SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A MACHINE TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF

摘要

An assembly for carrying a measuring gauge (10) to be maintained in contact with a portion of a workpiece (3) mounted in a machine tool arranged to rotate the workpiece about a machine reference axis (14). The assembly is for mounting on a carriage shared with a material removing tool (1) and comprises a slide (6) which is slidable in the direction of infeed of said material removing tool (1). A mount coupling (8) is pivotally coupled to the slide by a pivot (7) 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 (5) 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.