JP5340453B2 - Pressurizing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for pressurizing a workpiece of a machining tool in precision processing, or a pressurizing (pressing) apparatus to an object to be measured in a precision measurement.

  The amount of processing in polishing in precision processing is proportional to the contact pressure, relative speed, and processing time between the tool and the workpiece, and these must be controlled with high accuracy in order to perform high-precision polishing. is there. As far as contact pressure is concerned, if the contact area is large, the change in contact pressure per unit area is small even if the control accuracy of the pressure applied by the tool to the workpiece is somewhat poor, and the accuracy of the machining amount is degraded. Absent. However, if the tool has a small contact area, the change in the contact pressure per unit area is large, and the accuracy of the machining amount deteriorates. Therefore, when a polishing tool having a small contact area is used, it is important how accurately the contact pressure, that is, the applied pressure is controlled.

Conventionally, apparatuses for applying a pressing force in such a polishing apparatus (polishing apparatus) are known as Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-131851 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-109259 (Patent Document 2). .
Patent Document 1 supports the position of the center of gravity of the polishing head with an arm via a bearing in order to improve the control accuracy of the pressing force, so that the weight of the polishing head itself does not affect the pressing force. By rotating the micrometer, a repulsive force of the spring is generated, and this repulsive force is transmitted as an initial applied force to a tool connected via the load cell. In addition, fluctuations in the applied pressure caused by the movement of the tool during polishing were measured with a load cell attached between the spring and the tool, and the control mechanism was used to control the applied pressure to be constant at all times. is there.
In Patent Document 2, a pressure sensor or a load cell is installed in the vicinity of the tool or in series or in parallel with the tool, an actuator such as a piezo element is installed, and a displacement adjusting or load adjusting spring is installed. A structure in which a tool is mounted via a spring element or a damper element.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-131851 JP-A-10-109259

However, in the devices according to Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above, since a sensor such as a load cell is attached via a spring element or a damper element, the applied pressure cannot be directly measured. Further, due to such a structure, there is a problem that the rigidity in the vicinity of the sensor is lowered and it is difficult to measure an accurate applied pressure.
Also, when applying pressure with an actuator, the structure is such that the pressure is transmitted to the tool via a displacement adjustment or load adjustment spring, or a pressure sensor or load cell. In addition, because of the spring characteristics of the pressure sensor and load cell, it is difficult to directly transmit the applied pressure from the actuator to the workpiece, and furthermore, control of the applied pressure based on the signal from the pressure sensor. Even in the case of performing the above, the spring element and the damper element must be taken into account, and there is a problem that the control becomes complicated.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and proposes a mechanism capable of applying an appropriate load (working force) to a tool held on a tool spindle while constantly measuring the working force. Objective.
In addition, the present invention proposes a mechanism that can directly transmit the machining force to the workpiece, proposes a mechanism that can accurately measure the machining force on the workpiece by a simple method, and responds quickly to changes in the applied pressure. An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing head that is configured to correct and always apply a constant pressure to the tool.

  The invention according to claim 1 is mounted on one of the two air sliders, a guide shaft that is vertically mounted on the fixed side and that constitutes an air guide, two air sliders that are coaxially fitted to the guide shaft, and A spindle on which a processing tool is mounted, a pulley provided on the fixed side, and a wire connecting the two air sliders via the pulley so that the other air slider is configured as a balance weight. It is characterized by having.

  The invention according to claim 2 is mounted on one of the two air sliders, a guide shaft that is vertically mounted on the fixed side and that constitutes an air guide, two air sliders that are coaxially fitted to the guide shaft, and And a wire connected to the two air sliders via the pulley so as to configure the other air slider as a balance weight. And

