Thermwood Corporation

David A Stutsman

Michael P Hardesty

Kenneth J Susnjara

Robert A Hardy

Edwin H Haefling

Kenneth L Gwin

A spindle assembly for a machine tool comprising a housing having at least one bearing seat, a bearing having inner and outer races mounted in the bearing seat, a sleeve disposed between a race of the bearing and the housing, adhesively bonded to the housing, and a spindle mounted on the other race of the bearing wherein the spindle is axially aligned relative to the bearing and the spindle and bearing are displaceable axially relative to the sleeve rigidly secured to the housing.

Spindle assembly for machine tools and method of fabricating same

A toolhead assembly for a CNC machine displaceable along orthogonal x, y and z-axes generally consisting of a support assembly, a tool carrier supported on the support assembly having a rotatable tool axis and being displaceable relative to the support assembly between a first position wherein the tool axis is aligned with the z-axis and a second position wherein the tool axis is misaligned with the z-axis, structure for yieldably biasing the tool carrier assembly into the first position and structure responsive to a displacement of the tool carrier assembly to the second position for breaking an electrical grounding circuit of a controller operatively connected to the machine.

Toolhead assembly for CNC machines having misalignment prevention means

A spindle assembly for a machine tool generally including a first housing having a bore provided with a lining formed of a structural polymer, a second housing disposed in the first housing bore in sliding engagement with the lining therein, a first spindle journaled in the first housing, a second spindle journaled in the second housing in axial alignment with the first spindle and operatively connected thereto for axial displacement relative thereto and rotational movement therewith and means for displacing the second housing relative to the first housing to correspondingly axially displace the spindles.

Method of fabricating a spindle assembly for a machine tool

The invention provides a machine tool comprising a base member, a workpiece support means mounted on the base member, a toolhead support means mounted on the base member, a toolhead assembly mounted on the toolhead support means, rotatable about a given axis relative to the toolhead support means, at least two tools mounted on the toolhead assembly, having axes radially disposed and circumferentially spaced relative to the given axis, a means for operating a selected one of the tools when the selected tool is disposed in a predetermined position relative to the workpiece support means operatively interconnecting the toolhead support means and the toolhead assembly for selectively, rotatably indexing the toolhead assembly about the given axis to position a selected one of the tools in the predetermined position; and means for locking the toolhead assembly relative to the toolhead support means when a selected one of the tools is disposed in the predetermined position.

CNC machine tool and toolhead assembly therefor

Toolhead assembly for machine tools and method of making same

A spindle assembly for a machine tool generally consisting of a housing, a housing having a pair of bearing seats, roller bearings mounted in the bearing seats, the bearing seats being oversized relative to the outer races of the roller bearings, the outer races of the roller bearings being adhesively bonded to the housing in said bearing seats and a spindle mounted in the inner races of the roller bearings.

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Huntingburg, IN, United States of America

David A Stutsman