MACHINING APPARATUS

摘要

A frame defines a workpiece-transfer station, a machining station, and a tool station all centered on a common vertical plane. A carousel in the tool station carries a plurality of tools having shanks. A slide movable vertically and horizontally in the plane carries a tool head rotatable about a vertical axis itself having a tool socket adapted to fit shanks of the tools and a workpiece grab. This tool head can move horizontally in the plane to pick up and drop off tools and move workpieces between the transfer and the machining station, and can also move vertically during machining of a workpiece rotating in the machining station.

主权项

1. An apparatus for machining workpieces, the apparatus comprising:
a frame defining a workpiece transfer station; means on the frame defining a machining station for holding one of the workpieces and rotating the held workpiece on the frame about a vertical axis offset in a horizontal direction from the transfer station; a carousel on the frame rotatable about a vertical axis offset in the horizontal direction from the machining station and carrying a plurality of tools having shanks; a vertical guide on the frame; a vertical slide carried on the vertical guide and shiftable therealong in a vertical direction on the frame; a horizontal guide on the vertical slide; a horizontal slide carried on the horizontal guide and shiftable therealong in the horizontal direction on the vertical slide between a position juxtaposed with the machining station and positions juxtaposed with the carousel and with the transfer station; and a tool head rotatable about a vertical axis on the horizontal slide and carrying a workpiece grab and, angularly offset therefrom, a tool socket adapted to fit the tool shanks, whereby by movement in the horizontal direction of the horizontal slide and rotation of the tool head can move a workpiece by the grab between the transfer station and the machining station and can move a tool by the holder between the carousel and the machining station to machine a rotating workpiece therein.