Machine tool
AssigneeMori Seiki Co., Ltd.
InventorRyuichi Fujiwara
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Abstract
In a double housing machining center, a table having a plurality of T slots on its top surface is arranged substantially in a horizontal direction. A lower space, into which chips are received, is provided under the table. A plurality of through-holes, being in fluid communication with bottom portions of the T slots and passing through the table to reach the lower space, is scattered and formed in the table. The chips introduced into the T slots are discharged into the lower space through the through-holes. Thus, the chips splashed down onto the table and introduced into the T slots are readily removed and the cleaning work of the table is reduced.
Claims15
A machine tool having a table substantially in a horizontal direction,
- wherein a lower space into which chips are received is provided under the table, and the chips are discharged into the lower space,
- wherein the table has a plurality of T slots formed on its top surface,
- a plurality of through-holes, which is in fluid communication with bottom portions of the T slots and passes through the table to reach the lower space, is formed in the table and is arranged to be scattered on the table,
- the chips introduced into the T slots are discharged into the lower space through the through-holes, and
- wherein, with respect to a Y-axis direction perpendicular to a longitudinal X-axis direction of the T slots in the horizontal direction, a width dimension of a lower opening portion of at least one of the through-holes, which is formed into a predetermined shape, is larger than a width dimension of an upper opening portion of the at least one through-hole.
A machine tool having a table substantially in a horizontal direction,
- wherein a lower space into which chips are received is provided under the table, and the chips are discharged into the lower space;
- wherein the table has a plurality of T slots formed on its top surface,
- a plurality of through-holes, which is in fluid communication with bottom portions of the T slots and passes through the table to reach the lower space, is formed in the table and is arranged to be scattered on the table,
- the chips introduced into the T slots are discharged into the lower space through the through-holes, and
- wherein the plurality of through-holes includes through-holes located outside of the lower space in top plan view, which are adapted to be bent or curved within the table and are in fluid communication with the lower space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.