CN111230587A

CN111230587A - Intelligent metal cutting equipment

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Publication number: CN111230587A
Application number: CN202010175591.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张宝辉
Original assignee: Shenyang Zhongjie Zhongchuang Intelligent Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenyang Zhongjie Zhongchuang Intelligent Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-13
Filing date: 2020-03-13
Publication date: 2020-06-05

Abstract

The invention provides an intelligent metal cutting device, which comprises: the equipment comprises an equipment body, wherein a herringbone stand column is arranged on the equipment body, a cutting device is arranged on the herringbone stand column, the cutting device comprises a main shaft and a cutting motor connected with the main shaft, and a cutting tool can be detachably connected below the main shaft; the cutting device can move up and down along the herringbone vertical column; a workbench arranged on the equipment body is arranged right below the cutting device, and the workbench can move back and forth, left and right along the upper plane of the equipment body; a cooling device is arranged on one side of the cutting device and used for rapidly cooling a cutting area; the cutting equipment further comprises a control cabinet, wherein a PLC (programmable logic controller) is arranged in the control cabinet and used for receiving data information and control instructions from an upper computer and sending action instructions to each driving mechanism of the cutting equipment according to the data information and the control instructions so as to machine and form the required metal workpiece.

Description

Intelligent metal cutting equipment

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of metal material processing, and particularly relates to intelligent metal cutting equipment.

Background

Metal cutting is a process of cutting excess material from a workpiece with a tool to obtain a part having a desired shape, dimensional accuracy, surface quality, and the like. Metal cutting equipment is equipment for machining various metal workpieces by cutting, grinding or special machining methods to obtain required geometric shapes, dimensional accuracy and surface quality. However, when the existing metal cutting equipment works, the equipment shaking condition often occurs due to the fact that large impact force is generated between the cutting tool and a metal material, scrap iron is generated when the cutting equipment works, certain pollution and damage to the field environment can be caused sometimes, meanwhile, the requirement of the metal cutting equipment on the working temperature is high, the existing metal cutting equipment is limited by the temperature, and the problem that how to timely cool the metal cutting equipment and a metal workpiece is solved. In addition, the existing metal cutting equipment mostly adopts a mode that a cutting device moves in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction and a metal workpiece is fixed, and the mode causes the whole vibration of the equipment to be larger in the cutting process and causes low accuracy and precision in the cutting process. When the cutting equipment is provided with the tool magazine system, the cutting device needs to be moved to a specific position to replace the tool, the action is slow, the operation is complex, and the overall performance of the cutting equipment is not ideal.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an intelligent metal cutting apparatus for solving the problems in the prior art. The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:

an intelligent metal cutting apparatus comprising: the equipment comprises an equipment body, wherein a herringbone stand column is arranged on the equipment body, a cutting device is arranged on the herringbone stand column, the cutting device comprises a main shaft and a cutting motor connected with the main shaft, and a cutting tool can be detachably connected below the main shaft; the cutting device can move up and down along the herringbone vertical column; a workbench arranged on the equipment body is arranged right below the cutting device, and the workbench can move back and forth, left and right along the upper plane of the equipment body; a cooling device is arranged on one side of the cutting device and used for rapidly cooling a cutting area;

the cutting equipment further comprises a control cabinet, wherein a PLC (programmable logic controller) is arranged in the control cabinet and used for receiving data information and control instructions from an upper computer and sending action instructions to each driving mechanism of the cutting equipment according to the data information and the control instructions so as to machine and form the required metal workpiece.

Preferably, the opening angle of the herringbone stand column is 45-90 degrees.

Furthermore, a Z-axis ball screw is mounted on the herringbone stand column and connected with a motor used for driving the Z-axis ball screw to move, the Z-axis ball screw is connected with the cutting device, and the Z-axis ball screw is used for driving the cutting device to move up and down along a Z-axis guide rail arranged on the herringbone stand column.

