Work spindle having a solid-body joint

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9669503-B2
Application number	US-201113881399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2011
Priority date	Oct 25, 2010
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A subassembly with a supporting element for a machine bed of a lathe, and of a machining unit which is arranged on the supporting element and has a machining axis, wherein a solid-body joint, via which the machining unit is arranged in a movable manner on the supporting element, is provided. A lathe for plastics spectacle lenses, having a machine bed, having a tool mount or workpiece mount which is arranged at least indirectly on the machine bed, and having a subassembly which is arranged at least indirectly on the machine bed, wherein the workpiece and the tool can be oriented in relation to one another via the solid-body joint.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A subassembly, consisting of: a supporting element of a machine bed of a lathe for plastic spectacle lenses and a machining unit arranged on the supporting element for the machining of the spectacle lenses, wherein a solid-body joint is provided, by which the machining unit is pivotably arranged on the supporting element, wherein the solid-body joint has an axis of articulation and a pivot axis R and serves for orienting of a relative position between the machining unit and the supporting element, and wherein the machining unit is arranged between the solid-body joint and the actuator in regard to the direction of the pivot axis R and can move by the actuator in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis R.

2. The subassembly according to claim 1 , wherein the machining unit is coupled to an actuator, by which movement about the solid-body joint is possible.

3. The subassembly according to claim 2 , wherein the actuator has a step motor with a motor shaft and a transmission spindle coupled to the motor shaft in nonrotatable manner.

4. The subassembly according to claim 3 , wherein the motor shaft and the threaded spindle are coupled in nonrotatable manner by a coupling configured as a compensating joint, wherein the coupling has at least two degrees of freedom, so that a tilting between the motor shaft and the threaded spindle is possible.

5. The subassembly according to claim 3 , wherein the threaded spindle is received by one end in a threaded sleeve, and the threaded sleeve is at least indirectly fastened to the supporting element.

6. The subassembly according to claim 5 , wherein the threaded spindle is axially prestressed relative to the threaded sleeve.

7. The subassembly claim 6 , wherein the actuator has a linear scale to determine an actual displacement distance of the threaded spindle relative to the threaded sleeve.

8. The subassembly according to claim 2 , wherein the actuator is situated off center with respect to the length L of the housing at the work piece end of the housing.

9. The subassembly according to claim 1 , wherein the machining unit has a machining axis, while the solid-body joint has several fastening elements and at least one bending element that is fixed via the fastening elements, and the bending element has two area moments of inertia M 1 , M 2 , of which the respective vector V 1 , V 2 that maps the area moments of inertia M 1 , M 2 is situated perpendicular to the machining axis.

10. The subassembly according to claim 9 , wherein the bending element is configured as a two-piece element, wherein the bending elements are oriented perpendicular to each other, while the first bending element has the area moment of inertia M 1 and the second bending element has the area moment of inertia M 2 .

11. The subassembly according to claim 10 , wherein the two bending elements are configured as separate components, while the respective bending element is fixed by means of two fastening elements each time.

12. The subassembly according to claim 1 , wherein the machining unit has a housing with a length L such that the solid-body joint extends for at least 80% of the length L of the housing.

13. A lathe for plastic spectacle lenses, comprising: a machine bed, with a subassembly according to claim 1 arranged at least indirectly on the machine bed, the subassembly having a tool mount or work piece mount and the machine bed having the work piece mount or the tool mount, wherein the work piece supported in the work piece mount and the tool supported in the tool mount can be oriented relative to each other by the solid-body joint.

14. The subassembly according to claim 1 , wherein the machining unit has a machining axis, while the solid-body joint has several fastening elements and at least one bending element that is fixed via the fastening elements, and the bending element has two area moments of inertia M 1 , M 2 , of which the respective vector V 1 , V 2 that maps the area moments of inertia M 1 , M 2 is situated perpendicular to the machining axis, wherein the machining unit has a housing with a length L such that the solid-body joint extends for at least 80% of the length L of the housing, and wherein the bending element is configured as a two-piece element, wherein the bending elements are oriented perpendicular to each other, while the first bending element has the area moment of inertia M 1 and the second bending element has the area moment of inertia M 2 .

15. The subassembly according to claim 14 , wherein the two bending elements are configured as separate components, while the respective bending element is fixed by means of two fastening elements each time, wherein the actuator has a step motor with a motor shaft and a transmission spindle coupled to the motor shaft in nonrotatable manner, and wherein the motor shaft and the threaded spindle are coupled in nonrotatable manner by a coupling configured as a compensating joint, wherein the coupling has at least two degrees of freedom, so that a tilting between the motor shaft and the threaded spindle is possible.

16. The subassembly according to claim 15 , wherein the threaded spindle is received by one end in a threaded sleeve, and the threaded sleeve is at least indirectly fastened to the supporting element, and wherein the threaded spindle is axially prestressed relative to the threaded sleeve.

17. The subassembly according to claim 16 , wherein the actuator has a linear scale to determine an actual displacement distance of the threaded spindle relative to the threaded sleeve, and wherein the actuator is situated off center with respect to the length L of the housing at the work piece end of the housing.

18. A subassembly, consisting of: a supporting element of a machine bed of a lathe for plastic spectacle lenses and a machining unit arranged on the supporting element for the machining of the spectacle lenses, wherein a solid-body joint is provided, by which the machining unit is arranged and can pivot on the supporting element, wherein the machining unit has a machining axis, while the solid-body joint has several fastening elements and at least one bending element that is fixed via the fastening elements, and the bending element has two area moments of inertia M 1 , M 2 , of which the respective vector V 1 , V 2 that maps the area moments of inertia M 1 , M 2 is situated perpendicular to the machining axis.

19. A subassembly, consisting of: a supporting element of a machine bed of a lathe for plastic spectacle lenses and a machining unit arranged on the supporting element for the machining of the spectacle lenses, wherein a solid-body joint is provided, by which the machining unit is arranged and can pivot on the supporting element, wherein the machining unit is coupled to an actuator, by which movement about the solid-body joint is possible, and wherein the actuator has a step motor with a motor shaft and a transmission spindle coupled to the motor shaft in nonrotatable manner.

Assignees

• Schneider Gunter
• Buchenauer Helwig
• Börner Ulf
• Schneider Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schneider Gunter
• Buchenauer Helwig
• Börner Ulf

Classifications

• B23Q2210/002

  Flexures · CPC title

• Y10T82/2566

  Bed · CPC title

• B23Q1/52

  a single rotating pair · CPC title

• B23Q1/34 Primary

  Relative movement obtained by use of deformable elements, e.g. piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, elastic or thermally-dilatable elements (sensitive elements capable of producing movement or displacement for purposes not limited to measurement G12B1/00) · CPC title

• B23Q1/015 Primary

  Frames, beds, pillars · CPC title