Patent ID: 6772042
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B23Q,G05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A remotely controlled coolant fluid nozzle system for a machine tool center comprising:a mount with means for attachment to a machine tool center; an electromechanical actuator attached to the mount, and having an output shaft, and means for receiving electronic signals and converting the signals to movement of the shaft; a manifold block having a centerline axis and a fluid passage, said block being in mechanical contact with the shaft, the centerline axis and fluid passage being coincident, said block being rotatable around the centerline axis in response to movement of the shaft; a coolant fluid nozzle having a centerline axis bore, wherein said nozzle is attached to the block such that the nozzle bore is in fluid communication with and perpendicular to the fluid passage of the block; and a rotating coolant union attached to the mount and to the block, said union having a flow path in fluid communication with the block, a means to allow for block rotation around the centerline axis, and a coolant fluid input port in fluid communication with said flow path.