Patent GB-1375620-A (GB)
IPC: B23Q7/10
Filed: 1972-12-19
Abstract: 1375620 Turning CHWERTH 19 Dec 1972 58512/72 Headings B3B and B3T A machine tool for machining ring shaped workpieces W comprises a machining station E having a workpiece support, e.g. a pair of rotary chucks F, holding groups of workpieces W to be internally bored; a supply shoot assembly A for feeding the workpieces to a loading station B; a discharge shoot I; a first workpiece holder D for delivering groups of workpieces to the machining station E; a second workpiece holder H for delivering groups of machined workpieces from the work station to the discharge shoot I; a workpiece transfer device C which mounts the first and second workpiece holders D and H and comprises a triangular plate 32 mounted for axial reciprocation and rotary indexing in one rotary direction only in 120 degrees increments; and wherein each machined workpiece is measured in the discharge shoot I by a gauging mechanism J which produces error pulse signals to drive a motor to adjust the position of a boring tool 78 carried by machining apparatus G.  Wokrpiece transferring.-The supply shoot assembly A comprises a pair of shoots 10, 12 each including a stop arrangement 17 operated in tandem by an hydraulic or pneumatic device 18. The assembly includes a gate mechanism M which is opened to allow the entry of the workpiece holders D or H to pick up new workpieces. The discharge shoot includes a similar gate mechanism M<SP>11</SP>. The plate 32 of the transfer device C is mounted on a shaft 27 rotatably and reciprocably mounted in a housing 20. The shaft is indexed 120 degrees in one direction only by an hydraulically operated rack 57 which only engages a pinion 30 formed on the shaft 27 when the shaft is moved axially outwards from the housing 20 by an hydraulic actuator 52. Switches LS5-LS9 operated by cams 46a-46c and abutment 53 control the sequence of operation. In an alternative embodiment the discharge shoot is on the same side as the supply shoot (Fig. 13, not shown) and a single gate mechanism controls the incoming and outgoing workpieces. Tool support.-The boring tool 78 is mounted on a holder member 77 bolted to a top plate 87 of a holder, the top plate being attached to a base-plate 81 by means of an intermediate plate 83 which includes cut-outs to provide a flexible tongue so that the top plate 87 can be deflected relative to the base-plate 81 to adjust the position of the tool 78. The plate 87 is moved by lateral movement of a block 112 which is connected to a laterally movable pneumatic piston 104. The block 112 also engages a laterally movable cross-bar 114 which has a cam follower that engages a rotary drum cam 98. The cam is rotated by a pulse motor 100 that receives signal from the control K to adjust the position of the tool 78. In operation, the piston 104 deflects the top plate 87 in the required direction, but more than is required, the motor 100 rotating the cam 98 while the cam follower is thus out of engagement before the piston 104 is pressurized in the opposite direction and the cam follower impacted back into engagement with the cam. The tool 78 may include oppositely facing chamfering tools to chamfer both ends of the bore of the ring workpieces (Figs. 2A and 2B, not shown). Machine tool details.-The machining apparatus G comprises superposed horizontally movable slides 73 76 which carry the tool holder and 78 towards the workpieces. The slides are moved by hydraulic actuators under control of solenoid operated valves and trip switches.