Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.

Hitesh K Patel

John Winfrey Dillman

Garrett Lindon Headrick

David Loyd Sorensen

Andrew Gordon Thompson

David Michael Briggs

Darren Paul Weidman

John Rogers Brooks

David Ethan Ross

Jeremy Carl Conser

Keith Richard Davis

Modular machine tools, modular machine-tool beds, and systems for assembling the same are disclosed. Some machine tools and beds may be configured selectively between a cantilever configuration and a gantry configuration. Some modular beds may be assembled selectively to have a desired longitudinal length. The modular nature of the machine tools and modular beds allows users to configure a machine tool in multiple configurations depending on a particular work piece needing to be worked.

Modular machine tools

Machine tools and methods for machining turbine rotor assemblies are disclosed. Some machine tools include a drill arm that pushes off of a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some machine tools include a clamping arm that secures the machine tool to a turbine stage to be machined and an adjacent turbine stage. Some methods include pushing-off of a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some methods include securing a machine tool to a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some methods include monitoring at least one of a current delivered to a first motor and a voltage applied to the first motor and controlling a second motor in response to the monitoring. Some methods include sequentially machining a turbine stage with cutting tools having increasing lengths and/or diameters.

Machine tools and methods for machining turbine rotor assemblies

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Tigard, OR, United States of America

Hitesh K Patel