Patent ID: 7134173
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A spindle head for a universal milling machine which has a workpiece table, said spindle head comprising: a machine part shiftable on a machine column and an elongated first housing mounted on the machine part so as to be rotatable about a first axis; a directly driven first work spindle having a second axis and being mounted axially parallel in the elongated first housing for carrying out roughing and finishing operations on the workpiece set up on the workpiece table; and a second spindle unit adjustable about two axes disposed on the end side of the elongated first housing opposed to the first work spindle, said second spindle unit comprising a second work spindle provided in a spindle housing, said second spindle unit further comprising a drive motor, said second spindle unit comprising a fork head rotatable about a rotation axis, the spindle housing of the second work spindle being supported in the forks of the fork head so as to be pivotable by means of a second motor about a third rotation axis, the rotation axis of the fork head extending parallel to the second axis of the work spindle and laterally offset with respect to the housing.