Table system with angular position controls
AssigneeNippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
InventorMasataka Kato
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AssigneeNippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
InventorMasataka Kato
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A table system with angular position control means is disclosed in which an object supported on a table can be moved accurately over a tiny angle in circular direction to any desired position. The table is supported on a bed for rotation through a crossed-roller bearing. Position control means gets the table to turn over a tiny angle through an arm plate fastened to the table. A nut and screw set, when driven by a motor, causes a linear motion that is in line with a tangent of the table, and the linear motion is translated into a circular motion to turn the table in any circular direction by virtue of a combination of a first linear motion guide unit interposed between the bed and a carriage to control the linear motion in the tangential direction, a second bearing means interposed between the carriage and a turret means, and a second linear motion guide unit to control a linear motion in the direction that looks towards the center of the table.
A table system with angular position control means, comprising a flat bed, a table supported on the bed for rotation through a first bearing means, an arm plate extending radially out of an outside periphery of the table, and a position control means arranged in a position flanking a side of the bed to move the table over a tiny angle in a circular direction through the arm plate, wherein the position control means is comprised of a motor mounted to a motor bracket that is secured to the side of the bed, a screw shaft lying lengthwise along the side of the bed and connected with a rotary shaft of the motor, a nut mating with the screw shaft to move along the screw shaft as the screw shaft rotates on its own axis, a first linear motion guide unit composed of a first track rail arranged in a way extending lengthwise of the side of the bed and a first slider moveable along the track rail, a carriage fastened to both the first slider and the nut, and a means for joining the carriage with the arm plate in a way allowing the arm plate to move in a circular direction as the carriage moves in a linear direction.
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