Furthermore, the bottom of the workbench is provided with a pulley, a mounting plate is arranged below the pulley, an X-axis guide rail is arranged on the mounting plate, the workbench is connected with an X-axis ball screw, the X-axis ball screw is connected with a motor used for driving the X-axis ball screw to move, and the X-axis ball screw is used for driving the workbench to move back and forth along the X-axis guide rail arranged on the mounting plate.

Further, the mounting panel bottom is equipped with the pulley, Y axle ball is connected to the mounting panel, Y axle ball is connected and is used for the drive the motor of Y axle ball motion, Y axle ball is used for the drive the mounting panel is along setting up equip planar Y axle guide rail side-to-side movement on the body.

Preferably, the cooling device comprises two water-cooling spray heads and an air-cooling spray head which are arranged side by side, the water-cooling spray heads and the air-cooling spray heads are respectively connected with a water source and an air source through pipelines, electromagnetic valves are arranged on the water-cooling pipelines and the air-cooling pipelines, and the electromagnetic valves are connected with the PLC.

Furthermore, the water-cooling spray head and the air-cooling spray head are all universal spray heads.

Optionally, a plurality of T-shaped grooves are formed in the workbench and used for fixing the metal workpiece.

Preferably, the same-size jacks are uniformly distributed on the workbench in a matrix arrangement mode, and the jacks are used for fixing the metal workpiece so as to enhance the stability of the cutting process and the cutting accuracy and precision of the metal workpiece.

Optionally, a cable protection drag chain is arranged at the top of the herringbone upright post.

Furthermore, a tool magazine system is further arranged on the other side of the cutting device and located on the herringbone stand column, the tool magazine system comprises a disc tool magazine and an automatic tool changing system arranged at the bottom of the disc tool magazine, and the disc tool magazine and the automatic tool changing system are connected with the PLC.

Further, the cutting equipment further comprises a shield which is arranged around the equipment body, and the height of the shield is higher than the maximum rising height of the cutting device; one side, opposite to the cutting device, of the protective cover is provided with a split translation type protective door, a switch controller is arranged on the protective door, and the switch controller is connected with the PLC controller to realize automatic control switch of the protective door; an observation window is further arranged on the protective cover.

The invention also provides an intelligent metal cutting method, which adopts the cutting equipment and comprises the following steps:

fixing a metal workpiece on a workbench;

adjusting the height of the cutting device and the position of the workbench;

starting a cutting device to perform cutting operation on the metal workpiece, and starting a cooling device to rapidly cool a cutting area in the cutting process;

and taking out the metal workpiece after cutting.

The invention has the technical effects that: the cutting equipment can realize the automatic processing process of the cutting equipment through the PLC, such as: an operator designs a metal machining graph through graph design software, converts the metal machining graph into an identification code through an upper computer, sends the identification code to a PLC (programmable logic controller) through a wired network, the PLC compiles the identification code into an identification language, and sends the identification language to an upper driving motor, a lower driving motor, a left driving motor, a right driving motor, a front driving motor and a rear driving motor respectively to control the position of a metal workpiece, and a cutting motor controls a cutting head to cut a specific part of the metal workpiece, so that the intelligent control process of metal workpiece machining is realized. The invention also provides a cooling device and the herringbone stand column, wherein the cooling device can rapidly cool the cutting area, the herringbone stand column can improve the integral rigidity of the equipment, and further improve the integral stability of the equipment in a large number of cutting processes, and in addition, compared with the existing straight stand column, the herringbone stand column is arranged, the equipment has smaller vibration under the condition of the same cutting depth. In a word, the automatic precision machining device can realize the automatic precision machining of the metal workpiece, improve the working efficiency and reduce the error probability.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent metal cutting apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a left side view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a right side view of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front view of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a rear view of fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a hole-system worktable of the cutting equipment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a T-groove table of the cutting apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a T-slot table in combination with a conventional fixture.

Fig. 9 is a top view of fig. 8.

FIG. 10 is a simulated physical representation of the table of FIG. 6 holding a metal workpiece.