The pressurizing device of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) The processing force can be accurately obtained.
(2) The method for measuring the processing force is simple.
(3) Since no spring / damper element is inserted in the vicinity of the tool, highly accurate machining is possible.
(4) The constant pressure processing according to the mold shape by its own weight is possible.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the metal mold | die polish apparatus incorporating polishing head PH concerning one Embodiment of the pressurization apparatus of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view incorporating polishing head PH concerning a 1st embodiment of a pressurizing device of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart of a control system according to the first embodiment. It is a fragmentary sectional view incorporating polishing head PH concerning a 2nd embodiment of a pressurizing device of the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view incorporating polishing head PH concerning a 3rd embodiment of a pressurizing device of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a lens mold polishing apparatus incorporating a polishing head PH according to an embodiment of a pressurizing apparatus of the present invention, and includes a base 1, a column 2 planted perpendicularly to the base 1, and a base 1 has a work W mounting table device 3 mounted on the upper surface of 1 and a spindle head 4 which is mounted on the column 2 so as to be vertically movable in the vertical direction. Here, a polishing head PH is mounted on the spindle head 4.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view in which the polishing head PH according to the first embodiment of the pressurizing apparatus of the present invention is incorporated. The polishing head PH includes a balance mechanism 10 using a double air slider and a tension measuring means. A main portion is constituted by a certain tension type load cell 30 and load applying means 20.
First, the balance mechanism 10 by the double air slider and the tension type load cell 30 will be described.
A guide shaft 11 constituting an air guide is attached vertically below the support portion 5 of the spindle head 4. Two air sliders 12 and 13 are slidably mounted on the outer periphery of the guide shaft 11.

A spindle S is mounted on the side of the air slider 12 disposed on the lower side of the two air sliders 12 and 13 via an attachment member 14. Further, a tension type load cell 30 is connected to the air slider 12.
On the other hand, the air slider 13 disposed on the upper side is attached to the air slider 12 via a pulley 16 having an end portion of a wire 15 attached to one side and rotatably mounted on the support portion 5 side of the spindle head 4. It is connected to the connected tension type load cell 30. That is, one air slider 13 is a counterweight, the other air slider 12 is a guide with a spindle, and the two are connected via a wire 15 so as to balance the weight, and the air slider 12 and the wire 15 The tension type load cell 30 connected between the wires 15 can always measure the tension of the wire 15. When a low-friction ball bearing is used for the pulley 16, as shown in FIG. 2, the attachment position of the tension type load cell 30 is preferably between the pulley 16 and the air slider 12. When an air bearing that does not generate a frictional force is used for the pulley 16, the same effect can be obtained even if the tension type load cell 30 is attached to the wire 15 positioned between the pulley 16 and the air slider 13. In this configuration, the spindle guide and the counterweight are installed coaxially in the vertical direction.

Next, the load adding means 20 will be described.
A load applying means 20 for applying the machining tool T mounted on the spindle S to the workpiece W with a predetermined pressure is disposed on the support portion 5 of the spindle head 4. The load adding means 20 in the present embodiment generates and corrects a machining load by driving the linear actuator, and shows a linear motor as the linear actuator. The configuration as a linear motor is a general one. For example, like a linear pulse motor, the linear motor is linearly moved by a predetermined step by an input pulse signal and pressed downward against the air slider 12 to be attached to the tip of the spindle S. A minute pressure can be applied to the processing tool T. In FIG. 2, 21 is a mover, 22 is a stator side, and 23 is a pressing piece attached to the mover side. The pressing piece 23 communicates with the transmission member 17 attached to the other air slider 12. Therefore, the load applied by the load applying means 20 is applied to the workpiece W from the machining tool T mounted on the spindle S via the other air slider 12 and the mounting member 14 via the transmission member 17.

Next, the relationship between the tension change ΔF3 during processing and the processing force F2 in the apparatus configured as described above will be described.
In FIG. 2, when the air slider 12 moves upward due to the influence of the disturbance generated by the machining tool T and the workpiece W during machining, a force in the slack direction is applied to the wire 15, so that the tension decreases. On the contrary, when the air slider 12 moves downward, the tension increases because a force in the pulling direction is applied to the wire 15.
Similarly, when the air slider 12 moves upward, the machining force F2 applied from the machining tool T to the workpiece W also decreases, and when the air slider 12 moves downward, the machining force F2 also increases. Further, the change in tension ΔF3 of the wire 15 at this time and the value of the change in the processing force F2 are equal.

