WORKPIECE POSITIONING DEVICE

• Main Authors: FUKUI TAKAYUKI, FUJIMOTO HIROO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.04.2014
• Subjects: COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a workpiece positioning device allowing positioning of a workpiece without use of a complicated drive mechanism or complicated control.SOLUTION: A workpiece positioning device 1 is provided with a movable body 6 comprising a movable carriage 3 arranged in a reciprocatable way in a specified direction, a first clamp 4 arranged on the movable carriage 3, a second clamp 5 arranged in a movable way relative to the movable carriage 3 and being capable of holding a workpiece W in cooperation with the first clamp 4 and a clamp drive part driving the second clamp 5, and a movable carriage drive part driving the movable carriage 3. There are also provided a first stopper 7 coming in contact with the movable body 6 from one side in a specified direction and positioning the movable body 6 in such a way that a first to-be-processed part W1 of the workpiece W held with the first clamp 4 and the second clamp 5 is located at a processing position of a processing unit and a second stopper 8 coming in contact with the movable body 6 from the other side in the specified direction and positioning the movable body 6 in such a way that a second to-be-processed part W2 of the workpiece W held with the first clamp 4 and the second clamp 5 is located at a processing position of the processing unit.