Tool setting device
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
InventorRaymond J. Brown
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tool setting device for use with numerically controlled machine tools, such as lathes and milling machines. A reference position of the machine tool relative to the workpiece along both the X and Y axes is utilized by the control circuit for driving the tool through its program. This reference position is determined for both axes by displacing a single linear variable displacement transducer (LVDT) with the machine tool through a T-shaped pivotal bar. The use of the T-shaped bar allows the cutting tool to be moved sequentially in the X or Y direction for indicating the actual position of the machine tool relative to the predetermined desired position in the numerical control circuit by using a single LVDT.
Claims3
A machine tool setting device for use with a numerically controlled machine utilizing a machine tool in an X-Y axes coordinate system for machining a workpiece, consisting of a single linear variable displacement transducer having a displaceable stylus projecting therefrom, a T-shaped member having an axis of rotation in line with and perpendicular to the plane of displacement of said stylus, said T-shaped member being disposed in a contiguous relationship with said stylus for displacement thereof in response to contact of the T-shaped member with said machine tool during relative movement therebetween in either the X or Y direction, and voltage responsive means coupled to said transducer for indicating the actual position of the machine tool along the axis the relative movement is occurring relative to a predetermined desired tool position along the same axis.
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