Milling table lathe
AssigneeStill-Walter Tool & Manufacturing Company
InventorsJoe Delano Smith, David Daniel McCall, James Alexander Kyzer
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Abstract
A lathe head (work rotating device) and lathe tail stock (when required) are mounted on the table of a conventional numeric control milling machine. A tool holder and support are secured fixedly to a part of the stationary bed of the milling machine. The part to be machined is clamped in the lathe chuck and rotated by the lathe head. The mill table is programmed to move the work piece relative to the stationary tool in the required directions for machining.
Claims7
A milling table lathe comprising in combination a numerically controlled milling machine including a stationary machine bed and a numerically controlled translational milling table mounted on said bed lathe head attachment for said milling table removably mounted thereon said attachment including workpiece holding and rotating means, a fixed cutting tool holder support unit carrying a holder with a cutting tool thereon for turning a workpiece in said holding and rotating means during numeric control translation of the rotating workpiece relative to said cutting tool holder support unit while mounted on said table, said support unit including a support member for said tool holder spanning said milling table and spaced therefrom and being fixedly secured to said stationary machine bed on which said milling table is translationally mounted.
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