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AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoyoshi Miyagi, Fujio Nonomura, Noriyoshi Katoh, Hiroki Nomura, Kazushige Nakatsuka, Katsutoshi Yamauchi, Kouji Ujihashi
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A tool is rotated by a spindle mounted on a Z-axis table carried on a column and moved in the direction of a Z-axis to process a workpiece, while moving an X-axis table supported on a column rising from a bed in the direction of an X-axis and moving a Y-axis table supported on the X-axis table in the direction of a Y-axis to move the workpiece supported on the Y-axis. By controlling the movement of the X-axis and Y-axis tables in a contouring manner to move the workpiece along any path, holes having various sizes and shapes can be made by one type of the tool. Moreover, the wear of a cutting blade of the tool can be compensated by correcting the path of movement of the workpiece.
A machining centre comprising a bed, a column rising from the bed, an X-axis table carried on the column for reciprocally moving in the direction of an X-axis, a Y-axis table carried on the X-axis table for reciprocally moving in the direction of a Y-axis perpendicular to the direction of the X-axis, the Y-axis table releasably capable of supporting a workpiece, a Z-axis table carried on the column for reciprocally moving in the direction of a Z-axis perpendicular to the directions of the X-axis and the Y-axis, a spindle supported on the Z-axis table for rotating a tool about an axis extending in the direction of the Z-axis, a tail-support supporting member rising from the bed, and a tail support mounted on the tail-support supporting member for supporting a free end of the tool supported on the spindle.
A contouring process using a machine centre including a bed, a column rising from the bed, an X-axis table carried on the column for reciprocally moving in the direction of an X-axis, a Y-axis table carried on the X-axis table for reciprocally moving in the direction of a Y-axis perpendicular to the direction of the X-axis, the Y-axis table releasably capable of supporting a workpiece, a Z-axis table carried on the column for reciprocally moving in the direction of a Z-axis perpendicular to the directions of the X-axis and the Y-axis, a spindle supported on the Z-axis table for rotating a tool about an axis extending in the direction of the Z-axis, a tail-support supporting member rising from the bed, and a tail support mounted on the tail-support supporting member for supporting a free end of the tool supported on the spindle, the machine centre used for contouring an inner periphery of a bottom hole of the workpiece using the tool, the process comprising the steps of:
A tool supporting structure in a machine tool comprising a bed, a column rising from the bed, a rotatable spindle for rotating a tool, said spindle being movably mounted for movement relative to the column in at least one direction, a tail-support supporting member rising from the bed, a tail support mounted on the tail-support supporting member, wherein an upper end of the tail-support supporting member is connected to the column, and wherein the tool is supported by the tail support.
A contouring process using a machine centre including a bed, a column rising from the bed, an X-axis table carried on the column for reciprocally moving in the direction of an X-axis, a Y-axis table carried on the X-axis table for reciprocally moving in the direction of a Y-axis perpendicular to the direction of the X-axis, the Y-axis table releasably capable of supporting a workpiece, a Z-axis table carried on the column for reciprocally moving in the direction of a Z-axis perpendicular to the directions of the X-axis and the Y-axis, a spindle supported on the Z-axis table for rotating a tool about an axis extending in the direction of the Z-axis, a tail-support supporting member rising from the bed, a tail support mounted on the tail-support supporting member for supporting a free end of the tool supported on the spindle and a turntable on the Y-axis table for supporting the workpiece thereon and for being rotated about an axis extending in the direction of the Y-axis, the machine centre used for contouring an inner periphery of a hole of the workpiece using the tool, the process comprising the steps of:
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