Fig. 11 is a diagram of a product obtained in example 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the same product obtained by a conventional commercially available metal cutting apparatus in example 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a comparison of a conventional commercially available metal cutting tool of example 2 of the present invention with a tool of the present invention, wherein (1) is a conventional tool; (2) is processed by the method.

In FIGS. 1 to 10, 1 is an equipment body, 2 is a herringbone column, 3 is a spindle, 4 is a cutting motor, 5 is a cutter, 6 is a hole system workbench, 7 is a control cabinet, 8 is a Y-axis ball screw, 9 is a Y-axis ball screw motor, 10 is a Y-axis guide rail, 11 is a mounting plate, 12 is a X-axis ball screw, 13 is a X-axis ball screw motor, 14 is a Z-axis ball screw, 15 is a Z-axis ball screw motor, 16 is a Z-axis guide rail, 17 is a water cooling spray head, 18 is an air cooling spray head, 19 is a hole system workbench jack, 20 is a cable protection drag chain, 21 is a tool magazine system, 22 is a disc tool magazine, 23 is an automatic tool changing system, 24 is a protective cover, 25 is a protective door, and 26 is an observation window, 27-cutting device connecting seat, 28-T-shaped groove workbench, 29-X-axis guide rail, 30-T-shaped groove, 31-pressing plate, 32-key block, 33-equal-height block, 34-screw rod, 35-nut, 36-tool magazine motor and 37-T-shaped groove workbench bottom pulley.

Detailed Description

The clamps and platens used in the specific embodiments of the present invention were purchased from Xinte company, Beijing blue.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms 'upper', 'lower', 'left', 'right', 'front', 'rear', etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must have specific orientations, be constructed in specific orientations, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, in the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms 'mounted', 'connected' and 'connected' are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; the two elements may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or may be communicated with each other inside the two elements, or may be wirelessly connected or wired connected. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the following figures and specific examples, which are intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, of the invention.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent metal cutting apparatus, including: the device comprises a device body 1, wherein a herringbone stand column 2 is installed on the device body 1, a cutting device is arranged on the herringbone stand column 2, and a hole system workbench 6 arranged on the device body 1 is arranged right below the cutting device. And a cooling device is arranged on one side of the cutting device and used for rapidly cooling the cutting area. The cooling device moves along with the cutting device to ensure the cooling effect on the cutting tool and the cutting area. And a tool magazine system 21 is arranged on the other side of the cutting device.

The cutting equipment further comprises a control cabinet 7, wherein a PLC (programmable logic controller) is arranged in the control cabinet 7 and used for receiving data information and control instructions from an upper computer and sending action instructions to each driving mechanism of the cutting equipment according to the data information and the control instructions so as to machine and form the required metal workpiece. The upper computer is provided with graphic design software, and the data information mainly comprises graphic data of the metal workpiece. The PLC controller is connected with the upper computer through a limited network.

The opening angle of the herringbone stand 2 is 45-90 degrees, and in the embodiment, the opening angle of the herringbone stand 2 is 45 degrees. The existing cutting machine tool is basically a straight-line-shaped upright column, the upright column is designed into a herringbone structure in the embodiment, so that the cutting equipment is integrally rigid and stable, the stress of the main shaft box is more stable when the main shaft box bears lateral feeding in the actual operation process, and the overall vibration of the equipment is greatly reduced.

The cutting device comprises a main shaft and a cutting motor 4 connected with the main shaft, a cutting tool 5 can be detachably connected below the main shaft, and if the situation of replacing the cutting tool 5 is involved in the cutting process, the PLC controller controls a tool magazine system 21 to realize the automatic replacement process of the cutting tool 5. The cutting device can move up and down along the herringbone vertical column 2, and specifically comprises: a Z-axis ball screw 14 is mounted on the herringbone upright post 2, the Z-axis ball screw 14 is connected with a motor 15 for driving the Z-axis ball screw 14 to move, the Z-axis ball screw 14 is connected with the cutting device through a connecting seat 27, namely, a main shaft box of the cutting device is fixed on the connecting seat 27, a main shaft 3 is arranged in the main shaft box, the upper end of the main shaft 3 is connected with a cutting motor 4, the lower end of the main shaft is connected with a cutter 5, and the cutting motor 4 is fixed on the main shaft box; the connecting base 27 is connected with the Z-axis ball screw 14, and the connecting base 27 can move up and down along the Z-axis guide rail 16 arranged on the herringbone column 2 under the driving of the Z-axis ball screw 14.

