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US 3,943,802 AGranted
Multiple tool turret
AssigneeCincinnati Milacron Inc.
InventorsHarry Paul E. Luebkemann, David Bradford Wood, III
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Abstract
A turning machine with a rotary work spindle and a slide having a lower carriage movable in parallelism with the axis of the spindle, an upper carriage movable on the lower carriage at right angles to the spindle axis, and a tool support on the upper carriage. The tool support is comprised of two indexable turrets, each having a plurality of tools therein, and a common indexing means so that the turrets are indexed simultaneously.
Claims3
In a machine tool, the combination comprising:
- a. a frame;
- b. a work spindle rotatably mounted on said frame for carrying a workpiece to be machined;
- c. a slide, including a lower carriage reciprocably mounted on said frame substantially parallel to the axis of said work spindle, and further including an upper carriage reciprocably mounted on said lower carriage substantially radial to the axis of said work spindle;
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- d. a tool support mounted on said upper carriage carrying two rotatably mounted turrets, each of which is provided with a plurality of tool holders, wherein one of said turrets is nearest the work spindle face measured along an axis parallel to the work spindle axis and carries internal turning tools and further wherein the other of said turrets is farthest from the work spindle face and carries external turning tools.
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