Tool management system
AssigneeToshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoichi Katoh, Yasunori Katoh
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Abstract
A tool, attachable to a spindle of a machine tool and capable of changing independently a rotational speed of a cutting tool from that of the spindle, provided with a cutting tool for machining a workpiece, an electric motor for driving the machining tool, a generator for generating electric power to drive the electric motor by the rotation of the spindle, a tool holding part for rotatably holding the cutting tool, a casing for holding the electric motor, the generator, the tool attachment part, and the tool holding part, and a locking part for preventing rotation of the casing by engagement with a non-rotating part of the machine tool.
Claims1
A method of driving a tool attachable to a spindle of a machine tool, the tool being provided with a machining tool for machining a workpiece, an electric motor for driving said machining tool, and a generator for generating electric power to drive said electric motor by the rotation of said spindle, comprising the steps of:
- generating alternating current having a frequency in accordance with the rotational speed of said spindle;
- driving said electric motor by the generated alternating current;
- and
- controlling the rotational speed of said machining tool in accordance with the frequency of the alternating current.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.