Machine tool equipped with chip scraper
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorAkihiko NAGAO
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Abstract
A machine tool includes a saddle supported by a guide member installed on a bed and configured to move relative to the bed in a first direction and a table supported by a guide member installed on the saddle and configured to move relative to the saddle in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The machine tool further includes a protective cover installed on a side face of the table or the saddle which is parallel to a travel direction of the table or the saddle and adapted to protect the guide member from chips and a scraper installed on the protective cover and adapted to scrape out chips built up in a neighborhood of the guide member.
Claims2
A machine tool comprising:
- a saddle supported by a guide member installed on a bed and configured to move relative to the bed in a first direction;
- and
- a table supported by a guide member installed on the saddle and configured to move relative to the saddle in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein
- the machine tool machines a workpiece through relative movement between a tool mounted on a spindle and the workpiece set on the table, the machine tool further comprising:
- a protective cover installed on a side face of the table or the saddle which is parallel to a travel direction of the table or the saddle and adapted to protect the guide member from chips;
- and
- a scraper installed on the protective cover and adapted to scrape out chips built up in a neighborhood of the guide member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.