As shown in fig. 6, in this embodiment, the size of the hole-series worktable 6 is 1m × 0.5m, the insertion holes 19 with the same size are uniformly distributed on the worktable in a matrix arrangement, pulleys are arranged at the bottom of the worktable, and the insertion holes 19 are matched with flat tongs (such as a vice), a pressing plate and a clamp to fasten metal workpieces, so that the positioning requirements of points, lines, surfaces, holes, arcs and circles of parts with any shapes can be met, the adjustment links are few, the retainability is good, and the stability of the cutting process and the accuracy and precision of the cutting of the metal workpieces are further enhanced. In use, the hole-series table of the present embodiment: the fixture is positioned on the workbench through the fixture, the placing position of the fixture can be adjusted according to the shape of the metal workpiece, and the workpiece is clamped after the approximate position is determined, or the workpiece is fixed through the pressing plate. Whole clamping time is shorter, and is more convenient, and multiple type of work piece is more high-efficient after using this hole system workstation. The fixture has better stabilizing effect on parts with various shapes, and greatly shortens the clamping requirements of various parts with different shapes. Fig. 10 is a simulated physical diagram of a series of metal workpieces actually produced using the intelligent metal cutting apparatus, all using the hole system table 6.

In addition, a T-shaped groove workbench 28 shown in fig. 7 to 9 can be selected, a plurality of T-shaped grooves 30 are arranged on the T-shaped groove workbench 28, pulleys are arranged at the bottom of the T-shaped groove workbench, and a clamp which can be used with the T-shaped groove workbench is further shown in fig. 8 and 9 and comprises a pressing plate 31, a key block 32, an equal-height block 33, a screw 34 and a nut 35. The worktable and the clamp thereof generally aim at workpieces to be machined with a regular structure, a component is placed on the worktable and is pressed tightly by an equal-height block 33, then the equal-height block is fixed on the worktable 28 through a pressure plate 31, a key block 32, a screw 34 and a nut 35 to realize the fastening of the workpieces, and the accurate position of a metal workpiece on the worktable can be determined through the positioning of the key block 32 and the screw 34 in a T-shaped groove. However, the T-shaped groove workbench is difficult to clamp special-shaped parts and can be suitable for fixing metal workpieces with relatively simple structures.

Hole system workstation 6 or T type groove workstation 28 all can follow the up plane of equipping body 1 is the side to side movement from beginning to end, specifically is: when installing the workstation to equipping on the body 1, set up mounting panel 11 earlier in the bottom of workstation, be equipped with X axle guide rail 29 on the mounting panel 11, X axle ball 12 is connected to the workstation, X axle ball 12 is connected and is used for the drive motor 13 of X axle ball 12 motion, X axle ball 12 is connected workstation 6, X axle ball 12 is used for the drive workstation 6 is along setting up X axle guide rail 29 seesaw on mounting panel 11. And, be equipped with Y axle ball 8 on the equipment body 1, Y axle ball 8 connects and is used for the drive motor 9 of the motion of Y axle ball 8, Y axle ball 8 connects mounting panel 11, the mounting panel 11 bottom is equipped with the pulley, Y axle ball 8 is used for the drive mounting panel 11 is along setting up the planar Y axle guide rail 10 side-to-side motion on the equipment body 1.

