A cutting machine is provided, including: a cutting table having a first end and a second end aligned along an X-axis; a cutting tool gantry configured to cut parts from plate supported on the cutting table, the cutting tool gantry spanning the cutting table in a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end; and a part transfer apparatus configured to remove cut parts from the cutting table, the part transfer apparatus being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the part transfer apparatus is able to pass underneath the cutting tool gantry while travelling along the X-axis. Methods of manufacturing and storing parts are also provided, along with a method of identifying when a part is in contact with a finishing apparatus.
A cutting machine is disclosed comprising: a cutting table having a first end and a second end aligned along an X-axis; a cutting tool gantry configured to cut parts from plate supported on the cutting table, the cutting tool gantry spanning the cutting table in a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end; and a part transfer apparatus configured to remove cut parts from the cutting table, the part transfer apparatus being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the part transfer apparatus is able to pass underneath the cutting tool gantry while travelling along the X-axis. Methods of manufacturing and storing parts are also disclosed. A method of identifying when a part is in contact with a finishing apparatus is also disclosed.
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B23Q 7/00 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
A cutting machine is disclosed comprising: a cutting table having a first end and a second end aligned along an X-axis; a cutting tool gantry configured to cut parts from plate supported on the cutting table, the cutting tool gantry spanning the cutting table in a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end; and a part transfer apparatus configured to remove cut parts from the cutting table, the part transfer apparatus being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the part transfer apparatus is able to pass underneath the cutting tool gantry while travelling along the X-axis. Methods of manufacturing and storing parts are also disclosed. A method of identifying when a part is in contact with a finishing apparatus is also disclosed.
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B23Q 7/00 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
A separator apparatus is provided for a cutting machine which separates chips from coolant, wherein the separator includes a fluid chamber into which an airborne mixture of chips and coolant driven by an airflow enters via an entry port, the separator apparatus being configured to: sufficiently slow the speed of the airborne mixture once inside the chamber so that the chips and coolant separate out from the airflow; retain the chips and coolant released from the airborne mixture in the fluid chamber; and allow air from the airborne mixture to exit the fluid chamber via an air outlet; wherein the fluid chamber includes a chip collector which captures the chips and enables the chips to be separated and removed from the coolant in the chamber; and wherein the fluid chamber includes a coolant outlet through which coolant, from which the chips have been removed, is able to exit.
B01D 45/12 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces
B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23K 7/10 - Auxiliary devices, e.g. for guiding or supporting the torch
B23K 37/02 - Carriages for supporting the welding or cutting element
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
B23K 26/08 - Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
B23K 26/38 - Removing material by boring or cutting
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B23K 10/00 - Welding or cutting by means of a plasma
A replaceable ring shaped member for a clamp foot air jet apparatus for a clamp foot for clamping a plate for a cutting tool, includes a clamp foot assembly having an outer ring shaped member fluidly and supportably connectable to the removably ring shaped member. The inner ring shaped member includes a central aperture for the cutting of a plate to be located. An outer curved edge surface of the inner ring shaped member includes at least one abutting surface to sealingly abut a curved edge of the outer ring member includes a groove for directing air from the outer ring member and through at least one hole in the inner member, whereby a fluid can be directed through each hole to the central aperture, and whereby at least one fluid jet can be formed to move coolant and/or waste from the cutting location with respect to the clamp foot.
B23Q 3/00 - Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
A separator apparatus for a cutting machine which separates chips from coolant, wherein the separator includes a fluid chamber into which an airborne mixture of chips and coolant driven by an airflow enters via an entry port, said separator apparatus being adapted to: sufficiently slow the speed of the airborne mixture once inside said chamber so that the chips and coolant separate out from the airflow; retain the chips and coolant released from the airborne mixture in the fluid chamber; and allow air from the airborne mixture to exit the fluid chamber via an air outlet; wherein said fluid chamber includes a chip collector which captures the chips and enables the chips to be separated and removed from said coolant in the chamber; and wherein said fluid chamber includes a coolant outlet through which coolant, from which the chips have been removed, is able to exit.
