Tool holding system
AssigneeTRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsChristoph Schmidt, Werner Erlenmaier
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Abstract
Tool holding systems described herein include a tool holder configured to releasably retain a metal-processing tool and to define a tool holder passage extending along a stroke axis, an adjustment drive operable to rotate the tool holder about the stroke axis, and a stroke drive including a spindle operable independent of the adjustment drive to translate the tool holder along the stroke axis. The stroke drive defines a stroke drive passage cooperating with the tool holder passage to define a waste disposal passageway through the tool holding system.
Claims11
A method of machining a workpiece, the method comprising:
- retaining a metal-processing tool on a tool holder;
- rotating the position of the tool holder about a stroke axis with an adjustment drive;
- translating the position of the tool holder along the stroke axis with a stroke drive having a spindle operable independent of the adjustment drive;
- maintaining an access passage through the tool holder and the stroke drive while adjusting the position of the tool holder;
- and
- processing the workpiece with the metal-processing tool.
A method of machining a workpiece, the method comprising
- retaining a first metal-processing tool on a first tool holder;
- rotating the position of the first tool holder about a stroke axis with a first adjustment drive;
- translating the position of the first tool holder along the stroke axis with a first stroke drive including a first spindle operable independent of the first adjustment drive;
- retaining a second metal-processing tool on a second tool holder;
- rotating the position of the second tool holder about a stroke axis with a second adjustment drive;
- translating the position of the second tool holder along the stroke axis with a second stroke drive including a second spindle operable independent of the second adjustment drive;
- and
- maintaining a first passage through the first tool holder and the first stroke drive while adjusting the position of the first tool holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.