Patent ID: 6338705
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B23P,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for machining motorcar disk brake caliper blocks and brackets, comprising a tool-holding machining head, drivable along a vertical axis and two horizontal axes with respect to a workpiece held on a workpiece-holding device, and a tool-changing magazine, whereinthe machining head (36) has, at progressively lower levels along said vertical axis, at least one high-speed spindle (44), at least one low-speed spindle (46) and at least one feed-out spindle (48), all arranged substantially at right angles to said vertical axis and driven by one or more motors (42) mounted on the head; the tool-changing magazine (52) is arranged for cooperating with said high-speed spindle for changing its tool by moving the machining head; the workpiece-holding device (54; 154) is adapted to carry two sets of workpieces on respective supports (56, 58; 170), and to shift said supports in succession between a working position near the head and a work changing position remote from the head.