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B01D 45/02 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by utilising gravity
A separator apparatus for a cutting machine which separates chips from coolant, wherein the separator includes a fluid chamber into which an airborne mixture of chips and coolant driven by an airflow enters via an entry port, said separator apparatus being adapted to: sufficiently slow the speed of the airborne mixture once inside said chamber so that the chips and coolant separate out from the airflow; retain the chips and coolant released from the airborne mixture in the fluid chamber; and allow air from the airborne mixture to exit the fluid chamber via an air outlet; wherein said fluid chamber includes a chip collector which captures the chips and enables the chips to be separated and removed from said coolant in the chamber; and wherein said fluid chamber includes a coolant outlet through which coolant, from which the chips have been removed, is able to exit.
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B01D 45/02 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by utilising gravity
B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
A cutting table is provided for supporting flat metal plate to be processed, wherein the support table includes at least one module including: at least two longitudinal end plate members which extend along a longitudinal X axis and are spaced apart a transverse distance Y; and a plurality of spaced apart flat bar members (bar members) which are supported by the end plate members and which span distance Y between the end plate members; wherein the side end plate members and bar members of the module are oriented so that the plane of the end plate members and the bar members all have, in use, a vertical orientation; wherein furthermore in use, the bar members support a sacrificial interlocking grid assembly configured to support the plate to be machined.
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
B23P 11/00 - Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques, not otherwise provided for
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Above plate coolant containment and recovery system
A machine is provided, including at least one cutting tool in the form of cutting head with coolant supplied for machining parts from flat material, wherein the machine also includes a coolant containment and recovery system which includes: a waste removal apparatus, a coolant guard having at least one wall bounding a containment forming area, wherein the coolant guard is fluidly connected to the waste removal apparatus, wherein in use: the coolant guard is located upon a plate to be machined; and the containment forming area becomes a containment area, within which the cutting tool and coolant are both located during the machining process, so that used coolant can be removed.
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B22D 11/126 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cutting
B23K 10/00 - Welding or cutting by means of a plasma
B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
B23Q 39/02 - Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation the sub-assemblies being capable of being brought to act at a single operating station
A cutting machine waste extraction apparatus is provided for a cutting machine that cuts a plate where the cutting machine waste extraction apparatus is supported adjacent a cutting area at a cutting table. The cutting machine produces waste at the cutting area during the cutting of the plate where the apparatus includes a ducting system having a first duct that receives the waste from the plate, and a second duct that receives the waste from the first duct. The first duct is movable along the length of the second duct and the second duct includes a lengthwise opening which is sealed by a flexible belt. The flexible belt is deformable from sealed contact with the second duct, adjacent a junction apparatus, where the junction apparatus provides a fluid connection between the first duct and the second duct.
B23P 23/04 - Machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass for both machining and other metal-working operations
B08B 15/00 - Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23K 28/02 - Combined welding or cutting procedures or apparatus
B23C 1/06 - Milling machines not designed for particular work or special operations with one vertical working-spindle
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
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B23Q 1/01 - Frames, beds, pillars or like members; Arrangement of ways
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H01H 1/26 - Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with resilient mounting with spring blade support
B23C 1/00 - Milling machines not designed for particular work or special operations
A machine is provided, including at least one thermal cutting head, and at least one machining head with a coolant, wherein the machine includes a plate support table which is configured to allow coolant to fall through, a gantry located above the table and configured to travel along length of the table in an X axis, a carriage which is movably mounted to the gantry to travel in a Y axis which is at right angles to the X axis, a machining head with a coolant supply and a thermal cutting head both mounted to the carriage, at least one trolley is located below the table, wherein the trolley supports a fume chamber and a coolant tray and wherein the trolley is configured to be capable in use of moving independently or synchronously with the machinery head or thermal cutting head as required to capture coolant and fumes.
