Patent ID: 8291796
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A two axis machine tool comprising: first and second machine beds independent of each other; first and second processing machines mounted on the first and second machine beds, respectively; and a vibration suppressing unit connecting the first and second machine beds with each other, the vibration suppressing unit including a viscoelastic body and suppressing vibrations; wherein the first and second machine beds are disposed on left and right sides of the machine tool, respectively, the vibration suppressing unit comprises a first plate member connected at a first end to the first machine bed and at a second end extending therefrom towards a center portion, and a second plate member connected at a first end to the second machine bed and at a second end extending therefrom towards a center portion and including an overlap region overlapping the second end of the first plate member while being spaced in a forward and rearward direction, and the viscoelastic element is fixed to the first and second plate members and sandwiched between the first and second plates, the viscoelastic element having an elongated shape longer in a leftward and rightward direction than in the forward and rearward direction.