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US 6,722,959 B2Granted
Combination 2-plane CNC positioning grinder with CNC positioning drill
AssigneeGlassline Corporation
InventorMark Opfer
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Abstract
A glass plate tooling apparatus has independently driven loading and unloading tools which presents raw workpieces to, and removes finished workpieces from a centrally located machining station. The machining station holds the workpiece in a fixed orientation on first and second planes. Machine tools, such as a grinder apparatus and a drill apparatus are independently movable on the first plane to engage with and tool the workpiece. The machining station rotates to provide tool accessibility on a third plane.
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A glass plate tooling apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a machining station having a clamp member for retaining a workplace in a fixed and oriented position on first and second planes;
- a machining apparatus carrying at least two machine tools for performing two different operations on the workpiece, each of the machine tools being movable along the first plane;
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- wherein the machining station rotates on a third plane to provide for two-plane machining of a workpiece rigidly retained in position on the second plane.
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A glass plate tooling apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a loading/unloading apparatus having a load shuttle for receiving an unfinished workpiece and transferring the unfinished workpiece to a machining station and an unload shuttle for engaging a finished workpiece at the machining station and transferring the finished workpiece away from the machining station;
- the machining station including a clamp member for retaining the workpiece in a fixed and oriented position on first and second planes;
- and a machining apparatus carrying at least two machine tools for performing two different operations on the workpiece;
- each of the machine tools being movable along the first plane and wherein the machining stations rotates to provide for two-plane machining of a workpiece rigidly retained in position on the second plane;
- wherein the load shuttle includes adjustable stops for positioning the workpiece on the first and second planes and the load shuttle maintains the first and second plane positioning when transferring the workpiece to the machining station.
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