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Class 409/80 - With sensing of numerical information and regulation without mechanical connection between sensing means and regulated means (i.e., numerical control)


Subclass of Class 409 - Gear cutting, milling, or planing
Definition: Apparatus or method including detection of information on
No. of patents: 158
Last issue date: 03/20/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8137038Machining method, program, machining-program generating program and machining apparatus of press die
A machining method of a press die having a pierce cutter and a secondary relief-clearance area recessed inward relative to a profile of the pierce cutter is provided. A plunge cutting tool having a tool body and at least one edge portion provided on an outer circumf...
03/20/2012
7364393Machine adaptation
The invention relates to the transmission of power and/or data from/to a stationary part of a machine tool 200 to/from an accessory 100 mounted in the spindle 210 of the machine tool 200. A first electrical link or interface 1a,...
04/29/2008
7356897Systems and methods for verifying a pre-programmed materials processing path
Systems and methods for verifying a materials processing path on a work piece are described. In one embodiment, a system for verifying a material process path on a work piece includes a processing unit operable to receive processing instructions to control a motion ...
04/15/2008
7331741Numerically controlled machine tool
A numerically controlled machine tool performs machining by rotating a rotational tool attached to a tool holder mounted on a spindle, with keys fitted into key grooves in the tool holder. The numerically controlled machine tool includes predetermined-amount rotatin...
02/19/2008
7319913Device and method for extracting unmachined shape
A safe and efficient machining process design is realized by extracting the unmachined shape and by three-dimensionally visualizing the unmachined shape without generating a machining track. The present device 1 comprises a displacement unit 2 for disp...
01/15/2008
7306412Rotary milling cutter and milling method using the same technical field
An end mill 10 is a tool for milling a metal block such as a metal mold and is placed in a machine tool such as a milling machine when in use. The end mill 10 is used to provide a rotary milling cutter and a milling method using the same, in which it i...
12/11/2007
7287939Method for controlling relative displacements of a tool against a workpiece
Relative movements of a tool and a workpiece are controlled by moving a tool axis in all spatial dimensions for the material-removal machining of the workpiece to produce a desired target contour of the workpiece by a sequence of relative movements along a tool traj...
10/30/2007
7284937Machining apparatus
A pulse generation means that generates a pulse each time an XY movable member moves linearly by a certain amount relative to a base is provided. A workpiece and a light and dark pattern member are provided on the base. A tool, a light and dark pattern scanning sens...
10/23/2007
7237989Milling method used for producing structural components
A milling method is for producing milled structural components of materials that are difficult to machine by chip-cutting. A milling tool with a tool radius is rotationally driven about an axis of the milling tool to ensure a central rotation thereof, whereby a refe...
07/03/2007
7234224Curved grooving of polishing pads
A method is provided for forming grooves in a polishing pad useful for planarizing a substrate in a chemical mechanical planarization process. The method maintains average velocity as a function of bit diameter to enable groove formation using a rotating bit, whereb...
06/26/2007
7226256Machine tool having inbuilt water supplier
A machine tool includes a base having a spindle rotatably attached to a support for supporting a tool member, and a fluid supplying device for supplying fluid into the spindle, for cooling purposes. The fluid supplying device includes a housing secured to the suppor...
06/05/2007
7219407Device for milling and lathing
A device for milling and/or lathing workpieces including at least one machine bed, on which there is at least one tool holder and one workpiece spindle as part of a workpiece holder with an axis of rotation, whereby the tool holder has at least one tool drive with a...
05/22/2007
7191529Apparatus and method for controlling a programmable marking scribe
A programmable marking scribe having a material displacement stylus movable in three mutually orthogonal axes to displace material from an object being marked and create a two-dimensional matrix of recessed areas formed of grooves and surrounded by ridges, the groov...
03/20/2007
7174236Ultra-precise processing method and apparatus for inhomogeneous material
(A) V-CAD data of an object (1) is prepared. (B) A processed surface shape after NC processing is predicted by simulation using the V-CAD data. (C) The object is subjected to NC processing by a predetermined NC program, and a processed surface shape after NC ...
02/06/2007
7172034Boring control method
A boring control method for a machine tool for automatically boring a deep hole using a central control means performing boring with programmed control. In the boring, the number of processing and steps of the machine tool is kept minimum, load torque of a tool is d...
02/06/2007
7168351High-speed cutting process for generating desired curved surface on workpiece
A process for generating a curved surface on a workpiece with high speed is disclosed, in which an acceleration of a slider is set to a predetermined desired acceleration while a rotating velocity of a work spindle is made varied to keep the acceleration of the slid...
01/30/2007
7168894Assembly for removing chips from a cutting work area of a cutting tool
An assembly for removing chips from a cutting tool working area on a workpiece, including a support structure for supporting a first end of an axially expandable and collapsible tubular member; a cross-piece for supporting a second end of the tubular member; at leas...
01/30/2007
7161316Method and apparatus for discrete speed compensated torque step motor control
Methods and apparatus for controlling a motor are provided. The motor may be operated in a fluid system having a variable static pressure acting on the motor. The method including operating the motor at a first substantially constant torque level, varying the static...
01/09/2007
7137760Methods and apparatus for manufacturing operations using opposing-force support systems
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing operations using opposing-force support systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a track assembly adapted to be attached to a workpiece, and a carriage moveably coupled to the track assembly. The carriag...
11/21/2006
7134818Tool-holding system for high-accuracy calibration of holes
The invention relates to the field of toolings for high-accuracy finishing through-holes and non-through-holes, such as for example for calibration, lapping operations. More precisely the invention refers to a tool-holding system for high-accuracy calibration of the...
