Industrial Technology Research Institute

Hsiang-Feng Huang

Wei-Jun Lin

Kuan-Wen Chen

Kun-Lung Tsai

Ke-Wu Ou Yang

Shyi-Houng Hsiao

Young-Dar Chen

A tool holder of the hollow taper shank in a tool machine is disclosed. A resisting block supported by a spring is received within a tool holder. As the short knife is disposed within the tool holder, the elastic force of the spring can be overcome. At first, a plurality of steel balls and a resisting block are pushed inversely until the front edge of an wider portion of the short knife passes through the steel ball. Now, the spring will release the energy from elastic deformation so as to enforce the resisting block to move forwards and outwards so as to return to the original position. Thereby, the knife can be firmly secured.

Tool holder of hollow taper shank in tool machine

An automatic pallet changer is composed of a pallet lifting mechanism and a revolving mechanism. The pallet lifting mechanism has a pallet platform and a lifting rod which is fastened with the bottom of the pallet platform. The pallet platform and the lifting rod are driven by oil pressure to move up and down in a linear manner. The body of the lifting rod is provided with a vertically-oriented first position confining portion. The revolving mechanism has a gear and a rack gear member. The gear is pivoted to the bottom of the pallet lifting mechanism at a fixed height and provided axially with a slide channel in which the lifting rod is slidably disposed. The slide channel is provided in the inside thereof with a vertically-oriented second position confining portion, which is complementary in shape to the first position confining portion of the lifting rod for enabling the lifting rod and the pallet platform to turn synchronously. The rack gear member is engaged with the gear so as to drive the gear to rotate.

Automatic pallet changer

A transfer mechanism for turret indexing and positioning system includes an output shaft configured to hold a turret and a hydraulically controlled three-piece tooth type shaft coupling arranged to brake the output shaft at a precise position of the turret. A follower is secured to the output shaft by a conic ring. A locking nut that can be rapidly and independently affixed is used to provide an optimal clearance between a rotational sleeve and a reference sleeve of a three-piece tooth type shaft coupling during the rotation of the turret.

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Taichung, Taiwan

Hsiang-Feng Huang