Plate working machine
AssigneeFarley Cutting Systems Australia Pty. Ltd.
InventorPeter A. Farley
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Abstract
A plate working machine comprising a metal plate supporting table (1), a pair of rails (2, 3) extending along the sides of the table (1), a driven support means (4) for travel along the rails (2, 3), said support means comprising a spaced pair of support beams (5, 6) extending from one rail (2) to the other (3) and joined at either end by cross members (7, 8). A drilling assembly (9) is mounted on tracks (10, 11) mounted on the beams (5, 6) and a plasma profiling head (12) is carried by the drilling assembly (9) and extends over the beam (6) and downwardly towards a position adjacent the table (1).
Claims9
A plate working machine, comprising:
- first means for supporting a metal plate to be worked in a generally horizontal plane, said first supporting means having sides;
- a pair of rails extending along said sides of said first plate supporting means;
- driven support means engaging said rails for travel therealong, said driven support means comprising a spaced pair of support beams extending from one of said rails to the other of said rails and having corresponding ends;
- tracks mounted on said beams;
- cross members joining said corresponding ends of said beams;
- means for drilling;
- second means for supporting said drilling means between said support beams, said second supporting means being mounted on said tracks;
- drive means for moving said drilling means along said support beams from one of said sides of said first plate supporting means to the other of said sides of said first plate supporting means;
- means supported by said second supporting means for clamping said plate;
- means for applying a clamping force to said plate through said clamping means, said force being selected to be larger than the greatest expected force of said drilling means applied to said plate and being effective to hold said clamping means in a clamped position;
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- means for locking said clamping means in said clamped position while said clamping force is applied to said plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.