DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PUNCHING OR PRESSING MACHINES

• US 20140132720A1
• Filed: 11/09/2012
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wilson Tool International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Wilson Tool International Incorporated
• Inventors: Rogers, Bryan L., Lee, Brian J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,448,650 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/46
• CPC Class Codes: B21C 51/00 Measuring, gauging, indicating, counting, or marking devices specially adapted for use in the production or manipulation of material in accordance with subclasses B21B - B21F
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 5/004 with program control
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 5/02 on press brakes without making use of clamping means
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 15/0094 Press load monitoring means B30B15/281 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 15/148 Electrical control arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 15/166 Electrical control arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/35444 Gesture interface, controlled machine observes operator, executes commands
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45137 Punch, stamp, also with use die, mould
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/204 using stereoscopic image cameras stereoscopic photography G03B35/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units

Abstract

A display device for punching and/or pressing machines. The display device can be constructed to be modular and of compact size so as to be positioned as desired on new and existing machine designs. The display device is formed with displays, which are configurable to provide a plurality of qualitative and quantitative information. The display device can be configured to be function with consoles of punching and pressing machines so as to be one or more of a supplemental device, an interfacing device, and an interactive device.

Claims

1. A display device for a press brake comprising one or more displays, the one or more displays configured for selective positioning and attachment on a front surface of a press brake, the one or more displays having an extent similar in length to extents of upper and lower tables of the press brake, the one or more displays having a depth less than depths of either of the upper and lower tables by at least one fourth.

2. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays have a depth equal to the depth of the display device.

3. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays have a depth less than depths of either of the upper and lower tables by at least one half.

4. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays have a depth that permits the display device to be fully recessed in one of the upper and lower tables of the press brake.

5. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays have a depth that permits the display device to be fully recessed in either upper or lower clamping beam of the press brake.

6. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays have a height no greater than the height of either upper or lower clamping beam of the press brake.

7. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays comprise an electronic ink display type having touch screen functionality.

8. The display device of claim 1 wherein front portions of the one or more displays define front portions of the display device, the front portions of the display device oriented away from the front surface of the press brake upon attachment of the device to the press brake.

9. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays are housed within one or more segments, each of the one of more assemblies and the one or more displays housed therein forming an assembly.

10. The display device of claim 9 wherein each of the one or more segments comprises a c-shaped channel.

11. The display device of claim 7 wherein the one or more segments comprises a plurality of segments, at least one of the one or more displays housed within each of the segments, the plurality of segments joined in end-to-end fashion and forming a modular assembly.

12. The display device of claim 11 wherein the segments are between approximately 12″

and approximately 48″

in length.

13. The display device of claim 12 wherein the displays are between approximately 12″

and approximately 20″

in length.

14. The display device of claim 1 wherein the one or more displays comprise a plurality of displays, wherein the displays are joined in end-to-end fashion.

15. The display device of claim 14 wherein the displays are capable of being electrically linked and synched so as to collectively exhibit extents of clamping beams on the upper and lower tables, the extents corresponding to positions of the displays relative to the beams.

16. A display device for a press brake comprising a plurality of displays, the displays being joined in end-to-end fashion and having an extent similar in length to extents of upper and lower tables of a press brake, the displays capable of being electrically linked and synched so as to collectively exhibit extents of clamping beams on the upper and lower tables, the extents corresponding to positions of the displays relative to the beams.

17. The display device of claim 16 wherein the displays have a depth less than depths of either of the upper and lower tables by at least one half.

18. The display device of claim 16 wherein the one or more displays are housed within one or more segments, each of the one of more assemblies and the one or more displays housed therein forming an assembly.

19. The display device of claim 18 wherein the one or more segments comprises a plurality of segments, at least one of the one or more displays housed within each of the segments, the plurality of segments joined in end-to-end fashion and forming a modular assembly.

20. The display device of claim 16 wherein the displays are configured to exhibit information concerning the upper and lower clamping beams of the press brake and forming tools to be positioned thereon, the information comprising quantitative and qualitative information for the beams and the tools.

