Machining apparatus for precise turning of an outside surface
AssigneeKummer Freres S.A., Fabrique de machines
InventorHans J. Leiber
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Abstract
A workpiece (1) is fixed by means of a chuck (4) and rotates with a spindle (3) in a headstock (2). A first cam (30) is fixed to the main shaft of the spindle. Its control surface guides a feeler roller (31). A rotary pulse generator (8) is actuated by the rotation of the spindle shaft. An auxiliary motor (10) is disposed on a cross-slide (12) and causes an auxiliary shaft (21) to rotate. The pulse generator produces synchronization between the spindle shaft and the auxiliary shaft. The latter bears a second cam. According to the position of the cross-slide, the exact location of teh tools (16, 17) is determined by the first cam or by the second.
Claims6
An auxiliary apparatus for the precision turning of a lateral surface of a workpiece fixed by chucking means in a spindle of a machine having a cross-slide, said apparatus comprising:
- a base fixed on said cross-slide;
- a guided slide movable in a predetermined direction relative to said base;
- means integral with said guided slide for holding a plurality of turning tools;
- spring means disposed in said base for urging said guided slide in said predetermined direction;
- a cam control device including a plurality of cams driven rotatingly synchronously with said spindle, each cam having a guide surface for effecting controlled displacements of said guided slide, each of said tools thus machining a respective portion of said lateral surface;
- means for driving all of said cams synchronously;
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- a plurality of transmission members mounted on said guided slide, each co-operating with a corresponding one of said cams,
- said cams and said transmission members being arranged so that each of said transmission members can be brought successively by displacement of said cross-slide into a bearing position in which each said transmission member rests against said guide surface of the corresponding cam against the action of said spring means for controlling displacement of said guided slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.