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Index-feed machining system

US5526668A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 1995
Grant dateJun 18, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/5198
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An index-feed machining system having such a construction that a plurality of machining units on the bodies of which cassettes incorporating a plurality of machining tools are detachably mounted are disposed at intervals at mP (m being a given positive integer, P being a workpiece-feeding pitch) in the workpiece-feeding direction, corresponding to a plurality of machining processes; the machining processes being sequentially performed by the machining units at the index-feed pitches of the workpiece, in which a drive for driving the machining means are provided in the cassettes comprising any machining units.

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