# US 10,369,637 B2 · Five-axis processing machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,637 B2 - Document ID: US10369637B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/549,871 - Filed: 2016-02-05 - Published: 2018-01-18 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-09 - Assignees: Doosan Machine Tools Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Doosan Machine Tools Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyo Seog Kang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369637B2 ## CPC - B23C 1/12: with spindle adjustable to different angles, e.g. either horizontal or vertical - B23Q 1/25: Movable or adjustable work or tool supports - B23Q 1/623: {followed perpendicularly by a single rotating pair} - B23Q 5/02: Driving main working members - B23C 1/06: with one vertical working-spindle - B23Q 2220/006: Spindle heads - B23C: MILLING (broaching B23D; broach-milling in making gears B23F; arrangement for copying or controlling B23Q) - B23Q: DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT ## Abstract The present invention relates to a five-axis machining apparatus. A five-axis machining apparatus according an embodiment of the present invention includes: a column; a slide coupled to the column so as to be slidable in a vertical direction; a main spindle drive unit supported on the back of the slide; and a tiltable spindle module detachably coupled to the front of the slide, and configured to receive rotation power from the main spindle drive unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A five-axis machining apparatus, comprising: a column; a slide coupled to the column so as to be slidable in a vertical direction; a main spindle drive unit supported on a back of the slide; and a tiltable spindle module detachably coupled to a front of the slide, and configured to receive rotation power from the main spindle drive unit, wherein the spindle module is modularized such that: a spindle is configured to rotate a tool for machining a workpiece; a spindle head is configured to rotatably support the spindle; a tilting head is configured to have a tilting drive unit configured to transfer rotation power to the spindle and a power transfer unit configured to tilt the spindle head; and a tilting body is configured to support the tilting head, and detachably coupled to the slide are integrated with each other, wherein the tilting body has two sides located opposite to the spindle, and the spindle module further comprises adjustment blocks provided at both sides opposite of the tilting body with respect to the spindle and configured to adjust a height location of the tilting body coupled to the slide. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a bed configured to support the column so as to be slidable in a lateral direction; and a saddle coupled to the bed so as to be slidable in a transverse direction; wherein the height location of the tilting body is adjusted via the adjustment blocks such that a plane of lateral movement of the column and transverse movement of the saddle forms a right angle with a plane of tilting movement of the spindle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the main spindle drive unit comprises a main spindle drive shaft, and the power transfer unit of the tilting head comprises a power transfer shaft; and the main spindle drive shaft and the power transfer shaft are connected via couplings, and transfer power. ### Claim 4 A five-axis machining apparatus, comprising: a spindle configured to rotate a tool for machining a workpiece; a spindle head configured to rotatably support the spindle, wherein the spindle head has two sides located circumferentially opposite to each other; a tilting head configured to have a power transfer unit configured to transfer rotation power to the spindle via one side surface of the spindle head by using one or more bevel gears, and a tilting drive unit coupled to the other side surface of the spindle head and configured to tilt the spindle head, and further configured to tiltably support both sides opposite of the spindle head; and a main spindle drive motor connected to the power transfer unit of the tilting head, and configured to supply rotation power, wherein the spindle comprises a spindle shaft, and a main spindle bevel gear formed on an outer circumferential surface of the spindle shaft, wherein the power transfer unit comprises: a first power transfer shaft configured such that a first transfer bevel gear configured to engage with the main spindle bevel gear is formed on one side thereof; a second power transfer shaft configured such that a second transfer bevel gear is formed on one side thereof, and spaced apart from the first power transfer shaft in parallel to the first power transfer shaft; and a drive shaft connected in series to the main spindle drive motor, and configured such that a drive bevel gear configured to engage with the second transfer bevel gear is formed on one side thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 4, wherein the power transfer unit further comprises a mechanism configured to transfer power between the first power transfer shaft and the second power transfer shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 5, wherein the mechanism configured to transfer power between the first power transfer shaft and the second power transfer shaft is one or more helical gears. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 4, wherein the main spindle bevel gear of the spindle is rotated around a shaft of the first transfer bevel gear of the power transfer unit, and tilts the spindle head. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 4, wherein when the tilting drive unit tilts the spindle head, a shaft of the main spindle drive motor is fastened. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a transmission connected between a motor shaft of the main spindle drive motor and a drive shaft of the power transfer unit and configured to include a planetary gear. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transmission operates in any one of: a high-speed mode in which the motor shaft of the main spindle drive motor and the drive shaft are connected in series to each other; and a low-speed mode in which rotation power of the motor shaft of the main spindle drive motor is transferred to the drive shaft via the planetary gear. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The five-axis machining apparatus of claim 4, wherein: the spindle, the spindle head, and the tilting head are integrated into a module, and the power transfer unit is separably coupled to a motor shaft of the main spindle drive motor through connection of couplings.