Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
483013000 | WITH MEANS TO CONDITION OR ADJUST TOOL OR TOOL SUPPORT | 8 |
20080242522 | LINEAR UNIT - A linear unit has a drive unit, a stator, a drive roller connected to the drive unit, a freewheeling roller supported on the stator adjacent to one of longitudinal ends of the stator, the drive belt being wound around the drive roller and around the freewheeling roller, a traveler movable along the stator by the drive belt, the drive belt being connected to the traveler in at least one fastening point, so that a distance between an end of the traveler which is oriented toward an end of the stator associated with the freewheeling roller, and the fastening point situated the closest to the end of the traveler is at least equal to a radius of the freewheeling roller. | 10-02-2008 |
20090286662 | ONE-TOUCH ADAPTER WITH CODE PINS FOR USE IN AUTOMATED HANDLING EQUIPMENT - An adapter assembly ( | 11-19-2009 |
20100184575 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A ROBOTIC ACTUATOR - A robotic tool changer and systems and methods for controlling the operation of a robotic tool changer are provided. The tool changer, methods, and systems include a robot-side component mountable to a robot arm end interface; a tool-side component adapted to engage a tool; a first slave module associated with the robot-side component and adapted to communicate with a first master module; and a second master module associated with the robot-side component and adapted to communicate with a second slave module associated with the tool. The second slave module may include a temporary power supply, for example, a battery or a capacitor, for instance, a super capacitor. Aspects of the invention are advantageous for performing high-speed robotic connections and disconnections, and for providing tool and tool changer performance information gathering. | 07-22-2010 |
20120058871 | MACHINE TOOL INCLUDING TOOL RADIUS ADJUSTING DEVICE - A tool radius adjusting device executes an operation for adjusting the tool radius of a boring holder in parallel with execution of a machining program for executing an operation of a spindle head and an operation of a tool changer. A carrier control unit determines whether the tool changer is executing a tool changing process. When the tool changing process is not being executed, the carrier control unit allows the carrier device to execute an operation for picking the boring holder out from the tool magazine and an operation for returning the boring holder, of which the tool radius has been adjusted, to the tool magazine. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058872 | MACHINE TOOL GUIDE CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a machine tool guide carriage assembly, comprising a first linear guide track having at least two first parallel guide rails, wherein a first carriage is mounted on the guide track in a linearly displaceable manner, which carriage surrounds a free space in which a second carriage can be linearly displaced at a right angle to the first guide track, wherein the free space is formed by two bearing elements that are arranged at a distance from each other. | 03-08-2012 |
20120172185 | Tool magazine device for a machine tool - A tool magazine device includes a magazine body adapted to be disposed on a machine body of a machine tool to confront a working space, a plurality of insertion openings formed in a right side wall of the magazine body and each extending towards a left side wall of the magazine body to form a storage chamber, a plurality of gripping members fitted in the insertion openings for grippingly engage cutting tools, an inlet disposed in the magazine body for introducing therein a flow of pressurized air, and an air duct unit disposed on the left side wall and coupled to communicate the inlet with the storage chambers so as to permit the pressurized air to flow out of the insertion openings to thereby clean swarf from the cutting tools. | 07-05-2012 |
20150105229 | TOOL CHANGER PROVIDED WITH COVERS - A tool changer configured so that a turret is turned to index a desired tool to change the tool is provided with front and rear covers that cover front and rear surfaces, respectively, of the turret. A projection or a recess, which defines a passage for chips or a cutting fluid, is formed on or in an outer peripheral portion of the rear cover. Thus, the chips produced during machining and the cutting fluid used in the machining can be prevented from getting into the turret through a gap between the front and rear covers. | 04-16-2015 |
20150111710 | TOOL CHANGER PROVIDED WITH COVERS - In a tool changer configured so that a turret is turned to index a desired tool to be changed, the front and rear surfaces of the turret are covered individually by covers. These covers are each formed in the shape of a truncated cone. Chips and a cutting fluid dropped onto an upper part of the cover that covers the rear surface of the turret flow away from a gap between the covers along a slope of the cover concerned, so that they can be prevented from getting into the turret through the gap. | 04-23-2015 |