Machining center and workpiece processing method
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorYuji SANO
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Abstract
A machining center is provided with: a base; a table that supports a workpiece; a main-shaft head that causes a tool to rotate around an axis of rotation of a main-shaft; a Z-axis drive device that causes the table to move with respect to the base along a Z axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the main-shaft; a W-axis drive device that causes the main-shaft head to move with respect to the base along a W axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the main-shaft; and a control device that controls the Z-axis drive device and the W-axis drive device so as to cause the tool to process the workpiece by causing the table and the main-shaft head to move along the Z axis and the W axis, respectively.
Claims4
A machining center which moves a workpiece and a rotating tool relative to each other to machine the workpiece, the machining center comprising:
- a base,
- a table on which the workpiece is supported,
- a spindle head which rotates the tool about an axis of rotation of a spindle,
- a Z-axis drive device which moves the table relative to the base along a Z-axis, which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the spindle,
- a W-axis drive device which moves the spindle head relative to the base along a W-axis, which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the spindle, and
- a controller which controls the Z-axis drive device and the W-axis drive device to move the table and the spindle head along the Z-axis and the W-axis, respectively, whereby the rotating tool machines the workpiece.
A workpiece machining method for moving, in a machining center, a workpiece and a rotating tool relative to each other to machine the workpiece, the machining center comprising:
- a base,
- a table on which the workpiece is supported,
- a spindle head which rotates the tool about an axis of rotation of a spindle,
- a Z-axis drive device which moves the table relative to the base along a Z-axis, which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the spindle, and
- a W-axis drive device which moves the spindle head relative to the base along a W-axis, which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the spindle, the workpiece machining method comprising the steps of:
- rotating the tool, and
- controlling the Z-axis drive device and the W-axis drive device to move the table and the spindle head along the Z-axis and the W-axis, respectively, whereby the rotating tool machines the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.