Machine tool with work piece handling arrangement
AssigneeGebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorsHeinrich Bonfert, Georg Deponte, Wolfgang Marker, Michael Herkert
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Abstract
In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing and carries handling equipment for supplying work pieces from an adjacent loading area to the machine component for machining and returning the finished work pieces to the storage structure and an intermediate storage structure is disposed near the machine tool component for temporarily storing unfinished work pieces to be machined and finished work pieces after being machined.
Claims19
A machine tool arrangement (1) including a machining structure comprising a machine tool component (2) including at least one mounting structure (41, 42) for at least one work piece (25) to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool (43) supplied in said machine tool component (2), and positioning and drive means for generating relative motion between the cutting tool (43) and the work piece (25) for machining the work piece (25), a housing (11) enclosing the machine component (2), and a work piece loader and transport structure (4) including a horizontal support beam (8) supported above the housing (11) and extending over machine component (2).
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