In this embodiment, the cooling device includes two water-cooling nozzles 17 and one air-cooling nozzle 18, which are arranged side by side, the water-cooling nozzles 17 and the air-cooling nozzle 18 are all universal nozzles, the air-cooling nozzle 18 is located between the two water-cooling nozzles 17, the horizontal distance between each of the water-cooling nozzles 17 and the air-cooling nozzle 18 and the cutter is within 5cm, the vertical distance between each of the three nozzles and the cutter point is within 5cm, so as to sufficiently ensure the cooling effect on the cutter point area, and the water-cooling nozzles 17 and the air-cooling nozzle 18 are respectively connected with a water source and an air source (not shown in the figure) through pipes. Electromagnetic valves (not shown in the figure) are arranged on the water cooling pipeline and the air cooling pipeline, the electromagnetic valves are connected with the PLC, automatic cooling of a cutting area in the cutting process of the metal workpiece is achieved through the PLC, and a plurality of control programs such as independent opening and closing and alternate opening and closing of the water cooling pipeline and the air cooling pipeline can be achieved through parameter setting on the PLC.

In this embodiment, the tool magazine system 21 includes a disc type tool magazine 22, a tool magazine motor 36, and an automatic tool changing system 23 disposed at the bottom of the disc type tool magazine 22, wherein the disc type tool magazine 22 and the automatic tool changing system 23 are both connected to the PLC controller, and the automatic tool changing system 23 employs an electrical cam mechanism. Since the disc magazine 22 and the automatic tool changing system 23 are conventional in the art, they will not be described in detail. In this embodiment, the disc-type tool magazine 22 and the automatic tool changing system 23 are assembled to the cutting equipment by an assembling manner, and the tool magazine system 21 is fixed on one side of the spindle box 3, can move up and down along with the cutting device, and flexibly, quickly and accurately realize a tool replacing procedure in the cutting process of a metal workpiece.

In this embodiment, in order to better accommodate various cables, the top of the herringbone upright post 2 is provided with a cable protection drag chain 20 of an inverted 'U' -shaped structure, the drag chain 20 comprises a plurality of units which are connected to form a chain, each unit can be detached, the maintenance of the cable is convenient, and the drag chain can play a role in traction and protection of various motor cables of cutting equipment, equipment main cables and the like.

Furthermore, the cutting equipment also comprises a rectangular protective cover 24, as shown by the gray line in fig. 1-5, the rectangular protective cover 24 is arranged around the equipment body 1, and the height of the protective cover 24 is higher than the maximum rising height of the cutting device; one surface of the protective cover 24, which faces the cutting device, is provided with a split translation type protective door 25, the protective door 25 is provided with a switch controller, and the switch controller is connected with the PLC controller so as to realize automatic control switch of the protective door; the protective cover 24 is also provided with an observation window 26 so as to facilitate manual real-time observation of the metal workpiece machining process. Of course, monitoring equipment can be arranged in the working area of the cutting equipment and connected with the PLC, so that monitoring videos are transmitted to an upper computer in real time, and real-time observation efficiency is improved.

Example 2

A metal workpiece of a rectangular parallelepiped structure was cut into a structure shown in fig. 11 by using the cutting equipment of example 1, and the specific cutting process included:

(1) the workpiece is clamped by a clamp or a vice, the workpiece is aligned in three directions by a dial indicator or a dial indicator device, and the workpiece is locked by the clamp or the vice after being aligned.

(2) And setting parameters such as a cutting tool and the distance between the cutting tool and a cutting processing surface, and compensating the corresponding tools in the system.

(3) The machining codes are led into the PLC through the upper computer, the codes are checked to be correct, trial cutting can be carried out after the codes are correct, sufficient cooling liquid must be guaranteed in the cutting process, and the cutter point is cooled constantly to guarantee the quality of the machined surface.

(4) Adjusting the height of the cutting device and the position of the workbench, starting the cutting device to perform cutting operation on the metal workpiece, and starting the cooling device to rapidly cool a cutting area in the cutting process; and taking out the metal workpiece after cutting. The physical form of the metal workpiece obtained is shown in fig. 11.

