Support Assembly For Use With A Machine Tool And Methods Of Operation Thereof

摘要

An assembly for carrying a measuring gauge to be maintained in contact with a portion of a workpiece mounted in a machine tool arranged to rotate the workpiece about a machine reference axis. The assembly is for mounting on a carriage shared with a material removing tool and comprises a slide which is slidable in the direction of infeed of said material removing tool. A mount coupling is pivotally coupled to the slide by a pivot and is arranged to accommodate variation of the spacing between the mount and the pivot due to the rotary motion of said workpiece portion. A slide driver is arranged to reciprocate the slide relative to the slide support in synchronism with the rotation of said workpiece portion. An associated method is also provided.