Machining apparatus
AssigneeEmag Holding GmbH
InventorsGuido Hegener, Roland Schmitz
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Abstract
A machining apparatus has a vertical support frame defining two machining stations spaced apart in a direction, holders in the stations for rotating respective workpieces each about a respective station axis, and a transfer device for loading rough workpieces into the holders and for taking finished workpieces out of the holders. A single machining tool can be shifted in the direction between one position engaging the workpiece in one of the stations and out of engagement with the workpiece in the other of the stations and another position engaging the workpiece in the other station and out of engagement with the workpiece in the one station.
Claims9
A machining apparatus comprising:
- a pair of vertical end walls spaced apart in a direction, defining and flanking two machining stations spaced apart in the direction, and each formed with a respective port;
- respective means in each of the stations for holding a respective workpiece and rotating it about a respective vertical station axis;
- transfer means for loading rough workpieces through one of the ports into the holding means of one of the stations and for taking finished workpieces out of the holding means of the other of the stations and through the other of the ports;
- a machining tool;
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- means for shifting the machining tool in the direction in a plane below the ports between one position engaging the workpiece in one of the stations and out of engagement with the workpiece in the other of the stations and another position engaging the workpiece in the other station and out of engagement with the workpiece in the one station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.