Tool support
OwnerAndreas Ehlerdinginventor
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Abstract
A tool-receiving system 14 displaceable in one, two or three dimensions is mounted on a tool support 6 displaceable in two or three dimensions relative to the 2-dimensional or, e.g., 3-dimensional processing or drawing surface. System 14 is amenable to higher acceleration than the tool support 6. A device 30 coordinates the superposed components of displacements of tool support 6 and/or tool-receiving system 14 in such a way that the resulting maximum acceleration of the overall equipment corresponds at least to the acceleration of the system 14.
Claims19
An apparatus for controlled movement and maximum acceleration of machine tools, comprising:
- a) a tool support movably supported adjacent to a work surface for movement in at least two dimensions relative to a work surface;
- b) a tool-receiving system configured for receiving a tool;
- c) said tool-receiving system being movably supported on said tool support for movement in at least one dimension relative to said tool support;
- d) a tool support drive provided for accelerating and driving said tool support;
- e) a tool-receiving system drive for accelerating and driving said tool-receiving system;
- f) a control device operatively connected to said tool support drive and said tool-receiving system drive;
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- g) said control device coordinating relative movement of said tool support and said tool-receiving system for accelerating said tool-receiving system at an effective overall rate of acceleration that corresponds to at least the rate of acceleration provided by said tool-receiving system.
An apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein:
- a) said drive is located remote from at least one of said tool support and said tool-receiving system.
An apparatus for controlled movement and maximum acceleration of machine tools, comprising:
- a) means provided for supporting a tool adjacent to a work surface for movement in at least two dimensions relative to a work surface;
- b) means provided for receiving a tool;
- c) said tool-receiving means being movably supported on said tool supporting means for movement in at least one dimension relative to said tool supporting means;
- d) means provided for accelerating and driving said tool supporting means and said tool-receiving means;
- e) means operatively connected to said drive means, said tool supporting means and said tool-receiving means for controlling each one thereof;
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- f) said control means coordinating relative movement of said tool supporting means and said tool-receiving means for thereby accelerating said tool-receiving means for thereby accelerating said tool-receiving means at an overall rate of acceleration that corresponds to at least the rate of acceleration provided by said tool-receiving means alone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.