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Method and apparatus for machining a blank from all directions in a machine tool or milling machine

US7261500B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2004
Grant dateAug 28, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/309968
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The corresponding machine tool or milling machine for carrying out the method described has a milling spindle which is displaceable in three spatial directions and with which the workpiece can be machined in a machining region, the machine tool or milling machine having at least one mounting slide, with which the workpiece, for the first machining step, can be mounted in gripping adapters. Furthermore, the machine tool or milling machine has at least one rocker, with which the partly machined workpiece can be mounted by means of at least one special gripping adapter in the first, finally machined region of the workpiece for the second machining step.

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