Workpiece clamping device with face driver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9975181-B2
Application number	US-201615152476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2016
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

This present disclosure relates to a device for rotary entrainment of a workpiece clamped between two tips, which is mounted on a machine table of a machine tool, consisting of a base body with a centrically arranged tip and a plurality of concentrically arranged, axially shiftable driver elements which for the rotary entrainment of the workpiece are pressed against or into an end-face surface, wherein an axial position of the driver elements can be defined by active fixation after a centering operation of the workpiece, and to a receptacle opposite the base body, for example a tip or hollow tip, which serves a guidance of an opposite side of the workpiece.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A machine tool device configured to receive a workpiece between two tips, the machine tool device comprising:
a plurality of driver elements arranged radially around a central axis of a lower tip for rotary entrainment of the workpiece, wherein each driver element of the plurality of driver elements is adjustably mounted in an axial direction of the workpiece in a lower part of the machine tool device;
wherein each driver element is configured to engage with an end face of the workpiece;
wherein the plurality of driver elements is coupled to an actuator for selective engagement of the driver elements with the end face, wherein the actuator is a tension bolt arranged in an axial direction of the machine tool device; and
wherein each driver element of the plurality of driver elements is further adjustable via an adjusting element.

2. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein the driver elements are coupled to clamping elements, and the clamping elements are configured to retain the driver elements in engagement with the end face.

3. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein a pressing force of each driver element against the end face is proportional to a spring constant of a spring coupled to the driver element.

4. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein a restoring force against each driver element in a direction away from the end face is proportional to a spring constant of a spring coupled to the driver element.

5. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein at least one driver element of the plurality of driver elements is arranged with a different radial distance from the central axis of the lower tip than at least one second driver element of the plurality of driver elements.

6. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein each driver element includes a supporting surface on a driver element end face.

7. The machine tool device of claim 6 , wherein a size and shape of each supporting surface is configured to reduce an impression on the workpiece.

8. The machine tool device of claim 7 , wherein one or more of the supporting surfaces has a different size and shape from other supporting surfaces.

9. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein one or more driver elements include a replaceable attachment coupled to an end face of the one or more driver elements.

10. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein a position of the lower tip along the central axis of the lower tip is not adjustable.

11. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein a position of the lower tip along the central axis of the lower tip is adjustable.

12. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein one or more of an upper tip or the lower tip is a hollow tip.

13. The machine tool device of claim 1 , wherein the lower tip is replaceable.

14. A machine tool device configured to receive a workpiece between two tips, the machine tool device comprising:
a plurality of compliantly mounted supporting bolts for supporting the workpiece; and
a plurality of driver elements arranged radially around a centering tip for rotary entrainment of the workpiece, wherein: each driver element of the plurality of driver elements is adjustably mounted in an axial direction of the workpiece in a lower part of the machine tool device; each driver element of the plurality of driver elements is further adjustable via an adjusting element; each driver element is configured to engage with an end face of the workpiece; the plurality of driver elements is coupled to an actuator for selective engagement with the end face; and the actuator is a tension bolt arranged in an axial direction of the machine tool device;
wherein the supporting bolts are coupled to the tension bolt;
wherein the driver elements are coupled to clamping elements; and
wherein the clamping elements are configured to retain the driver elements in engagement with the end face.

15. The machine tool device of claim 14 , wherein each supporting bolt of the plurality of supporting bolts is adjustably retractable.

16. The machine tool device of claim 14 , wherein the tension bolt is configured to adjustably retract the supporting bolts.

17. A method for clamping a workpiece with a device, comprising centering the workpiece between two tips along a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the workpiece, engaging driver pins of the device with an end face of the workpiece by actuation of a tension bolt, and subsequently retaining the driver pins in engagement with the end face by actuation of clamping elements coupled to the driver pins;
wherein each driver pin is further adjustable via an adjusting element.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the workpiece is supported by a plurality of resiliently mounted supporting bolts during centering of the workpiece, and wherein actuation of the tension bolt retracts the supporting bolts.

19. A method for clamping a workpiece with a device, comprising centering the workpiece between two tips along a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the workpiece, engaging driver pins of the device with an end face of the workpiece by actuation of a tension bolt, and subsequently retaining the driver pins in engagement with the end face by actuation of clamping elements coupled to the driver pins;
wherein the workpiece is supported by a plurality of resiliently mounted supporting bolts during centering of the workpiece, and wherein actuation of the tension bolt retracts the supporting bolts.

Assignees

• Liebherr Verzahntech Gmbh

Inventors

• Weixler Johannes

Classifications

• B23B33/005 Primary

  Drivers with driving pins or the like · CPC title

• B23B23/005 Primary

  the centres being adjustable · CPC title

• B23B2233/32

  Yieldable centres · CPC title

• B23F23/06 Primary

  Chucking arrangements · CPC title

• B23B2233/24

  Centres or drivers with inserts · CPC title