Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha

Noritaka Ise

Minoru Enomoto

Masashi Ito

Yasuhiro Okada

Fumio Sakamoto

Fuyuhiko Yoshikura

Toshio Kira

Shoji Inagaki

Tomoji Honda

Tatsuya Takeuchi

Tetsuaki Hiura

A shaping machine wherein either a work or a tool is a rod-like member extending along a straight center line while the other is a member having a hole capable of being fitted on the rod-like member and wherein the work is shaped while the member having the hole passes through the rod-like member from one end toward the other end of the rod-like member. The shaping machine comprises a feed mechanism for causing relative movement of the rod-like member and the member having the hole to each other along the center line of the rod-like member, a center line of the feed mechanism being coincident with the center line of the rod-like member.

Shaping machine capable of suppressing tilt

A clamping device which holds a workpiece at a predetermined position during a machining operation of the workpiece comprises a clamper for clamping a workpiece, a feed device for moving the clamper in the axial direction, a load sensor which is fixed to the clamper and detects a clamping force acting on the workpiece, and a memory in which a target clamping force corresponding to the shape of the workpiece and a method of machining operation is stored. The control device compares the clamping force detected by the load sensor with the target clamping force stored in the memory and controls the clamper in response to the deviation between the detected clamping force and the target clamping force. The clamping device also has a position detecting means for detecting the axial position of the clamper. The control device compares the present position detected by the position detecting means with a stop position which is detected during the initial clamping and is stored in the memory, and controls the clamper in proportion to the deviation between the detected position and the stored stop position.

Device for clamping a workpiece

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Noritaka Ise