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Method for positioning a tool

US7607207B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

E. Zoller GmbH & Co. KG Einstell-und Messgeraete · DE

Inventors

Dieter Buttau · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Felix Thiel · Heilbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2008
Grant date	Oct 27, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T409/30952
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for positioning a tool (24) on a tool chuck (20) employs a tool holding device (22, 50, 58), which includes a tool-accommodating area (32, 52, 66) for at least partly receiving the tool (24), a connecting area (26, 54 62) to be arranged on the tool chuck (20), and a positioning opening (48) through which a positioner (18) can be placed against the tool (24), which is located at least in part in the tool-accommodating area (32, 52, 66). The tool (24) is optically scanned to obtain a measurement. Subsequently, the tool holding device (22, 50, 58) is removed from the chuck (20), and the chuck is heated. Then, the tool (24), which is separated from the tool holding device (22, 50, 58), is shrink fitted in the chuck (20) at a position that is based on the measurement.

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