinate. The X slide 25 is mounted displaceably in a Y slide 26 in order to perform the displacement in the Y direction (arrow direction 27).
(86) Furthermore, the Y slide 26 is mounted displaceably in a Z slide 31 in order to perform a displacement in the arrow direction 15.
(87) The
(88) The upper workpiece changer 22 comprises a rotary table 23 at which a number of workpieces 16a, 16b, 16c is disposed so as to be exchangeable.
(89) Here, an easily detachable plug-in device is preferred as a clamping device. Further, the workpiece 16 to be machined is held in a conventional workpiece holder, such as a workpiece clamp, which can be operated mechanically, pneumatically or electromagnetically.
(90) The
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(91) 1 machining device
(92) 2 tool retainer a,b
(93) 3 rotary table
(94) 4 tool spindle
(95) 5 tool spindle
(96) 6 tool spindle
(97) 7 tool
(98) 8 arrow direction 8a
(99) 9 axis of rotation
(100) 10 machining device
(101) 11 workpiece retainer a,b
(102) 12 base body
(103) 13 direction of tilt 13a
(104) 14 swivel axis
(105) 15 direction of arrow
(106) 16 workpiece a, b, c
(107) 17 workpiece holder
(108) 18 direction of arrow
(109) 19 rotary table
(110) 20 machining device
(111) 21 direction of arrow
(112) 22 workpiece changer 22a, b
(113) 23 rotary table
(114) 24 rotary axis
(115) 25 X slide
(116) 26 Y slide
(117) 27 direction of arrow
(118) 28 direction of arrow
(119) 29 pillar
(120) 30 machining device
(121) 31 Z slide
(122) 32 upper fork
(123) 33 lower fork
(124) 34 tool storage 34
(125) 35 rotary table
(126) 36 direction of arrow
(127) 37 direction of arrow
(128) 38 position (for 34 in
(129) 39 cover hood
(130) 40 cover hood
(131) 41 drive shaft
(132) 42 driving belt (for 22)
(133) 43 holding arm (for 22)
(134) 44 plug-in device
(135) 45 motor shaft
(136) 46 driving belt (for 34)
(137) 47 transmission
(138) 48 parting gap
(139) 49 holding arm (for 34)
(140) 50 liquid container
(141) 51 driving belt (for 11)
(142) 52 driving belt (for 11)
(143) 53 slide drive (for 11)
(144) 54 base plate
(145) 55 pillar
(146) 56 central part
(147) 57 upper part
(148) 58 cover
(149) 59
(150) 60 rotary and swivel axis (of 11)