Patent ID: 7150085

Claim:
A turret, for use on a machine tool, for mounting at least one rotating tool thereon and for rotating said rotating tool to machine a workpiece, said turret comprising: a turret body supported on a base of said machine tool; a swivel drum supported on said turret body and supporting at least one tool holder which holds said rotating tool, said tool holder having a holder shaft; an indexing actuator having an index motor for swiveling said swivel drum to index said rotating tool to an indexed position; a drive motor disposed in said swivel drum and supported on said turret body, said drive motor having a drive shaft axially oriented toward the indexed position; and a joint for directly connecting said holder shaft of said tool holder and said drive shaft of said drive motor to each other to rotate said rotating tool with said drive motor while one of said rotating tools is indexed to the indexed position; wherein said drive motor is fixed to said turret body and said drive motor has a housing supported on said turret body, said turret further comprising: a liner disposed immediately behind said housing, said liner having a thickness to adjust a position of said drive motor with respect to said turret body.