US4842457A
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Machine tool with improved spindlehead mounting and traversing means
Assignee: Mandelli SpA
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Filing: 1987-08-12
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Granted: 1989-06-27
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Expires: 2007-08-12
Abstract
Abstract A machining center or machine tool comprises a bed, structure to support and position the workpieces, and a rotary spindle fed with worktools by an automatic tool changer and carried by a spindlehead which also carries the driving motor therefor. The spindlehead moves back and forth along a rectilinear path under the control of a circulating-ball screw and nut assembly, the screw of which is rigid with the spindlehead and has its axis intersecting that of the spindle. The lead nut of the same assembly is caused to rotate by a motor and is kept axially fixed.
Inventors
- 👤 Giuseppe Badagnani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:48
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23Q; B23Q1/00; B23Q1/25; B23Q1/26; B23Q1/267; B23Q5/00; B23Q5/22; B23Q5/34; B23Q5/38; B23Q5/40; B23Q5/402; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T408/00; Y10T408/65; Y10T408/675; Y10T408/6793; Y10T409/00; Y10T409/30; Y10T409/306664; Y10T409/309352; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18568; Y10T74/18576; Y10T74/18648
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
In a machining center or machine tool comprising a spinglehead carrying a rotary spindle and a driving motor therefor, and means mounting said spindlehead for reciprocatory movement along a rectilinear path under the control of a recirculating-ball screw and nut assembly; the improvement in which the screw of said assembly is rigid with the spindlehead and has its axis passing through the center of gravity of the spindlehead and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the spindle, said axes intersecting each other whereby the screw axis passes substantially through the point at which the resultant of all the forces and reactions applied to the spindlehead acts, motor means to rotate the nut of said assembly, and means to keep the nut of said assembly axially fixed during the rotation thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
In a machining center or machine tool comprising a spinglehead carrying a rotary spindle and a driving motor therefor, and means mounting said spindlehead for reciprocatory movement along a rectilinear path under the control of a recirculating-ball screw and nut assembly; the improvement in which the screw of said assembly is rigid with the spindlehead and has its axis passing through the center of gravity of the spindlehead and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the spindle, said axes intersecting each other whereby the screw axis passes substantially through the point at which the resultant of all the forces and reactions applied to the spindlehead acts, motor means to rotate the nut of said assembly, and means to keep the nut of said assembly axially fixed during the rotation thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
Structure as claimed in claim 1, and a torque-limiting joint and a gear wheel transmission interconnecting said motor means and said nut.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
Structure as claimed in claim 1, and a vertical support which supports said nut and motor means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
Structure as claimed in claim 1, and means fixing said screw against rotation, said fixing means comprising means slidably guiding said spindlehead for reciprocatory rectilinear movement.
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