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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoji Futamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Chikara Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ; B21D / ; B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72324 ; 72404 ; 7245302 ; 7245307 ; 7245318 ; 29 3 / ; 29 3 / ;
Abstract
An index-feed machining system having such a construction that a plurality of machining units on the bodies of which cassettes incorporating a plurality of machining tools are detachably mounted are disposed at intervals at mP (m being a given positive integer, P being a workpiece-feeding pitch) in the workpiece-feeding direction, corresponding to a plurality of machining processes; the machining processes being sequentially performed by the machining units at the index-feed pitches of the workpiece, in which a drive for driving the machining means are provided in the cassettes comprising any machining units.