Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kohzoh Takano

Yoshiharu Watabe

Satoru Ichihashi

Satoshi Takahashi

Yoshinori Oyobiki

Yasuo Kondo

A workpiece machining system for simultaneously machining the opposite surfaces of workpieces such as discs for disc brakes includes at least two machining apparatus disposed on a workpiece transfer path between a first workpiece inlet conveyor line and a second workpiece outlet conveyor line, for machining respective workpieces while holding and rotating the workpieces in the same attitude as that in which they are conveyed along the first and second conveyor lines. The workpiece machining system also includes a transfer apparatus for transferring the workpieces from the first conveyor line through the machining apparatus to the second conveyor line while maintaining the workpieces in the same attitude.

Workpiece machining system

An apparatus for machining a bevel gear has an apparatus frame, a spindle head provided on the apparatus frame for rotatably supporting a spindle on which a machining tool is mounted, and an indexing unit provided for holding a workpiece such that the workpiece is indexed by one pitch of teeth to be formed thereon to perform machining of tooth spaces with the machining tool. The spindle is horizontally and rotatably held on a spindle head such that the spindle is immovable in the axial direction of the spindle. The spindle head is movable back and forth in the axial direction and is movable in a lateral direction at right angles to the axial line. A column is provided on the apparatus frame in front of the spindle head such that the column is turnable about a vertical axial line at an arbitrary angle. The indexing unit is provided in a plurality of pieces on an external periphery of the column at a distance between each of the indexing units. The indexing units are provided on the column in a vertically movable manner. A plurality of vertically movable lifting frames are provided on the column at a distance therebetween in the circumferential direction of the column and the indexing units are detachably mounted on the column.

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Kohzoh Takano