Lathe
AssigneeK. D. Binnie Engineering Pty Ltd.
InventorKevin Douglas Binnie
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Abstract
A lathe (10) includes a support structure (12) which supports a magazine (14) in a substantially vertical operative orientation. The magazine (14) is rotatably supported on a carriage (24). The magazine (14) is a multi-spindle magazine and supports a plurality of workpieces. A workstation head (40) is mounted on the housing (18). The workstation head defines a plurality of workstations (46). Each workstation head includes a plurality of working tools.
Claims8
A lathe which includes
- a support structure including a support post and a carriage slidably supported on the support post;
- a multi-spindle magazine for holding a number of operative workpieces, the magazine being rotatably supported by the carriage of the support structure and being mounted on the support structure each workpiece is arranged substantially vertically when a machining operation is performed on said workpiece, the magazine being configured to hold spare workpieces in addition to each operative workpiece;
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- at least one workstation;
- having at least one working tool, mounted on the support structure such that a working tool engages an end of said workpiece to perform the machining operation while said workpiece is maintained in its vertical orientation.
The lathe of clam 2 in which a workstation head is mounted on the housing the workstation head defining the, or each, workstation.
The lathe of any one of the preceding claims which includes a control means arranged intermediate the workstation head and an end of the magazine closer to the workstation head for controlling feeding of the, or each, workpiece to its associated workstation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.