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US 2026/0295748 A1Published application
Cnc machine and workpiece trolley
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A computer numerical control (CNC) machine has a vertical main datum frame having an opening for receiving a work piece and a horizontal spindle. A counterweight frame together with the datum frame provide the structural members of the CNC machine. A work piece trolley, which has a work piece table which can be rotated from a horizontal mounting position, in which a work piece can be mounted to the work piece table, to a vertical milling position, in which a work piece can be milled is useable to position and hold a work piece in the CNC machine.
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A combination of:
- (a) a computer numerical control (CNC) machine comprising:
- (i) a mill body comprising a front side, a rear side and opposed lateral sides which enclose a working volume, the front side having a work piece insertion opening;
- and,
- (ii) a spindle provided in the working volume wherein, when the CNC machine is positioned on a floor, the spindle has an axis of rotation that extends horizontally;
- (b) a work piece trolley comprising a work piece holder, the work piece trolley moveable with respect to the CNC machine between a loading position in which a work piece is mountable to the work piece trolley and a milling position in which the work piece is positioned to be milled;
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