Temperature control apparatus of working machine

• US 9,004,991 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2010
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DMG Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. (Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: DMG Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. (Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Yoshiaki, Hoshi, Takashi, Yoshioka, Kiyoshi, Yamada, Soichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): McAllister, Steven B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lin, Ko-Wei
• Application Number:
  US12/821,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20100319903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,756 Days
• Field of Search: 454 49- 67, 454 69-125, 236/49.3, 700299-300, 74613-615
• US Class Current: 454/61
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/148 by controlling the air temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1931 to control the temperature of one space
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/2039 using mechanical means

Abstract

Provided is a temperature control apparatus of a working machine that is inexpensive, energy-saving and capable of eliminating the temperature difference between a temperature in a room in which the working machine is installed and a temperature of a working area.

Claims

1. A temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool including ventilating means for replacing internal air in a working area with external air surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool between the working area inside the numerically controlled machine tool and the exterior of the numerically controlled machine tool, comprising:

at least one temperature sensor that detects at least one temperature in the working area;

an external air temperature sensor that detects an external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool;

a ventilating means drive unit that drives the ventilating means; and

a ventilating means control unit that compares one of the at least one temperature in the working area, which is detected with the at least one temperature sensor, the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool, which is detected with the external air temperature sensor, and a pre-set target temperature in the working area and, in accordance with the result of the comparison, outputs a signal for driving or stopping the ventilating means to the ventilating means drive unit when the numerically controlled machine tool is not being operated,

wherein the ventilating means comprises a cover for an opening, which covers at least a part of the working area, and is kept closed during the operation of the numerically controlled machine tool,

wherein when the numerically controlled machine tool is not being operated, the cover is opened such that air replacement performed by the ventilating means is performed only if the one of the at least one temperature in the working area is (i) higher than both the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool and the target temperature in the working area, or (ii) lower than both the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool and the target temperature in the working area,

wherein when the numerically controlled machine tool is being operated, the cover is closed such that air replacement performed by the ventilating means cannot be performed, and

wherein air replacement performed by the ventilating means is performed by opening and closing the cover for the opening only when the numerically controlled machine tool is not being operated.

2. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 1, wherein one of the at least one temperature in the working area that is detected with the at least one temperature sensor is an air temperature in the working area.

3. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 1, wherein one of the at least one temperature in the working area that is detected with the at least one temperature sensor is a headstock temperature of the numerically controlled machine tool.

4. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool that is detected with the external air temperature sensor is an air temperature in the room in which the numerically controlled machine tool is installed.

5. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the ventilating means control unit outputs the signal only during a specific time period of a day.

6. A temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool including ventilating means for replacing internal air in a working area with external air surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool between the working area inside the numerically controlled machine tool and the exterior of the numerically controlled machine tool, comprising:

at least one temperature sensor that detects at least one temperature in the working area;

an external air temperature sensor that detects an external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool;

a ventilating means drive unit that drives the ventilating means; and

a ventilating means control unit that compares one of the at least one temperature in the working area, which is detected with the at least one temperature sensor, the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool, which is detected with the external air temperature sensor, and a pre-set target temperature in the working area and, in accordance with the result of the comparison, outputs a signal for driving or stopping the ventilating means to the ventilating means drive unit when the numerically controlled machine tool is not being operated,

wherein the ventilating means comprises a cover for an opening, which covers at least a part of the working area, and is kept closed during the operation of the numerically controlled machine tool,

wherein when the numerically controlled machine tool is not being operated, the cover is opened such that air replacement performed by the ventilating means is performed only if the one of the at least one temperature in the working area is (i) higher than both the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool and the target temperature in the working area, or (ii) lower than both the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool and the target temperature in the working area,

wherein when the numerically controlled machine tool is being operated, the cover is closed such that air replacement performed by the ventilating means cannot be performed, and

wherein one of the at least one temperature in the working area that is detected with the at least one temperature sensor is a headstock temperature of the numerically controlled machine tool.

7. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 6, wherein another of the at least one temperature in the working area that is detected with another of the at least one temperature sensor is an air temperature in the working area.

8. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 6, wherein the external temperature surrounding the numerically controlled machine tool that is detected with the external air temperature sensor is an air temperature in the room in which the numerically controlled machine tool is installed.

9. The temperature control apparatus of a numerically controlled machine tool according to claim 6, wherein the ventilating means control unit outputs the signal only during a specific time period of a day.