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US 2024/0286237 A1Published application
Tool measurement assembly for a mill-turn machine
AssigneeFives Giddings & Lewis, LLC
InventorKeith A. Eisfeldt
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Abstract
A tool measurement assembly for a mill-turn machine including a laser tool setter having a laser transmitter that measures an outer surface of a rotary cutting tool held by the mill-turn machine; and a physical stylus tool probe configured to contact a stationary cutting tool held by the mill-turn machine; the tool measurement assembly is configured to mount to the mill-turn machine allowing the tool measurement assembly to move into a measurement position within a workspace.
Claims11
A tool measurement assembly for a mill-turn machine, comprising:
- a laser tool setter having a laser transmitter that measures an outer surface of a rotary cutting tool held by the mill-turn machine;
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- a physical stylus tool probe configured to contact a stationary cutting tool held by the mill-turn machine, wherein the tool measurement assembly is configured to mount to the mill-turn machine allowing the tool measurement assembly to move into a measurement position within a workspace.
A tool measurement assembly for a mill-turn machine, comprising:
- a yoke, including at least one elongated side, and a rail configured to couple with the mill-turn machine and permit the tool measurement assembly to move into a workspace;
- a laser tool setter, attached to the yoke, having a laser transmitter and a laser receiver that measures an outer surface of a rotary cutting tool held by the mill-turn machine;
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- a physical stylus tool probe, attached to the yoke, that retractably deploys to contact a stationary cutting tool held by the mill-turn machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.