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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1996
Michael D Panetta, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Western Atlas, Inc., Hebron, KY (US);
Abstract
An arbor mill machine which performs multiple machining operations on a workpiece in one work station. A rotatable tool turret carries a plurality of arbor cutting tools each of which can be indexed into the work station for performing a machining operation on a workpiece carried by a slide which advances the workpiece into the arbor tool and retracts the workpiece from it. A single drive spindle carried by a slide is advanced to releasably engage and drive the arbor tool in the work station to machine the workpiece and is retracted to release and disengage the arbor tool so that it can be removed from the work station when the turret is indexed to advance another arbor tool into the work station to perform another machining operation on the workpiece. The turret is releasably locked to prevent it from rotating while an arbor tool is machining a workpiece and is released between machining operations to permit indexing of the turret to position another arbor tool in the work station. Preferably the machine is cycled and controlled by a programmable controller or a digital computer which may be programmed for machining a wide variety of different workpieces.