CUTTING MACHINE AND EMERGENCY STOP METHOD OF MOTOR

• US 20140130645A1
• Filed: 08/08/2012
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi KOKI Company Limited (Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi KOKI Company Limited (Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Takano, Nobuhiro, Ushiwata, Shigeharu, Ozawa, Hiromi, Kawano, Yoshikazu
• Application Number:
  US14/129,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20140130645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 83/13
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 7/24 arranged to disable the operating means for the cutting member
• CPC Class Codes: B27G 19/02 for circular saws
• CPC Class Codes: F16P 3/147 using electro-magnetic technology, e.g. tags or radar
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/04 Processes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/081 With randomly actuated stopping means

Abstract

First, second and third sensors 11, 12 and 13 emit electromagnetic waves, receive electromagnetic waves emitted by the first, second and third sensors 11, 12 and 13 and reflected by an object 9 or electromagnetic wave emitted by the object 9 that received the electromagnetic waves emitted by the first, second and third sensors 11, 12 and 13, and specify distances between themselves and the object 9, respectively, based on time differences between emissions and receptions of the electromagnetic waves, and a control section 3 specifies three-dimensional coordinates of the object 9 based on the distances between the respective sensors 11, 12 and 13 and the object 9, determines whether or not the three-dimensional coordinate of the object 9 falls within a predetermined region and stops a motor when the three-dimensional coordinates of the object 9 falls within the region.

Claims

1. A cutting machine including a saw blade that cuts a workpiece being supported on a stand section and a motor for driving the saw blade, the cutting machine comprising:

a coordinate-specifying section specifying coordinates of an object; and

a stopping section stopping rotation of the motor when the coordinates specified by the coordinate-specifying section satisfy a predetermined condition.

2. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section includes at least one sensor detecting a position of the object and the sensor is at least positioned substantially on an extension line of the saw blade.

3. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section includes at least two sensors detecting a position of the object and the sensors positioned on both sides of the saw blade.

4. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section measures distances from a plurality of different positions to the object to specify the coordinates of the object based on a measurement result.

5. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section has a plurality of sensor sections arranged at different positions, and

the respective sensor sections emit electromagnetic waves and receive electromagnetic waves emitted from the sensor sections and reflected by the object or electromagnetic wave emitted from an object that received the electromagnetic waves emitted by the sensor sections.

6. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section has an emitting section emitting electromagnetic wave and a plurality of sensor sections receiving the electromagnetic wave emitted from the emitting section and reflected by the object or electromagnetic wave emitted from an object that received the electromagnetic wave emitted from the emitting section, the respective sensor sections being arranged at different positions from one another.

7. The cutting machine according to claim 5,

wherein the object is electromagnetic wave reflecting body or an IC tag provided on a hand of a worker or a glove worn by the worker.

8. The cutting machine according to claim 6,

wherein the object is electromagnetic wave reflecting body or an IC tag provided on a hand of a worker or a glove worn by the worker.

9. The cutting machine according to claim 5,

wherein the respective sensor sections specify distances between the sensor sections and the object based on electromagnetic waves received by the sensor sections.

10. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section specifies three-dimensional coordinates of the object.

11. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the stopping section stops rotation of the motor when the coordinates specified by the coordinate-specifying section are in a predetermined region.

12. The cutting machine according to claim 1, further comprising an alarming section which generates alarm when rotation of the motor is stopped by the stopping section or before or after the stop.

13. The cutting machine according to claim 1,

wherein the saw blade is a rim saw blade which is held in a state where a portion of a circumferential edge of the saw blade is protruded from an upper face of the stand section, so that the workpiece is cut by the saw blade by moving the workpiece on the upper face of the stand section.

14. The cutting machine according to claim 13,

wherein the coordinate-specifying section has sensors arranged on both sides of the saw blade on an upper face of the stand section.

15. An emergency stop method of a motor in a cutting machine including a saw blade that cuts a workpiece supported on a stand section and a motor that drives the saw blade, the emergency stop method comprising the steps of:

emitting electromagnetic wave by a first sensor section and receiving electromagnetic wave emitted by the first sensor section and reflected by an object or electromagnetic wave emitted by the object that received the electromagnetic wave emitted by the first sensor section;

emitting electromagnetic wave by a second sensor section located at a position different from the position of the first sensor section and receiving electromagnetic wave emitted by the second sensor section and reflected by the object or electromagnetic wave emitted by the object that received the electromagnetic wave emitted by the second sensor section;

emitting electromagnetic wave by a third sensor section located at a position different from the positions of the first and the second sensor sections and receiving electromagnetic wave emitted by the third sensor section and reflected by the object or electromagnetic wave emitted by the object that received the electromagnetic wave emitted by the third sensor section;

specifying distances between the respective first to third sensor sections and the object based on the electromagnetic waves received by the first to third sensor sections; and

stopping rotation of the motor when coordinates representing the respective distances specified are in predetermined regions.