Project plate system
US4662043A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 10, 1985 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T279/31
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for positioning and holding workpieces for successive machining at several work stations or machining by several machines at a multi-tool cell incorporating a workpiece holding and transporting project plate and a self-centering support chuck at every machine for holding and automatically positioning the project plate and its workpiece with a repeatably high degree of accuracy using the axial centerline of the support chuck as the reference of concentricity by which the tool and workpiece are addressed to each other.
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