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US 2026/0273639 A1Published application
Workpiece frame with locating features for machine tools
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorRusty Garner
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Abstract
A machine tool system includes a workpiece, a machine, and a workpiece frame. The workpiece frame is repositionable and relocatable on the machine in at least two different orientations to support the workpiece in the at least two different orientations during modification of the workpiece so that different sides of the workpiece are modified without requiring removal of the workpiece from the workpiece frame.
Claims20
A machine tool system comprising:
- a three-dimensional workpiece,
- a machine configured to modify the three-dimensional workpiece, the machine including a tool configured to support the three-dimensional workpiece and a shaft spaced apart from the tool along a first axis and configured to move along the first axis relative to the tool to modify the three-dimensional workpiece, and
- a workpiece frame that is repositionable and relocatable on the tool in at least two different orientations to support the three-dimensional workpiece in the at least two different orientations relative to the first axis during modification of the three-dimensional workpiece so that different sides of the three-dimensional workpiece are modified without requiring removal of the three-dimensional workpiece from the workpiece frame, the workpiece frame including a body defining a workpiece-receiving space therein and a frame locator arranged outside of the workpiece-receiving space and extending away from the body into contact with the tool to position the workpiece frame relative to the tool so that the three-dimensional workpiece is properly aligned with the shaft in the at least two different orientations,
- wherein the tool includes a base fixture configured to be coupled with the body of the workpiece frame to locate the three-dimensional workpiece relative to the shaft and an accessory fixture removably coupled with the body of the workpiece frame to locate the workpiece frame between the base fixture and the accessory fixture, the workpiece frame being repositionable and relocatable on the base fixture in the at least two different orientations,
- wherein the frame locator includes a body-locating assembly and a pin, the body-locating assembly extending through the body of the workpiece frame and into the accessory fixture and the base fixture in a first direction, and the pin extending into the base fixture and into the body-locating assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to fix the body-locating assembly in position relative to the base fixture.
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A machine tool system comprising:
- a workpiece,
- a machine configured to modify the workpiece, the machine including a tool configured to support the workpiece and a shaft spaced apart from the tool along a first axis and configured to move along the first axis relative to the tool to modify the workpiece, and
- a workpiece frame that is repositionable and relocatable on the tool in at least two different orientations to support the workpiece in the at least two different orientations relative to the first axis during modification of the workpiece so that different sides of the workpiece are modified without requiring removal of the workpiece from the workpiece frame, the workpiece frame including a body configured to be coupled to the tool and defining a workpiece-receiving space therein and a frame locator arranged outside of the workpiece-receiving space and extending away from the body into contact with the tool to position the workpiece frame relative to the tool so that the workpiece is properly aligned with the shaft in the at least two different orientations,
- wherein the frame locator includes a body-locating assembly and a pin, the body-locating assembly extending through the body of the workpiece frame and into the tool in a first direction, and the pin extending into the tool and into the body-locating assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to fix the body-locating assembly in position relative to the tool thereby blocking rotating of the body-locating assembly and the workpiece frame relative to the tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.