摘要 |
<p>The first machine tool (1), whose position is to be determined, contacts a work surface (5) of a second machine tool (4), the position of this work surface being already known. The speed of the motor used to rotate the second tool is set at as low as possible a value that the rotary speed of the second tool is measurably reduced when the first tool comes into contact with it. The two tools are used to carry out work in the same work region (11) and the second tool has known positional data. The two tools can be moved towards and away from each other. An Independent claim is also included for the apparatus used to carry out this method, comprising two motor-driven spindles for at least two tools, and a mechanism for generating a signal when a tool is moved forwards (8, 9) in order to determine the starting position for the first tool, where the face of the second tool forms a work surface for contacting the first tool, and where the length axis of the first tool is parallel to and offset relative to the length axis of the second tool.</p> |