Prior to designing the metal cutting apparatus of the present invention, using a conventional metal cutting apparatus of the type commercially available as VDM850E, an article of the same product was obtained as shown in fig. 12. as can be seen in fig. 12, the workpiece obtained by the conventional metal cutting apparatus exhibited a series of bright and dark lines that were perpendicular to the tool path. In addition, FIG. 13 also shows the results of the tool lines test at I of FIG. 11 using the prior art metal cutting apparatus and the cutting apparatus of the present invention, which obtained workpiece tool lines that were fuzzy and irregular and had significant surface burns, in contrast to the workpiece tool lines that were clear and regular. Obviously, the technical cutting equipment provided by the invention greatly improves the cutting accuracy and precision of the workpiece, and the quality of the processed metal workpiece is better.

In conclusion, the cutting equipment can realize the intelligent processing process of the cutting equipment through the PLC controller; through setting up cooling device and chevron shape stand, wherein cooling device can carry out rapid cooling to cutting area, the chevron shape stand can also promote to equip holistic rigidity, and then promote to equip the overall stability in a large amount of cutting processes, in addition, the setting of chevron shape stand, compare current in-line stand, under the condition of same cut depth, the vibrations of equipment are littleer, the design of hole system workstation or T type groove workstation makes the work piece can more closely and fix on the workstation firmly, the more current flat workstation clamping steadiness improves greatly. In a word, the automatic precision machining device can realize the automatic precision machining of the metal workpiece, improve the working efficiency and reduce the error probability.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an intelligent metal cutting is equipped which characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps: the equipment comprises an equipment body, wherein a herringbone stand column is arranged on the equipment body, a cutting device is arranged on the herringbone stand column, the cutting device comprises a main shaft and a cutting motor connected with the main shaft, and a cutting tool can be detachably connected below the main shaft; the cutting device can move up and down along the herringbone vertical column; a workbench arranged on the equipment body is arranged right below the cutting device, and the workbench can move back and forth, left and right along the upper plane of the equipment body; a cooling device is arranged on one side of the cutting device and used for rapidly cooling a cutting area;

2. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the opening angle of the herringbone stand column is 45-90 degrees.

3. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: and a Z-axis ball screw is arranged on the herringbone stand column and connected with a motor for driving the Z-axis ball screw to move, the Z-axis ball screw is connected with the cutting device, and the Z-axis ball screw is used for driving the cutting device to move up and down along a Z-axis guide rail arranged on the herringbone stand column.

4. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the X-axis ball screw is connected with a motor used for driving the X-axis ball screw, and the X-axis ball screw is used for driving the workbench to move back and forth along the X-axis guide rail arranged on the mounting plate.

5. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 4, wherein: the mounting panel bottom is equipped with the pulley, Y axle ball is connected to the mounting panel, Y axle ball connects and is used for the drive the motor of Y axle ball motion, Y axle ball is used for the drive the mounting panel is along setting up planar Y axle guide rail side-to-side movement on the equipment body.

6. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the cooling device comprises two water-cooling spray heads and an air-cooling spray head which are arranged side by side, the water-cooling spray heads and the air-cooling spray heads are respectively connected with a water source and an air source through pipelines, electromagnetic valves are arranged on the water-cooling pipelines and the air-cooling pipelines, and the electromagnetic valves are connected with the PLC.

7. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: jacks with the same size are uniformly distributed on the workbench according to a matrix arrangement mode, and the jacks are used for fixing metal workpieces so as to enhance the stability of the cutting process and the cutting accuracy and precision of the metal workpieces.

8. The intelligent metal cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein: and a cable protection drag chain is arranged at the top of the herringbone upright post.

9. The intelligent metal cutting equipment of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: the cutting apparatus further comprises a shield disposed about the apparatus body and having a height above a maximum elevation of the cutting device; one side, opposite to the cutting device, of the protective cover is provided with a split translation type protective door, a switch controller is arranged on the protective door, and the switch controller is connected with the PLC controller to realize automatic control switch of the protective door; an observation window is further arranged on the protective cover.

10. An intelligent metal cutting method is characterized in that: the method of any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising the steps of:

fixing a metal workpiece on a workbench;

adjusting the height of the cutting device and the position of the workbench;

and taking out the metal workpiece after cutting.