An automatic positioning and clamping tool for mounting in a CNC Tilting Rotary Table for positioning and clamping a wheel rim for processing by a cutting tool includes a base, an upright post mounted at the base, air leakage detection units mounted on the base for supporting the wheel rim and detecting an air leakage, clamping devices mounted on the base for clamping the border edge of the wheel rim, a lateral chip conveyor, nozzles mounted around the periphery of the lateral chip conveyor, a vertical hydraulic chuck mounted around the upright post for moving a positioning gripper into abutment against the bore wall of the center bore of the wheel rim, and fluid nozzles mounted in the vertical hydraulic chuck for flushing away chips during processing. Thus, the invention is a compact structure with functions of air leakage detection, wheel rim automatic positioning and clamping and chip removal.

The invention relates to an indexing chuck comprising a chuck body having an opening; a pivoting ring disposed in the opening, the pivoting ring having at least three clamping jaws that can be advanced radially, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the chuck body; an advancing device which is disposed in the pivoting ring and by means of which the clamping jaws can be moved synchronously; and two pivot pins, supported in the chuck body and forming a pivot axis, wherein the advancing device comprises a synchronizing ring which is movable relative to the pivoting ring, a driving surface extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the chuck body where it contacts a clamping jaw, and a contact surface on the respective clamping jaw which interacts with the driving surface of the synchronizing ring such that the clamping jaws are moved radially.

A float type clamping mechanism is provided, comprising a workpiece pallet having a central post provided on its bottom surface and a chuck. The chuck can be releasably coupled to the central post. The chuck has a base, a top seat, a piston seat with spring members provided between the piston seat and the top seat, a movable socket having movable detents provided around its periphery, and a bottom cover. When the central post of the workpiece pallet is inserted into the movable socket, the movable detents displaced inward to detent the central post so as to allow the movable socket to float upward slightly, and the movable socket is pressed downward through simple mechanism to clamp the central post firmly so that zero clamping effect between the workpiece pallet and the chuck can be achieved.

A float type clamping mechanism is provided, comprising a workpiece pallet having a central post provided on its bottom surface and a chuck. The chuck can be releasably coupled to the central post. The chuck has a base, a top seat, a piston seat with spring members provided between the piston seat and the top seat, a movable socket having movable detents provided around its periphery, and a bottom cover. When the central post of the workpiece pallet is inserted into the movable socket, the movable detents displaced inward to detent the central post so as to allow the movable socket to float upward slightly, and the movable socket is pressed downward through simple mechanism to clamp the central post firmly so that zero clamping effect between the workpiece pallet and the chuck can be achieved.

A coupling device of jigs includes a foundation, a tube, a plurality of balls, and a piston base. The foundation has a chamber, in which a part of the tube is inserted. The tube has a plurality of through holes for housing the balls. The piston base is received in the chamber, and fitted to the tube. An inner surface of the piston base has a circular groove and an abutment surface. The piston base can be moved along an axial direction of the tube between a first position and a second position. When at the first position, a part of each ball is inside the circular groove; when at the second position, an area where the abutment surface abuts against each ball is not merely a single point. Whereby, the force applied on the abutment surface is dispersed, and therefore the processing accuracy of workpieces is ensured.

A main shaft fixture for fixing a main shaft on a wind turbine during installation and repair work on heavy parts of the wind turbine nacelle, in the case where the fixture is formed of several sections for mounting on stable structural parts in the nacelle, including the nacelle's bottom frame. The main shaft fixture has adjustable pressure mandrels with tap shoes, which cause the fixture to be usable regardless of the turbine main shaft geometry, such that it can be mounted without fixing the rotor. The main shaft fixture also has facilities for mounting of a lightweight crane and a self-hoisting crane with a ground-based winch, respectively, as well as a rotor lock which, in combination with actuators of the main shaft fixture, enables the main shaft and the main shaft bearing to be sufficiently displaced vertically from its bearing in the nacelle to service or replace the bearing.

A chuck apparatus grips a workpiece by a gripping section having a pair of chuck members. The chuck apparatus is equipped with a cover member and pressing members. The cover member includes insertion holes through which fingers of the chuck members are inserted, and seal members that surround the insertion holes and abut against the fingers. The cover member is attached to a body so as to cover base portions of the chuck members, and is elastically deformable so as to follow displacement of the chuck members. The pressing members press the seal members against the fingers.

A drive system for driving a chuck device including a piston and a pair of fingers to be opened and closed according to the displacement of the piston, includes a controller, a detection sensor to detect an axial position of the piston, and three-port servo valves to switch a state of supply of the fluid to the chuck device. A degree of valve opening is controllable based on a control signal input from the controller, and an amount of displacement of the piston and an amount of opening and closing of the fingers are controlled by changing the degree of valve opening. One of the 3-port servo valves is connected to a first cylinder chamber of the chuck device, and another of the 3-port servo valves is connected to a second cylinder chamber of the chuck device.

A control method of controlling a chuck device in a drive system for driving the chuck device, comprising opening or closing fingers by opening a switching valve at a first degree of valve opening to supply the fluid to a first cylinder chamber of the chuck device and to discharge the fluid from a second cylinder chamber of the chuck device so that a piston moves in one direction, and stopping the fingers in an intermediate position between a fully open position and a fully closed position by opening the switching valve at a second degree of valve opening to stop supplying the fluid to the first cylinder chamber and to stop discharging the fluid from the second cylinder chamber when the axial position of the piston reaches a target position set in advance while the fingers are being opened or closed.