B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
B22D 11/126 - Accessories for subsequent treating or working cast stock in situ for cutting
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
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B23K 26/38 - Removing material by boring or cutting
A replaceable or removable ring shaped member for a clamp foot air jet apparatus for a clamp foot for clamping a plate for a cutting tool of a cutting machine to cut the plate therein with coolant producing waste, including a clamp foot assembly comprising an outer ring shaped member fluidly and supportably connectable to the removably ring shaped member. The inner ring shaped member includes a central aperture for the cutting of plate to be located. Outer curved or angle edge surface of the inner ring shaped member includes at least one abutting surface to sealing abut an inner curved edge of the outer ring member includes a groove for receiving and directing air from the outer ring member and through at least one hole in the inner ring shaped member whereby a fluid can be directed through each hole to the central aperture whereby at least one fluid jet can be formed to clear or move coolant and/or waste from the cutting location with respect to the clamp foot. A clamp foot assembly is also included.
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted to a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
A replaceable or removable ring shaped member for a clamp foot air jet apparatus for a clamp foot for clamping a plate for a cutting tool of a cutting machine to cut the plate therein with coolant producing waste, including a clamp foot assembly comprising an outer ring shaped member fluidly and supportably connectable to the removably ring shaped member. Outer surface of the inner ring shaped member includes at least one abutting surface to sealing abut an inner curved edge of the outer ring member includes a groove for receiving and directing air from the outer ring member and through at least one hole in the inner ring shaped member whereby a fluid can be directed through each hole to the central aperture whereby at least one fluid jet can be formed to clear or move coolant and/or waste from the cutting location with respect to the clamp foot.
A cutting table for supporting or suspending plate while being processed by a profile plate cutting machine, includes a modular construction made up from several interlocking and connected components. The cutting table includes supporting frame assembly and sacrificial grid assembly which supports and connects to a sacrificial interlocking grid assembly being removably connected together by slotted connecting means to form the cutting table. The supporting frame assembly includes structural support bar members. The sacrificial interlocking grid assembly includes a plurality of first cross slat elongate members and second cross slat members being slidably interwoven with each other in a slotted type arrangement to form a sacrificial grid of parallel spaced members. Each of the first cross slats of the interlocking grid members sit directly on and parallel to the planar structural support bar members that can support the heavy loads of the plate being cut.
A cutting table for supporting flat metal plate to be processed wherein the support table includes at least one module comprising: at least two longitudinal end plate members which extend along a longitudinal X axis and are spaced apart a transverse distance Y; and a plurality of spaced apart flat bar members (bar members) which are supported by said end plate members and which span distance Y between said end plate members; wherein said side end plate members and bar members of the module are oriented so that the plane of said end plate members and said bar members all have, in use, a vertical orientation; wherein furthermore in use, said bar members support a sacrificial interlocking grid assembly configured to support the plate to be machined.
A cutting machine waste extraction apparatus for cutting a plate supported in a horizontal plane which produces waste such as coolant and/ or chips at a cutting area on a cutting table, the cutting machine waste extraction apparatus including a ducting system which comprises a first duct which receives the waste from the plate; and a second duct which receives the waste from the first duct; wherein the first duct is configured to be movable along the length of the second duct; and wherein the second duct includes an open side which is sealed by a flexible belt, said flexible belt being deformable from sealed contact with said second duct, by a junction apparatus, the junction apparatus providing a fluid connection between an exit port of said first duct and the second duct via the junction apparatus; including a first pair of rollers positioned in a region in front of said exit port of the first duct, said first pair of rollers configured to create an opening by lifting said belt from sealed contact with the second duct to enable said exit port to communicate with said second duct, communication between said first and second ducts, and wherein the junction apparatus also including a second pair of rollers positioned in a region behind said exit port and configured to redirect said flexible belt back into sealed contact with said second duct.
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B26D 7/08 - Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting
A machine comprising at least one thermal cutting head, and at least one machining head with a coolant, wherein the machine includes a plate support table which is configured to allow coolant to fall through, a gantry located above said table and configured to travel along length of said table in an X axis, a carriage which is movably mounted to the gantry to travel in a Y axis which is at right angles to the X axis, a machining head with a coolant supply and a thermal cutting head both mounted to said carriage, at least one trolley located below said table wherein said trolley supports a fume chamber and a coolant tray and wherein said trolley is configured to be capable in use of moving independently or synchronously with said machinery head or thermal cutting head as required to capture coolant and fumes.