21. The display device of claim 20 wherein the qualitative information of the clamping beams and the forming tools comprises corresponding representations of each.

22. The display device of claim 21 wherein the qualitative information of the upper and lower clamping beams further comprises clamping status thereof.

23. The display device of claim 21 wherein the qualitative information of the forming tools further comprises part number and part manufacturer.

24. The display device of claim 20 wherein the quantitative information of the upper and lower clamping beams and the forming tools is correspondingly superimposed on the representations of the upper and lower clamping beams and the forming tools.

25. The display device of claim 20 wherein the quantitative information of the upper and lower clamping beams and the forming tools comprises dimensions thereof and proper positions for the forming tools on the upper and lower clamping beams.

26. A display device for a press brake comprising a plurality of displays and a plurality of segments, at least one of the one or more displays housed within each of the segments, the segments being joined in end-to-end fashion and having an extent similar in length to extents of upper and lower tables of a press brake, the joined segments forming a modular assembly.

27. A system for conveying information relating to operations for punching and pressing machines comprising:

a punching or pressing machine;

a display device configured to be selectively positioned and used on the machine, the display device having one or more displays having touch screen functionality, the one or more displays configured to exhibit quantitative and qualitative information, the quantitative and qualitative information comprising detail and characteristics involving one or more programmed operations for the machine and tools therefor; and

a console located remote from the display device, the quantitative and qualitative information provided to the display device via the console.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein the punching or pressing machine comprises a press brake.

29. The system of claim 27 wherein the display device is configured for wireless communication with the console, the quantitative and qualitative information stemming from the programmed operations for the machine stored in memory of the console.

30. The system of claim 27 wherein the console comprises a display tablet, the display tablet of a size enabling the tablet for one or more of being readily carried by the operator and being selectively attached to and positioned on the machine.

31. The system of claim 27 wherein additional information pertaining to the one or more programmed operations for the machine and tooling therefor can be accessed via corresponding finger contacts made on screens of one or more of the displays.

32. The system of claim 27 wherein the one or more programmed operations for the machine and tooling is changeable, such change being triggered via one or more external cues.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein the external cues stem from the operator.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the external cues comprise finger contacts made with screens of one or more of the displays.

35. The system of claim 32 wherein the external cues stem from one or more of the tools.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the external cues stem from electronic information storage devices provided on the tools.

37. The system of claim 32 wherein the external cues stem from one or more 3D cameras.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein the one or more cameras are mounted proximate to one or more of the upper and lower tables.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein the external cues stem from improprieties proximate to deforming area of the press brake captured by at least one of the cameras.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein the display device is configured to sound an auditory warning in the event of any improprieties.

41. The system of claim 36 wherein the one or more cameras are mounted at locations along a perimeter of work area for the press brake.

42. The system of claim 41 wherein the external cues stem from hand gestures of the operator captured by at least one of the cameras.

43. A method for a display device of a press brake during a bending operation involving multiple deforming operations, the method comprising steps of:

exhibiting a tool set up on one or more displays of the display device, the tool set up corresponding to a specific bending program received by the display device, the exhibited tool set comprising quantitative and qualitative information for upper and lower tables of the press brake and forming tools to be used on the tables for the bending program, the qualitative information comprising corresponding representations of the upper and lower tables and the forming tools, the quantitative information comprising proper positions of the tools on the upper and lower tables;

for a first deforming operation of the specific bending program for a first workpiece, emphasizing the tool representations associated with the first deforming operation and deemphasizing the tool representations not associated with the first deforming operation;

for a second deforming operation of the specific bending program for the first workpiece, deemphasizing the tool representations associated with the first deforming operation and emphasizing the tool representations associated with the second deforming operation;

repeating the deemphasizing and the emphasizing steps with reference to the second deforming operation for any further deforming operations of the specific bending program for the first workpiece; and

repeating the emphasizing and deemphasizing steps with regard to the first deforming operation, second deforming operation, and as applicable, further deforming operation(s) for any further workpieces to be made per the bending program.