Makino Milling Machine Company, Ltd

Takashi Hoshi

Kazuyuki Hiramoto

Keigo Tada

Naoshi Takayama

Naozumi Tanikawa

Kazutoyo Moriguchi

Tsuyoshi Fukuhara

The invention provides a machining center for machining a workpiece by moving a grinding wheel and the workpiece relative to each other in the X, Y and Z directions. The machining center has a main spindle for removably mounting a grinding wheel, a spindle head for rotationally supporting the main spindle, a table for mounting the workpiece, a column for movably supporting the spindle head, and tool dressing means having a dresser spindle, provided over the spindle head to move in the vertical direction toward and away from the grinding wheel mounted to the main spindle, for mounting a dresser for truing or dressing the outer peripheral surface of the grinding wheel.

Machining center and method of changing tools thereof

The present relates to a machine tool for machining a workpiece by moving a tool and the workpiece relative to each other and to a pallet changer thereof. The machine tool is provided with a spindle for mounting the tool thereon, a table for a pallet (P) having the workpiece mounted thereon to be placed on the table, a pallet loading station for setting up the workpiece to the pallet (P) on the pallet loading station, and a pair of pallet change arms arranged to swivel about a vertical axis between the table and the pallet loading station, one pallet change arm ( ) of which is arranged to be able to move independently of the other pallet change arm ( ) in the vertical direction.

Machine tool and its pallet changing device

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Minamitsuru-gun, Japan

Takashi Hoshi