11/14/2006
7121776Housing retrofit assembly for a milling machine or the like
The present invention is a housing retrofit assembly for a milling machine or the like, including a quick adjusting stop nut for selective sliding coarse adjustment and rotational precision fine adjustment for rotatable engagement with a threaded rod or shaft in clo...
10/17/2006
7088064Method for the orientation of a spindle and numerical control device of a machine tool embodied for the method for the orientation of the spindle
A method for the orientation of a spindle of a numerically controlled and rapidly rotating spindle by which the spindle is brought from an initial rotational speed into a predetermined position of rest. The method includes performing a first phase of orientation of ...
08/08/2006
7083368Numerical control apparatus
A machine having X- and Y-axis linear moving axes and a pivot axis B for rotationally pivoting a pivot member having a tool arranged at a distal end thereof about an axis parallel to a Z axis is controlled. A moving command obtained by a command program commanded by...
08/01/2006
7082349Machining apparatus for machining a workpiece to reproduce a model shape
A machining apparatus capable of easily machining a workpiece to reproduce a shape of a machining model or with alternation of a scale in a scanning or profiling direction. A non-contact displacement gauge is fixed to one surface of a tool rest, and a tool to the ot...
07/25/2006
7070368Method for setting a machining feed rate and a machine tool using the same
A machining feed rate for machining a workpiece portion to be machined by a machining tool based upon a machining program is set by reading a data of the workpiece portion, by sectionalizing the workpiece portion in an area corresponding to a workpiece shape of the ...
07/04/2006
7002274Rotary electric machine and automobile provided with the same
In a rotary electric machine capable of improving the reliability of an object provided with the same, a permanent magnet type synchronous rotary electric machine comprises has a stator provided with windings. A rotor arranged supported for rotation in the stator wi...
02/21/2006
6999843Numerical control apparatus and CAM system
Upon analyzing a processing program (5) in an analyzer (11, 31), a numerical control apparatus extracts information about a contact position between a tool and a workpiece, and based on the information, it calculates a main spindle revolution instructi...
02/14/2006
6975055Dynamo-electric machine having a rotor with first and second axially or rotationally displaceable field magnets
A dynamo-electric machine has a stator with a primary winding and a rotor with a field magnet and a shaft. the field magnet includes a first field magnet having diferent polarity magnetic poles sequentially arranged in a rotation direction and a second field magnet ...
12/13/2005
6955584Grinding machine comprising a measuring system and control for providing a master blade and method for providing a bar blade
An apparatus includes a blade grinding machine, a measuring system and a control for providing a bar blade suitable for cutting work pieces. The blade grinding machine includes a clamping mechanism for mounting the bar blade and a grinding wheel for grinding the mou...
10/18/2005
6920815Integrated circuit package separators
An integrated circuit package separator for separating integrated circuit packages from a board includes a base, a support over the base, and a pair of pneumatic actuators including first and second lift members laterally spaced from the base and beneath respective ...
07/26/2005
6832876Machine tools
A machine tool 10 to fashion objects from blocks of material having a material-remover 16 able to move in at least two degrees of freedom and having the material 18 controlled by processing circuitry. The processing circuitry 18 determine...
12/21/2004
6782596Fiducial calibration systems and methods for manufacturing, inspection, and assembly
Fiducial calibration systems and methods for precisely and accurately manufacturing a part from a workpiece, inspecting or measuring a part, and/or assembling a plurality of manufactured parts including providing a workpiece, wherein the workpiece and the associated...
08/31/2004
6697700Correction apparatus for NC lathe
A correction apparatus 1 comprises a correction amount setting section 3 and a correction execution section 4 and provides in an NC lathe 100 equipped with a first tool rest 106 and a second tool rest 108 which are movable in the X-axis direction and in t...
02/24/2004
6676344Methods and apparatus for machining workpieces
In a method for machining a workpiece, and for identifying a sequence of steps for machining a workpiece, a final shape required for the whole or part of the workpiece (is identified at 34), a three dimensional envelope shape is generated around the requi...
01/13/2004
6612004Complex machining machine tool
In a complex machining machine tool, a tool rest capable of attachably and detachably installing tool installing inserts thereon is provided, a plural number of virtual tools is set and registered concerning a predetermined at least one tool together with...
09/02/2003
6571840Composite furniture ornamentation
A furniture surface includes a new solid wood substrate, a two-color silk screened image on the substrate, and a CNC-carved and embossed indentation in the substrate that provides a relief effect located in reference to the printed image so as to make a c...
06/03/2003
6565497Complex machining machine tool
In a complex machining machine tool, a tool rest capable of attachably and detachably installing tool installing inserts thereon is provided, a plural number of virtual tools is set and registered concerning a predetermined at least one tool together with...
05/20/2003
6539277Lapping surface patterning system
A lapping surface patterning system includes a patterning apparatus which can be removably mounted over the lapping surface of a continuous polishing tool. The patterning apparatus includes a radial arm having a movable cutting tool carriage mounted there...
03/25/2003
6491482Milling method
A milling method is provided in which a finished part of any desired contour is milled from a blank of any desired contour by the milling tool being guided on a continuous, spiral guide path from the blank continuously to the finished part. In this case, ...
12/10/2002
6488453Automated quill drive assembly for a milling machine
An automated quill drive assembly is adapted to be retrofit on a milling machine having a frame presenting a quill head and a quill supported on the head for rotation and for relative shiftable movement along a linear axis between retracted and extended p...
12/03/2002
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