Patent ID: 8800124
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: B23B,B23C,B23P,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of platforms configured for use with a multi-spindle machine, each platform of the plurality of platforms individually moveable with respect to other platforms of the plurality of platforms along a number of axes, and each platform of the plurality of platforms configured to hold a workpiece of a plurality of workpieces during a number of identical milling operations performed in parallel on the plurality of workpieces by the multi-spindle machine; the multi-spindle machine, wherein the multi-spindle machine has a same number of spindles as a number of platforms of the plurality of platforms; and an adjustment system configured to move each platform of the plurality of platforms along the number of axes independently from the other platforms of the plurality of platforms, wherein for achieving the movements of each platform of the plurality of platforms along the number of axes, the adjustment system comprises: