Lathe carriage unit

Details Lathe carriage unit Lathe carriage unit

1997-12-24

1999-08-31

Pitts, Andrea L.

Turning

Lathe

Carriage feed

82141, 82153, 82154, B23B 2100

Patent

active

059439289

ABSTRACT:
A lathe carriage unit displaceably mounted on a bed for carrying and moving a tool post in a z-axis or x-axis direction comprises a saddle body having a guide slot extending along the length thereof and first and second bearing housings spaced apart from each other. A cross slider is slidably fitted to the guide slot of the saddle body for movement between an extended position and a retracted position. The cross slider can be caused to move by a drive mechanism into the extended or retracted position along the guide slot of the saddle body. The drive mechanism includes a ball screw rotatably supported at its opposite ends on the first and second bearing housings of the saddle body, a ball nut threadedly engaged with the ball screw and fixedly attached to the cross slider and a servo motor operatively connected to the ball screw for causing forward or reverse rotation of the ball screw. Threadedly engaged with the respective end of the ball screw, first and second pretensioning nuts tightened such that a traction force is applied to the ball screw.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4733585 (1988-03-01), Link et al.
patent: 4825992 (1989-05-01), Skrobisch
patent: 5005452 (1991-04-01), Wood, III
patent: 5349731 (1994-09-01), Sheehan et al.
patent: 5575041 (1996-11-01), Lee

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