POSITIONING MACHINE

• Main Authors: HAMLIN F,US, WELLS W,US
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.08.1973
• Subjects: COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS; GRINDING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHING; TRANSPORTING

A positioning machine has a rotatable spindle which carries objects to be positioned, and that spindle is journaled in a shiftable carriage which in turn is mounted on another shiftable carriage. The two carriages move in directions perpendicular to one another and each is shifted by a motor which m...