End effector
AssigneeZagar Inc.
InventorBrian Zagar
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Abstract
A quill style drilling/milling end effector with high tool positioning accuracy, a pressure foot with fast response in force and displacement feedback, and with automatic mounting and dismounting, normality sensing, and through the tool coolant delivery.
Claims5
A quill style end effector having a quill housing and a quill in the housing, a power driven spindle in the quill and an automatic tool clamp on the spindle, a pressure foot for applying a compressive force to a workpiece to be machined by the end effector, and an automatic tool changer at a forward end of the quill housing, the tool changer having a master side associated with the quill housing and a tool side associated with a spindle nose pressed by the pressure foot, automatically releasable locking elements coupling the master and tool sides, the tool changer having a central open area for operation therethrough of a tool mounted on the automatic tool clamp.
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