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US 2023/0286058 A1Published application
Machine tool
AssigneesCitizen Watch Co., Ltd., Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorKazutoshi KITAZAWA
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Abstract
An automatic lathe includes a front main spindle holding a workpiece and a turret including a peripheral surface, the peripheral surface being divided into a plurality of turret surfaces, tools being mounted on the turret surfaces, the turret machining the workpiece with any of the tools selected by turning about a Z axis, wherein at least one turret surface of the turret surfaces of the turret has a distance from the Z axis shorter than that of the other turret surfaces.
Claims4
A machine tool comprising:
- a main spindle that holds a workpiece;
- and
- a turret including a peripheral surface about a turning axis and an end surface orthogonal to the turning axis, the peripheral surface being divided into a plurality of attachment surfaces, tools being mounted on the plurality of attachment surfaces, respectively, the turret machining the workpiece with any of the tools in a turned position selected by turning about the turning axis, wherein
- at least one attachment surface of the attachment surfaces of the turret has a distance from the turning axis shorter than that of the other attachment surfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.