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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Nishitokyo, JP;
Ayako Kitakaze, Tokorozawa, JP;
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Nishitokyo, JP;
Abstract
A machine tool includes a first spindle, a second spindle, and a joining means for joining the axial ends of workpieces gripped by the spindles to form a joined workpiece. The machine tool further includes an electric servomotor for moving the first spindle in the direction intersecting the axis of the first spindle, a current value detection means for detecting the current value of the electric servomotor, and a misalignment detecting means for detecting misalignment of a first workpiece and a second workpiece in the joined workpiece, based on the current value detected by the current value detection means when the joined workpiece gripped by the two spindles is rotated.
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