Next, a load correction method when the machining procedure and the machining force F2 applied to the workpiece W from the machining tool T change will be described.
First, an initial value of the processing force F2 is set as an initial setting. Next, the processing tool T is brought into contact with the workpiece W. Further, a load force F 1 is applied to the air slider 12 by the load adding means 20. As a result, the load force F1 is applied to the workpiece W as the processing force F2 via the air slider 12, the mounting member 14, the spindle S, and the processing tool T. That is, in this state, the load force F1 and the processing force F2 are equal to each other, and the tension applied to the wire 15 at this time is measured by the tension type load cell 30 and used as the reference tension.
Next, the spindle S is rotated to start processing. During processing, the tension applied to the wire 15 is always measured by the tension type load cell 30, and the control means 50 compares the tension with the reference tension. When the tension applied to the wire 15 changes during processing, the control means 50 issues a command for correcting the change to the load adding means 20 to change the load force F1.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the control system according to the first embodiment. The first embodiment will be described in detail step by step.
Step S1: An initial value of the machining force F2 is set. Step S2: The machining tool T is brought into contact with the workpiece W.
Step S3: The load applying means 20 presses the air slider 12 on the spindle S side to apply an initial constant load.
Step S4: The tension before rotation of the spindle S is measured by the tension type load cell 30 and set as a reference tension.
Step S5: The spindle S is rotated to start machining.
Steps S6, S7, and S8: During processing, the tension is always measured with the tension type load cell 30, and the control means 50 does not change compared with the reference tension, or if the tension changes, the amount of change ΔF3 Is detected and it is determined whether the change is positive or negative with respect to the reference tension.
Step S9: When the tension change is a positive change with respect to the reference tension, the control means 50 raises the linear motor of the load adding means 20 and issues a command to lower the load force F1 by the change amount ΔF3.
Step S10: When the change in tension is negative with respect to the reference tension, the control means 50 lowers the linear motor of the load adding means 20 and issues a command to increase the load force F1 by the change amount ΔF3.
Step S11: If there is no change in tension, the state is maintained as it is and processing is continued.
In FIG. 3, the reference tension and the tension change are compared in the order of no tension change, plus change, minus change, but the order may be reversed or simultaneously. .

Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, even if the machining tool T moves up and down depending on the shape of the workpiece W, the change of the machining force F2 during machining can be accurately measured, and the load force F1 is based on the measurement result. By controlling this, it becomes possible to eliminate the change of the processing force F2 during processing, to perform polishing with a constant processing force F2, and to move the air slider 12 on the spindle S side by the tension load cell 30. There is no hindrance.
Further, in the present embodiment, a vertical gap 17a is provided between the pressing piece 23 and the transmission member 17, and when there is no need for load correction, a positional relationship that does not contact each other is taken. The S-side air slider 12 can be prevented from being affected by the linear motor as the load adding means 20.
That is, by providing a difference between the weight applied to the air slider 12 on the spindle S side and the weight of the air slider 13, constant pressure machining can be performed in accordance with the die shape by its own weight.
Therefore, by increasing the weight applied to the air slider 12 on the spindle S side by the initial processing force F2, the load adding means 20 can be used only for correction, and energy consumption can be reduced.

