Patent ID: 6344018
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: B21D,B23Q,B30B,G05B,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
A press machine, comprising:a press machine body, including a press head and also including a plurality of tool holders, each of said tool holders having a plurality of stations therein, each of said stations mounting thereon a punch tool or a die tool in order to process workpieces; wherein said tool holders are replaceable, and at least one of the plurality of tool holders is installed in said press machine body for punching so that the punch tools or die tools mounted on the same tool holders are replaceable at the same time, and wherein said at least one installed tool holder is selectively indexable such that a desired punch tool or die tool is opposed to the press head to be driven thereby; a control means for controlling the press machine, said control means having a correspondence information storage section for storing station and tool correspondence information which comprises plural pieces of station information and tool identification information for identifying which punch tool or die tool is located at a particular station; a storage means for storing tool information and the tool identification information for each punch tool or die tool in such a way that the pieces of information mutually correspond; each of said tool holders having a storage medium provided thereon for storing the station and tool correspondence information, said station and tool correspondence information indicating station numbers of the tool holders and tool numbers of the tools; an input means for inputting said tool identification information, said input means reading the station and tool correspondence information of the at least one installed tool holder from a respective storage medium thereon and inputting the station and tool correspondence information from the at least one installed tool holder to said control means; and wherein said control means includes an identification means for identifying the tool information stored in the storage means for the plurality of punch tools or die tools based on the input tool identification information, and wherein said control means has a currently-used-tool-information storage means for storing the tool information on the punch tool or die tool that is opposed to the press head, said tool information of the punch tool or die tool that is opposed to the press head being associated with the tool identification information stored in the correspondence information storage section.