摘要:
A CNC cylindrical grinding machine comprising a bed, a worktable movable relative to the bed along a linear path, wheelhead movable in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of worktable travel, a rotatable grinding wheel mounted thereon for engagement with a workpiece mounted on the worktable, wheel drive means on the wheelhead for rotating the grinding wheel, headstock and tailstock means carried by the worktable for supporting a workpiece at its opposite ends, drive means associated with the headstock and tailstock means for rotating the workpiece, worktable drive means for effecting movement of the worktable relative to the bed and therefore the wheelhead, wheelhead drive means for effecting movement of the wheelhead and therefore the grinding wheel towards and away from the workpiece, control means by which all of the drive means and particularly the worktable and wheelhead drive means, are controlled, thereby to enable the workpiece to be positioned axially and rotationally relative to the grinding wheel, and to move the grinding wheel into engagement with the workpiece, further comprising transducer means for generating position and speed of rotation signals from at least the worktable and the wheelhead, and the headstock drive, for supply to the said control means, thereby to enable complex shapes and forms to be ground in the surface of the workpiece.
摘要:
In a machine tool a reference straight-edge is mounted on the worktable of the machine tool and the position of the worktable and therefore the workpiece along the x-axis of the machine is determined by reference to the straight edge; a linear scale is mounted to move with the tool and a reading head associated therewith provides a measure of the position of the tool along the x-axis of the machine, and a linear scale is mounted to move with the worktable and a reading head associated therewith provides a measure of the position of the worktable and therefore the workpiece along the z-axis of the machine; wherein the linear scale mounted to the tool and the reference straight edge mounted to the worktable and the reading heads and sensors associated therewith are all mounted in the same plane, and the machine is mounted so that the said plane is horizontal. The linear tool scale is aligned with the tool axis which intersects the point of application of the tool to the workpiece. The reference straight edge sensor is also located on the same axis so as to be on the same straight line as the linear tool scale and the point of application of the tool to the workpiece. The reading head for the linear scale mounted to the worktable is also located in the same vertical plane containing the said tool axis. Where the tool is a grinding wheel, the wheel is mounted with its axis of rotation at the same height as the reference straight edge and the linear scale associated with the wheel.
摘要:
A machining location for machining workpieces, comprising: a machine tool; an enclosure for said machine tool that encloses the entire machine tool within a predetermined space; workpiece storage within said predetermined space for storing workpieces at least prior to being worked on by said machine tool and for subjecting such workpieces when so stored to said machining environment to become oriented thereto. The machining location is mounted and supported to be separate from and independent of said machine tool so that vibrations are not transmitted from said enclosure to said machine tool. The machining location further comprises ambient environment controls for effecting control of at least the temperature of the air within said predetermined space.
摘要:
A machine tool comprising: a machine frame; a work carrying assembly for carrying a workpiece, carried by said machine frame for reciprocal movement along a work axis; and a cover assembly carried by said machine frame and including cover portions disposed to cover selected areas of said machine frame proximate said work axis. The cover assembly is not connected to the work carrying assembly but is operable to effect movement of said cover portions commensurate with movement of said work carrying assembly. The work carrying assembly includes a work carriage and said machine frame mounts a slideway proximate said axis and extending in the same direction as the work axis. The work carriage extends in the direction of said work axis but is of lesser extent than said slideway such that portions of said slideway to either one, the other or both extremities of said carriage assembly may be exposed upon said reciprocal movement of said work carrying assembly work carriage. The cover portions cover the slideways that may so be exposed. A first cover portion is disposed to cover the slideway to one side of the work carriage and a second cover portion is disposed to cover the slideway to the other side of the work carriage. Each cover portion includes a plurality of telescoping, slidably interrelated covers which are moved with respect to each other to cover more less of said slideways as such become exposed or become covered by the work carriage.