Machine tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10189091-B2
Application number	US-201515519118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2015
Priority date	Oct 23, 2014
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A simple machine tool including a relatively simple shaped turret having as many tool attachment parts as possible even when a cutout part for a movement path for a main spindle is provided. A machine tool includes a first main spindle, a second main spindle, a first turret having tool attachment parts, a second turret having tool attachment parts, and a controller having an indexing device. An edge of a cutout part formed in the second turret is a straight line in a direction crossing each side of a regular dodecagon centered at a turning center of the second turret, as seen in a Z axis direction, and each tool attachment part is disposed according to each side left in the regular dodecagon cut off by the cutout part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A machine tool comprising:
a turret including, on a circumferential surface thereof, a plurality of tool attachment parts; and
a main spindle that holds a workpiece, wherein
the main spindle is provided in a movable manner along an axis line,
the turret is provided in a turnable manner to index each of the tool attachment parts relative to the main spindle,
the turret includes a predetermined cutout part,
a movement path for the main spindle to pass through the turret is formed by turning the turret such that the cutout part faces the main spindle,
the cutout part includes one plane along the axis line,
the turret includes, on a circumferential surface thereof except for on the cutout part, the tool attachment parts,
the turret includes, as seen in an axis line direction, a shape in which a part of a regular polygon centered at a turning center is linearly cut off by an edge of the cutout part,
the edge is, as seen in the axis line direction, a straight line in a direction crossing each side of the regular polygon, and
each tool attachment part is disposed according to each side left in the regular polygon cut off by the cutout part.

2. The machine tool according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an indexing device that turns the turret for each predetermined indexed angle to sequentially index each of the tool attachment parts, wherein
the indexing device is configured to index the cutout part to face the main spindle by turning the turret at an angle different from the indexed angle according to the straight line formed by the edge of the cutout part.

3. The machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein the indexing device is configured to position the turret to form the movement path such that the edge of the cutout part follows an axis direction forming a rectangular coordinate system on a vertical plane with the axis line after a tool attachment part adjacent to the cutout part is indexed.

4. The machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein the indexing device is configured to position the turret to form the movement path by turning the turret at an angle at which the edge of the cutout part follows an axis direction forming a rectangular coordinate system on a vertical plane with the axis line after the turret is sequentially turned for each indexed angles.

5. The machine tool according to claim 2 , wherein the edge of cutout part is the straight line at an angle at which the cutout part is indexed by turning the turret at a half angle of the indexed angle.

Assignees

• Citizen Watch Co Ltd
• Citizen Machinery Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tajima Kensuke
• Fujita Shinji
• Yamaura Mitsuru
• Izumi Kazuyuki

Classifications

• B23B29/24

  Tool holders for a plurality of cutting tools, e.g. turrets {(indexing devices B23Q16/00)} · CPC title

• B23Q2220/002

  Tool turrets · CPC title

• B23B3/30

  Turning-machines with two or more working-spindles, e.g. in fixed arrangement · CPC title

• B23B29/242 Primary

  Turrets, without description of the angular positioning device (turret lathes for turning individually-chucked workpieces B23B3/16; turrets with manually operated angular positioning devices B23B29/282; turrets with power operated angular positioning devices B23B29/323) · CPC title

• B23B3/16 Primary

  Turret lathes for turning individually-chucked workpieces {(turrets B23B29/24)} · CPC title