Tool head for use in machine tools
AssigneeKomet Praezisionswerkzeuge Robert Breuning GmbH
InventorsWerner Muendlein, Gerhard Scheer, Gerhard Stolz
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Abstract
The invention concerns an adjustable tool for use in machine tools, with a slide (14) which can be fitted with at least one cutting tool and which can be displaced relative to the rotating main body (10) perpendicularly to the axis of rotation. The invention also calls for a device (20) for the direct measurement of the displacement of the slide (14), the slide being fitted with an electronically read measurement scale (24). This device comprises battery-powered data-processing electronics (20) and is located inside the main body (10). The displacement reading can be presented on a digital display (26) which is also mounted in the tool head.
Claims32
A tool head for use in machine tools comprising a main body rotating about an axis of rotation, at least one slide adjustable relative to the main body and being adapted to carry thereon at least one cutting tool, a device for effecting a direct measuring of the displacement path of the slide relative to the main body and a battery operated scanning and evaluating device for scanning evaluating and displaying the results of the displacement path of the slide, said main body having means defining a recess to receive therein the battery-operated scanning and evaluating device, necessary, with a radially outwardly facing digital display and with at least one of the slide and the main body having a measuring scale thereon and the other of the slide and the main body having a sensor for scanning the measuring scale thereon, said sensor being connected to the scanning and evaluating device, wherein the measuring scale and the sensor are arranged in the direct vicinity of the axis of rotation and have flat surfaces which face one another, said surfaces being separated from one another by a narrow gap, and through which surfaces extends the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.