Machine tool with manual pulse generator
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeisuke Tange, Kazumasa Nakayasu
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Abstract
A machine tool, which has a tool magazine for storing multiple tools and is for machining a workpiece with a tool held on a main shaft by moving the main shaft relative to the workpiece, wherein the machine tool is provided with: multiple feed shafts for moving the tool relative to the workpiece; a tool magazine drive motor for driving the tool magazine; and a manual pulse generator, which is for sending a positive or negative command pulse to the multiple feed shafts or tool magazine drive motor, the manual pulse generator being provided with a selection switch for selecting one of the multiple feed shafts or the tool magazine drive motor as the destination to which the command pulse is to be sent.
Claims5
A machine tool having a tool magazine holding a plurality of tools, moving a spindle and workpiece relative to each other, and machining the workpiece by a tool held by the spindle, the machine tool comprising:
- a plurality of feed axes for moving the tool and the workpiece relative to each other;
- a tool magazine drive motor for driving the tool magazine;
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- a manual pulse generator for sending positive or negative command pulses to the plurality of feed axes or the tool magazine drive motor, the manual pulse generator comprising a selection switch for selecting one of the tool magazine drive motor and the plurality of feed axes as a destination of the command pulses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.