B23Q 11/12 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating parts of the machine
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23Q 11/08 - Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards
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ABOVE PLATE COOLANT CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY SYSTEM
A machine including at least one cutting tool in the form of cutting head with coolant supplied for machining parts from flat material wherein the machine also includes a coolant containment and recovery system which includes: a waste removal apparatus, a coolant guard comprising at least one wall bounding a containment forming area wherein the coolant guard is fluidly connected to the waste removal apparatus, wherein in use: said coolant guard, is located upon a plate to be machined; and the containment forming area becomes a containment area, within which the cutting tool and coolant are both located during the machining process, so that used coolant can be removed.
B23Q 11/12 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating parts of the machine
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23Q 11/08 - Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards
A below plate coolant recovery and waste separation system for a combined machining and thermal cutting machine for cutting metal plate comprising a cutter positioned above a table and configured for x, y, and z - axis movement along a gantry and rails, a trolley structure located underneath the table, and constructed to move synchronously with the cutting tools, the trolley structure supporting at least one fume extraction chamber and at least one tray for receiving and removing coolant. Also included is a machine having coolant recovery and waste separation that combines a machining head with coolant and thermal cutting for cutting metal plates.
An above plate coolant containment and recovery system is designed to contain the use of machining coolant during machining operations. The system includes a coolant guard apparatus and waste removal means. The coolant guard apparatus is shaped and positioned to contain and separate coolant fluid as used during wet cutting machining to provide a dry cutting environment beyond the coolant guard apparatus. The coolant guard apparatus includes at least one shaped containment area formed with a substantially upright perimeter wall which in use is located on top of the plate to be cut to form the contained area whereby the waste removal means which is fluidly connected to the coolant guard apparatus, causes the removal of the used coolant and machining solid waste without leaking beyond the containment area cutting or milling machine with the above plate coolant containment and recovery system is also included.
B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23Q 11/08 - Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards
B23Q 11/12 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating parts of the machine
A cutting machine waste extraction apparatus is for a cutting machine for cutting in horizontal planes which produces waste such as and chips and coolant at a cutting area on a cutting table. The cutting machine waste extraction apparatus includes ducting system and junction apparatus such that waste from cutting can be removed from the cutting area through a movable ducting system. The movable ducting system is constructed to receive and direct waste from the cutting area, up a vertical plane to a horizontal plane. A portion of the ducting system is fluidly connected by the junction apparatus to another portion of the ducting system, whereby in the horizontal plane at least a portion of the ducting is able to move with respect to other ducting. The junction apparatus includes a movable junction ducting for directing waste flow from one direction to be directed to another direction in a ducting. The ducting is shaped to have at least one movable flexible belt located to cover and seal the ducting. The junction apparatus includes said belt being movably supported by rollers to be slidably raised above a portion of the ducting to allow the junction apparatus to be movable along the ducting to allow waste therein while being continuously fluidly sealed.
A torch spacing apparatus for a plasma or flame cutting machine includes a gantry that is guided to travel in an X axis. Mounted to the gantry is at least one carriage that is/are guided to travel in a Y axis. Mounted to each carriage are selected tooling having at least two cutting torches mounted thereon with an active cutting tool in an active cutting position. The carriage is mounted to enable tooling substitution whereby the torch spacing apparatus includes a substitution mechanism which is operatively attached to the carriage and tooling such that the said substitution mechanism is adapted to allow the position of a cutting torch or active cutting torch to be substituted with another cutting torch currently in the active position to space the torches accordingly by rotating the cutting tools about a Z axis.
A clamping assembly for clamping a product to allow drilling and/or cutting of the product by a drilling or cutting assembly, the clamping assembly including control means, activation means, moving means and clamp foot means being operatively connected whereby the control means controls the activation means to control the torque and distance moved on the activation means and moving means such that any movement of the drilling or cutting or clamp assembly relative to each other can be controlled such that the depth of and timing of drilling or cutting and or clamping by the drilling or cutting or clamping assembly can be adjusted accordingly such that if the product being clamped by the clamp foot means is moved during any additional forces that occur during drilling or cutting, then the control means can compensate and ensure the drilling or cutting depth is maintained.
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