Machine tool
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkito SHIGEKANE, Junichi KUBOTA, Hiroto MATSUSHITA
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Abstract
A machine tool includes a headstock for supporting a workpiece spindle to allow the workpiece spindle to rotate and a camera for imaging a tool held in a predetermined area. The camera is fixed to the headstock above the workpiece spindle with an optical axis of the camera inclined with respect to a vertical direction. The machine tool may further include an illumination unit arranged to face the camera. In this case, the area is formed between the camera and the illumination unit. The camera is arranged to be closer to the headstock than the illumination unit is.
Claims5
A machine tool comprising:
- a headstock for supporting a workpiece spindle to allow the workpiece spindle to rotate;
- and
- a camera for imaging a tool held in a predetermined area, wherein
- the camera is fixed to the headstock above the workpiece spindle with an optical axis of the camera inclined with respect to a vertical direction.
A machine tool comprising:
- a headstock for supporting a workpiece spindle to allow the workpiece spindle to rotate;
- a camera for imaging a tool held in a predetermined area;
- and
- an illumination unit arranged to face the camera, wherein
- the area is formed between the camera and the illumination unit, and
- the camera is arranged to be closer to the headstock than the illumination unit is.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.