Hydrostatic pre-load piston

Details Hydrostatic pre-load piston Hydrostatic pre-load piston

1998-02-20

2000-03-07

Footland, Lenard A.

Bearings

Linear bearing

With detection, nonbearing magnetic or hydraulic feature

384 12, F16C 2900

Patent

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06033116&

ABSTRACT:
A machine tool comprising a base, with a guide surface, a workpiece holder on the base, a movable tool carriage, and a motor for advancing the carriage along the guide surface toward the workpiece. Hydrostatic bearings are situated in the carriage for discharging fluid, such as oil, into the narrow gap defined between the carriage and the guide surface. A pre-load rail is secured to the movable carriage, and a plurality of pockets are defined in the pre-load rail. A hydrostatic pre-load piston, with an enlarged head and a depending base, is located in each pocket. A shallow depression is formed in the face of each piston, and an annular wall surrounds the depression, so that the piston restores itself to an equilibrium condition. The pre-load pistons are located in opposition to the hydrostatic bearings. An O-ring encircles the base of the piston, and allows floating, and tilting, movement of the piston within the pocket, while serving as a seal for the pocket. The individual pre-load pistons float and tilt to accommodate diverse localized distortions, anomalies, imperfections, machining errors, and the like, in the carriage, and in the guide surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5279171 (1994-01-01), Sola et al.

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