Patent ID: 9102189
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B44B

Abstract:
1. An engraving machine comprising: a machine base; an engraving device assembled on said machine base, said engraving device composed of a carving knife, a first traveling unit and a second traveling unit, said first traveling unit able to actuate said carving knife to shift in a direction parallel to a horizontal plane of said machine base, said second traveling unit functioning to drive said carving knife to move in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane of said machine base; a clamping device mounted on said machine base, said clamping device employed to clamp a work piece, said clamping device having one end connected with a rotary unit to enable said clamping device to drive said work piece to rotate; and a control unit electrically connected with both said engraving device and said rotary unit, said control unit composed of a 3-D picture converter, a coordinate location definer and a positioning controller, said 3-D picture converter able to convert a datum into a 3-D picture, said coordinate location definer able to have an outer circumferential face of said work piece spread out to be a plane surface and define coordinate locations of said plane surface, said positioning controller functioning to drive and position said first traveling unit and said second traveling unit and said rotary unit; and said control unit able to control said carving knife to carry out engraving of said work piece and obtain a finished product in accordance with said 3-D picture.