Machine tool
AssigneeDmg Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Akai, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Masashi Yakoyama, Toshiaki Tanaka, Masao Fukumori
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Abstract
A machine tool includes a spindle equipped with a workpiece gripping portion arranged so as to face an operator side, the spindle being configured to rotatably drive a workpiece gripped by the workpiece gripping portion, and a tool mount equipped with a rotary member supporting a plurality of tools in a rotatably indexable manner about an axis parallel to an axis of the spindle. The tool mount is arranged at a tool mount installation portion formed to be positioned on the operator side in a manner such that the rotary member faces a workpiece gripping portion side.
Claims5
A machine tool comprising:
- a bed;
- a column being configured on the bed, and including a vertical surface facing an operator;
- a spindle being supported on the vertical surface and having an axis being horizontally arranged, the axis extending in a first direction;
- a workpiece gripping portion configured on the spindle at an operator side thereof, the spindle being configured to rotatably drive a workpiece gripped by the workpiece gripping portion;
- a tool mount installation portion being configured on the bed and on the operator side;
- a tool mount being sustained by the tool mount installation portion;
- a rotary member being configured on the tool mount, being arranged to face the workpiece gripping portion, and supporting a plurality of tools in a rotatably indexable manner about an axis parallel to an axis of the spindle;
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- an operating unit configured on the operator side for the operator to operate,
- the tool mount is arranged between the operating unit and the workpiece gripping portion in the first direction,
- the rotary member being arranged to face the workpiece gripping portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.