Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool – Means to drive tool – Including means to move tool along tool-axis
Patent
1993-10-25
1994-09-20
Howell, Daniel W.
Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
Means to drive tool
Including means to move tool along tool-axis
408130, 408137, 470 96, B23B 4718, B23G 300
Patent
active
053484290
ABSTRACT:
Tapping apparatus for tapping holes in workpieces is provided with a tap assembly that includes a tap fitted to a lower tip end of a vertical lead screw, there being means including a bushing for rotating the lead screw thereby to vertically advance and retract the tap relative to the a workpiece hole. Power operating means are provided to rapidly advance and retract the lead screw independently of rotating advance/retraction of the lead screw so as to more quickly locate the tap proximal the workpiece hole allowing that tapping commences with lessened need for lead screw rotation as a means of effecting lineal advance of the lead screw. This lessens the tapping cycle time and results in increased production rate with the apparatus as well as lengthening tap life. The power operating means also functions to rapidly retract the lead screw and tap upwardly from the workpiece on completion of the tapping which also increases production particularly where the workpiece includes heightened structure adjacent the hole location so that more rapid tool clearance is achieved permitting quicker workpiece indexing to present a next to be tapped hole at a tapping station.
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Brandt Jr. George J.
Howell Daniel W.
Morrison Thomas R.
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