Lathe with multiple tool turret
AssigneeIndex-Werke GmbH & Co. KG Hahn & Tessky
InventorsHeinrich Lahm, Dieter Gutbrod
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Abstract
Automatic turret lathe apparatus is disclosed in which a single turret head is provided that can support a plurality of tools for performing machining operations on both outside and inside surfaces of a workpiece carried on the live spindle of the lathe. The axis of the turret head is disposed at a preferred angular relationship to the axis of the live spindle, and the receiving or mounting surfaces for the inside and outside machining tools are disposed alternately around the axis of the turret head in planar arrangements that provide optimum operating conditions for utilizing the outside and inside machining tools on a single turret head.
Claims8
An automatic turret lathe having a live spindle with an axis of rotation, a turret carriage, and an indexing turret head mounted on said turret carriage for indexing movement about an indexing axis and positioned so that its indexing axis is at an acute angle to the live spindle axis, said turret head having a plurality of tool receivers located at angular distances from each other around said indexing axis for supporting alternately outside machining tools and inside machining tools, the tool receivers for said outside machining tools being located at the periphery of said turret head so as to provide a working position in a first plane perpendicular to said live spindle axis, and the tool receivers for said inside machining tools being arranged so as to provide a working position in a second plane parallel to said live spindle axis and perpendicular to the plane defining the working position of tool receivers for the outside machining tools.
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