Machine tool
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideshi Sato, Kazumasa Kono
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Abstract
A machine tool with an improved capability of discharging and collecting the cutting chips is disclosed. A bed (13) is provided with troughs (39) extending through the bed (13) in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the movement of a table (15). The cutting chips are collected in the troughs (39) through a plurality of chutes (47) which have openings inclined downward towards the troughs (39) and which are provided below the upper surface of the table 15, to be discharged to the outside through chip discharge means (41) disposed in the troughs (39).
Claims4
A machine tool for machining a workpiece by moving the workpiece and a tool relative to each other, the machine tool comprising:
- a bed serving as a base;
- a spindle head for rotatably supporting a spindle having said tools mounted thereon;
- a table for said workpiece to be mounted thereon, said table moving along guide means disposed on the upper surface of said bed;
- table feed means for moving said table along said guide means;
- an inclined cover for covering said guide means and said table feed means of said table and causing cutting chips generated by machining said workpiece to fall downwards;
- a plurality of chutes having openings for collecting the cutting chips below the upper surface of said table;
- a trough for receiving the cutting chips collected by said plurality of chutes, said trough extending through said bed below said table and in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the movement of said table,
- chip discharge means for discharging the cutting chips received by said trough to the outside, said chip discharge means disposed in said trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.