It is also possible to directly communicate the transmission member 17 and the pressing piece 23.
Moreover, you may attach the tension type load cell 30 between the wire 15a and the wire 15b like 2nd Embodiment mentioned later.
The transmission member 17 is formed by assembling the other air slider 12 or integrally forming the other air slider 12 by cutting or the like.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view incorporating a polishing head PH according to a second embodiment of the pressurizing apparatus of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, the voice coil motor 40 is used as the load adding means 20. The balance mechanism 10 and the tension load cell 30 are the same as those in the first embodiment. However, the tension type load cell 30 is attached between the wire 15a and the wire 15b.
As shown in FIG. 4, the voice coil motor 40 includes a movable coil 43 in which a conducting wire 41 is wound around a bobbin 42 movably disposed on a center yoke 44, and a cylindrical outer yoke 45 and a center facing the movable coil 43. A permanent magnet 46 is arranged between the yokes 44. When a forward and reverse current is passed through the movable coil 43, a driving force is generated according to Fleming's left-hand rule, and the movable coil 43 can be driven. The connecting member 47 in contact with the air slider 12 on the spindle S side constituting the air guide can move to apply a predetermined processing pressure. However, the voice coil motor 40 is not limited to a cylindrical type.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the movable coil 43, which is the movable side of the linear actuator, and the center yoke 44, the permanent magnet 46, and the outer yoke 45, which are the fixed side of the linear actuator, are not in contact, that is, there is a space between them. Therefore, since there is no mechanical interference, no sliding resistance is generated. Therefore, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.
That is, by providing a difference between the weight applied to the air slider 12 on the spindle S side and the weight of the air slider 13, constant pressure machining can be performed in accordance with the die shape by its own weight.
Therefore, by increasing the weight applied to the air slider 12 on the spindle S side by the initial processing force F2, the load adding means 20 can be used only for correction, and energy consumption can be reduced.
In the voice coil motor 40, the movable side and the fixed side may be integrally formed.
Further, the tension type load cell 30 may be attached to the other air slider 12 as in the first embodiment.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view incorporating a polishing head PH according to a third embodiment of the pressurizing apparatus of the present invention.
In this embodiment, a bimorph piezo element (piezoelectric element) 25 in which two piezoelectric ceramics are bonded together is used as the load adding means 20. The balance mechanism 10 and the tension load cell 30 are the same as those in the first embodiment. However, the tension type load cell 30 is attached between the wire 15a and the wire 15b.
Therefore, by applying a predetermined voltage to the bimorph piezo element (piezoelectric element) 25, the element tip (displacement portion) 25a in contact with the air slider 12 on the spindle S side constituting the air guide is deformed. Thus, a predetermined processing pressure can be applied.

Further, in the present embodiment, a vertical gap 17a is provided between the element tip (displacement portion) 25a of the bimorph piezo element (piezoelectric element) 25 and the transmission member 17, and load correction is necessary. If not, the air slider 12 can be prevented from being affected by the load adding means 20 by taking a positional relationship that does not contact each other. In this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. While being able to play, the structure of the load addition means 20 can be simplified.
It is also possible to directly communicate the transmission member 17 and the element tip (displacement part) 25a.
Further, the tension type load cell 30 may be attached to the other air slider 12 as in the first embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the pressurizing device of the present invention is applied to the polishing head PH has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the control of the processing pressure of the processing tool on the workpiece, but for example, precision measurement It can also be applied as a control device for pressing (pressing) the measuring element to the object to be measured.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base 2 Column 3 Work W mounting table apparatus 4 Spindle head 5 Support part 10 Balance mechanism 11 Guide shaft 12, 13 Air slider 14 Mounting member 15 Wire 16 Pulley 17 Transmission member 17a Gap 20 Load adding means 30 Tension type load cell 21 Movable element 22 Stator side 23 Pressing piece 25 Bimorph type piezo element (piezoelectric element)
25a Element tip (displacement part)
40 Voice coil motor 41 Conductor 42 Bobbin 43 Moving coil 44 Center yoke 45 Outer yoke 46 Permanent magnet 47 Connecting member PH Polishing head S Spindle T Processing tool W Work F1 Load force F2 Processing force ΔF3 Change in tension during processing

Claims (2)

A guide shaft that is vertically mounted on the fixed side and forms an air guide;
Two air sliders fitted coaxially to the guide shaft;
A spindle mounted on one of the two air sliders and mounted with a processing tool;
A pulley provided on the fixed side;
A pressurizing device comprising: a wire connecting the two air sliders via the pulley so that the other air slider is configured as a balance weight. A guide shaft that is vertically mounted on the fixed side and forms an air guide;
Two air sliders fitted coaxially to the guide shaft;
A probe attached to one of the two air sliders;
A pulley provided on the fixed side;
And a wire connecting the two air sliders via the pulley so that the other air slider is configured as a balance weight.

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