摘要:
A postion-controlling system associated with one or more movable members and utilizing a resolver type inductive coupling device such as a ''''linear Inductosyn,'''' characterized by the transmission of alternating voltages having more than one frequency through the device. In the preferred form, analog signals of first and second frequencies are applied to excite two sets of input windings and the signal from a single output winding is split into its frequency components so as to produce error signals for driving two members to commanded positions along a common path; and an input of third frequency is superimposed upon the excitation for one set of input windings with the subsequent separation of that frequency from the output signal to monitor and confirm the operability of the inductive device and its associated components. The simultaneous control of two members may be employed without the monitoring, or the monitoring may be employed in a system controlling the position of a single member.
摘要:
An in-process measuring gage for use in connection with turning machines and the like wherein the gage is self-contained and adjusting for producing a precision output signal indicative of workpiece size. The gage has a column and a pair of arms attached to slides with the arms being normally biased and gravity actuated toward each other for maintaining continuous contact with a workpiece regardless of whether or not the workpiece is round. The arms while fixedly held in an outwardly projecting position include means for swinging transversely to an out of the way position in the event the arms encounter excessive resistance or an obstruction. The arms may be set in a predetermined position with clamping means and an arrangement is provided for permitting a certain amount of float by the arms so that they may move longitudinally to prevent damage should the arms be brought into contact with an oversized workpiece when they are clamped in the fixed position.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for causing a turning machine tool to operate with selectable but ''''constant surface feet per minute'''' (CSFM) under the control of an iteratively computing numerical control director, and characterized by anticipation of the necessary spindle or table r.p.m. which will be required at the start of a cut, such that as the cutter is rapidly approaching a workpiece, the spindle or table is accelerated to that required speed, thereby to substantially eliminate the delay which would be necessary to wait for the required speed to be reached with spindle or table servo motors of limited power driving loads with high inertia. The invention is specifically embodied in methods and apparatus for substituting (in lieu of signals representing the actual radius of the cutter from the workpiece center) signals representing the radial distance from the work center which the cutter will reach at the end of a rapid traverse positioning motion- and while that positioning motion is being executed- in the steps and apparatus by which the table or spindle speed is made inversely proportional to a signaled radius value.
摘要:
An assembly machine and method are provided for automatically inserting and fixing blade-like inserts in a torque converter turbine drum or like article. The assembly mechanism includes automatic apparatus for accomplishing the requisite assembly motions, including securely grasping a turbine drum or housing at a load-unload station, moving the drum or housing to a work station, stripping a blade-like insert from a feeding magazine, rolling the stripped insert into the drum or housing, angularly indexing the drum or housing to a successive position so as to receive the next blade-like insert, counting the number of angular indexing steps imparted to the drum, and returning the drum or housing with its assembled blade-like inserts to the load-unload station when the requisite number of blades have been inserted.
摘要:
A machine tool turret head, more particularly a power operated turret head, is provided with fluid power actuated toggle means for axially clamping the turret head to the machine tool ram or saddle. When a wedge member is withdrawn from a position between the toggle members, the turret head is released from a clamped work position and allowed to slide axially for a limited distance along a turret head stem. Logic circuitry and a resolver are employed to cause a motor and drive train to rotate the turret head and to locate the head via the most expeditious route within the predetermined initial angular tolerance limits of a new work position. The wedge member is then reinserted between the toggle means to move the turret axially back along the stem, and reclamp the turret in its new work position. A lost motion coupler is included in the drive train to allow the turret head to rotate slightly as it moves into its clamped position without damage to the associated drive train or other parts.