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US 7,331,099 B2Granted
Machine tool and method for the correction or compensation of different tool lengths in a machine tool
AssigneeEx-Cell-O Corporation
InventorsWolfgang Horn, Harald Boehler, Walter Pompe, Friedrich Winckler
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Abstract
In order to provide a machine tool with at least one movable slide, which has a plurality of holders for tools and/or workpieces, and which can be corrected in a simple manner, the at least one slide has a plurality of separate subslides and the relative position of the subslides in relation to one another is adjustable in a securable manner.
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A machine tool, comprising:
- at least one movable slide having a plurality of holders for at least one of tools and workpieces;
- wherein the at least one slide comprises a plurality of separate subslides;
- wherein the relative position of the subslides in relation to one another is adjustable in a securable manner;
- and
- a securing device, adjacent subslides being fixable to one another via the securing device;
- wherein a first subslide has first connecting elements and an adjacent second subslide has second connecting elements adapted for connection with the first connecting elements, said connecting elements being fixable to one another;
- and
- wherein, during workpiece machining, the slide as a whole is driven as a subslide assembly with the first subslide and the second subslide fixed relative to one another.
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A method for the correction or compensation of different tool lengths in a machine tool, comprising:
- providing a movable slide supporting at least one of a plurality of tools and workpieces and being formed by means of subslides affixable to one another;
- and
- adjusting the relative position of the subslides in accordance with the length of the tool supported on or associated with a respective subslide;
- fixing the subslides to one another;
- and
- controlling the movement of the slide during workpiece machining as a single subslide assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.