Transfer carriage between NC lathes - rotates through 180 degrees during workpiece transfer from one lathe to another

摘要

A row of N-C lathes have workpiece loading and unloading devices (8, 9). The circular workpiece is removed from the chuck (12) of one lathe (1) by a rotatable arm (10) which lifts the workpiece clear of the lathe, rotates through 90 deg. and then transfers it to the carriage (5) which runs on the The carriage (5) has two pairs of arms, with one pair extending in the opposite direction to the other. As the carriage moves along the rail (3) it rotates through 180 deg. so that the workpiece can be delivered to the loading mechanism (9) of the second lathe (2).