Abstract:
A drill quill (2) for insertion in a rigidly mounted milling spindle (12) comprises essentially a drive spindle (4) which can be inserted in a known manner in the milling spindle, a drill spindle (30) rigidly coupled to the drive spindle in the direction of rotation and axially movable with respect to the latter, a housing (22) rotatably mounted on the drive spindle but which can be blocked to prevent rotation with the latter, a feed transmission element (60) which rotates with respect to the drill spindle but is axially stationary with respect to the latter and which is axially movable with respect to the housing but rigidly coupled to the latter in the direction of rotation, and a manually operated feed control element (86) coupled through a gear to the transmission element and mounted in the housing with a transverse physical axis of rotation (84). In order to obtain a feed force which acts coaxially on the drill spindle, the feed transmission element (60) is designed as a sleeve surrounding the drill spindle and is connected in the axial direction at two diametrically opposed positions (102) to chains (98) which are guided by deflection rollers (104) and can be wound on a winding drum (92) mounted in the axis of rotation (84) of the feed control element (86).
Abstract:
An orbital drilling tool unit (10) configured to be detachably mounted to a rotatable spindle of a stationary machine tool. The tool unit (10) comprises an outer eccentric body (14) having an eccentric, longitudinally extending cylindrical hole (16), an inner eccentric body (18) rotatably supported in the eccentric hole (16) of the outer eccentric body (14) and having likewise an eccentric, longitudinally extending cylindrical hole (25), a spindle motor (22) for detachably supporting a cutting tool (24) and rotatably supported in the eccentric hole (25) of the inner eccentric body (18). The machine tool end of the outer eccentric body (14) is configured to be concentrically mounted to a tool holder (12) attached to the machine tool spindle for rotating the outer eccentric body (14). A radial offset adjusting means (26, 30) is configured for rotating the inner eccentric body (18) relative to the outer eccentric body (14) for adjusting the radial offset of the spindle motor center axis relative to the center axis of the machine tool spindle, and a means (38) is provided for transferring power to the spindle motor (22) for rotating the cutting tool (24).
Abstract:
In conventional ram-driven presses, the downward stroke of the ram into a tool causes acceleration of the tool, thereby facilitating an operation on a workpiece (16) by the tip (32) of the tool. While the ram stroke is found to impart sufficient dynamic energy to the tool to facilitate the necessitated operation by the tool tip, there are other more efficient, and in turn, more effective, means and methods of actuating the tool tip, with such means and methods being facilitated from energy derived from the tool's acceleration or from energy from other external sources.
Abstract:
Assemblies (100) and methods for processing a workpiece (2) in a ram-driven press employ an active tool (25) contained by a housing (10) that is interchangeable with a passive forming tool assembly in a mounting assembly of the press. The active tool includes a microprocessor and a functional head coupled to the microprocessor. Some assemblies including the active tool include a switch for activating the functional head; the switch may be mounted to the housing such that, when the housing is mounted in the mounting assembly of the press, the switch is triggered by movement of the housing in response to the ram stroke of the press.