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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1985
David R McMurtry, Gloucestershire, GB;
Renishaw Electrical Limited, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;
Abstract
A machine tool having a table movable relative to a head for machining a workpiece mounted on the head by a tool mounted on the table. The table also supports a magazine for blank workpieces, and the table is movable between a first position in which the head and the tool are in machining proximity and a second position in which the head and the magazine are proximate. The head has a work holder adapted to grip a blank workpiece at said second position for transfer, by movement of the table, to said first position. After machining, the workpiece is correspondingly returnable to the magazine. The work holder is mounted on a spindle supported on the head and rotatable for machining purposes. In a modification the spindle supports a tool, and the head has a gripper which is separate from the spindle and is used for the transfer of workpieces between the magazine and a work holder mounted on the table.