Automatic multispindle turning lathe
AssigneeIndex-Werke GmbH & Co. KG Hahn & Tessky
InventorGunther Trautmann
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Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed relating to improvements in the construction and arrangement of cross-carriage assemblies carrying tool holders for use in conjunction with associated spindles carried on a rotary multispindle drum of the lathe. A plurality of arrangements are disclosed, all of which provide improved chip removal and greater access to the work space and tool holders.
Claims11
An automatic multispindle lathe comprising a bearing housing, a multispindle drum mounted in said housing with its axis and the axes of its spindles in parallel horizontal positions, a plurality of cross-carriage assemblies supported by said bearing housing in positions so as to be associated respectively with spindles of said drum, each cross-carriage assembly including a guide body and a cross-carriage with a longitudinal axis and guided for movement by said guide body along its longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of each cross-carriage being oriented to intersect the axis of its associated spindle, the front-end of each cross-carriage having a tool holder facing the associated spindle so that the direction of movement of the cross-carriage and its tool holder will intersect the axis of the associated spindle, two cross-carriage assemblies being operatively associated with at least one of said spindles with the longitudinal axes of the cross-carriages thereof being positioned relative to each other at an acute angle sufficient to enable their tool holders to be advanced simultaneously to the spindle.
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