CUTTING MACHINE WITH WORKPIECE EXCHANGER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting machine having a workpiece table that does not move horizontally, requires less space compared with a conventional workpiece exchanger and does not expose a machinery operator standing in front of the cutting machine to danger. SOLUTION: A slide mechanism is formed so as to move over two parallel side walls (11 and 12) provided on the cutting machine formed in a gantry type machine. Such side walls determine a cutting region. An intermediate space between the side walls is divided into a front cutting region and a back cutting range by horizontal wall or a door (19) that is closed while a workpiece is cut and of which at least a portion is opened while the workpiece is changed. The revolution radius of a receiving element (26) engaged with the workpiece or a workpiece palette is extended to at least a portion of the supply region. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT