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US 2011/0236146 A1Published application
Assembly and method for machining of an object with a milling machine
AssigneePex Rent B.V.
InventorAbraham Gijsbert De Koning
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AssigneePex Rent B.V.
InventorAbraham Gijsbert De Koning
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Assembly and method for machining an object with a milling machine. The object needing machining on various sides so as to require clamping. It is proposed to mechanize this time-consuming operation. To this end a further clamp is attached to a conversion or turning station which may clamp the already partially machined object with an already partially machined side thereof. The mutual positioning of the clamp in which the object is located and the clamp wherein the object is transferred, is precisely defined and by the linear movement of the clamps in relation to each other, the object may be transferred. The additional clamp is configured to receive the object to be machined in precisely the desired position, without damage. Subsequently, a further clamp is again put into the milling machine with the aid of a robot so that other sides of the object can be further subjected to a milling operation.
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Assembly comprising a machining device, a clamp for an object to be machined, and a robot for moving clamps provided with objects to and from said milling machine, said assembly comprising a transfer station, said transfer station comprising a first carrier for receiving a clamp and a second carrier for receiving a clamp, said carriers being movable towards each other from an opposing position.
Method for the milled machining of an object, comprising the provision of an object to be machined, the clamping thereof in a first clamp, the placement of the first clamp in a milling machine, the execution of a milling operation to a first side of said object, the reclamping of said object and the execution of a milling operation to a second side of said object and the removal of said machined object from the clamp, said reclamping comprising the transfer of said object from a first clamp to a second clamp and the placement of the second clamp in the milling machine, wherein said transfer of said object from the first clamp to the second clamp comprises the provision of the first clamp to a first carrier, the provision of the second clamp to a second carrier, the displacement of said carriers towards each other and the transfer of said object from the first clamp to the second clamp.
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