An automatic lathe includes a main spindle that rotates a workpiece about a shaft center, a cutting tool that processes the workpiece, a feeder that moves the cutting tool, an input receiver that receives inputs regarding an eccentric distance and a radius, and a controller that controls the movement by the feeder such as to set a virtual circle having a radius of the distance, to set an offset virtual circle having a center at a position where a center of the virtual circle is offset from the shaft center of the workpiece in the radial direction of the workpiece by the radius, and to move the cutting tool along an circumference of the offset virtual circle in relation to a rotation of the workpiece by the main spindle. A hole is processed, which has the radius at a position away from the shaft center by the distance.

An automatic lathe includes a main spindle that rotates a workpiece about a shaft center, a cutting tool that processes the workpiece, a feeder that moves the cutting tool, an input receiver that receives inputs regarding an eccentric distance and a radius, and a controller that controls the movement by the feeder such as to set a virtual circle having a radius of the distance, to set an offset virtual circle having a center at a position where a center of the virtual circle is offset from the shaft center of the workpiece in the radial direction of the workpiece by the radius, and to move the cutting tool along an circumference of the offset virtual circle in relation to a rotation of the workpiece by the main spindle. A hole is processed, which has the radius at a position away from the shaft center by the distance.

A method for manufacturing a machine component having a rotation symmetry plane includes machining a rotation symmetry plane. The machining a rotation symmetry plane includes determining a track of the cutting. The determining a track determines the track in accordance with a condition that (1) a first end portion of the cutting edge is positioned at a cutting start position of the rotation symmetry plane, (2) N regions defined by division of the cutting edge successively come in contact with the rotation symmetry plane, (3) an inclination of a tangent line at a point of cutting of each of the N regions is equal to a target inclination of a tangent line which passes through the point of cutting and comes in contact with the rotation symmetry plane in a cut plane of the rotation symmetry plane, and (4) a second end of the cutting edge is positioned at a cutting end position of the rotation symmetry plane.

A method for manufacturing a machine component having a rotation symmetry plane includes machining a rotation symmetry plane. The machining a rotation symmetry plane includes determining a track of the cutting. The determining a track determines the track in accordance with a condition that (1) a first end portion of the cutting edge is positioned at a cutting start position of the rotation symmetry plane, (2) N regions defined by division of the cutting edge successively come in contact with the rotation symmetry plane, (3) an inclination of a tangent line at a point of cutting of each of the N regions is equal to a target inclination of a tangent line which passes through the point of cutting and comes in contact with the rotation symmetry plane in a cut plane of the rotation symmetry plane, and (4) a second end of the cutting edge is positioned at a cutting end position of the rotation symmetry plane.

A broaching tool is held during the conduct of repetitive duplicate rotary broaching operations on serially presented workpieces. The broaching tool is engaged serially with each workpiece for rotation with the engaged workpiece during a corresponding rotary broaching operation. Each workpiece has a given configuration and the broaching tool has a prescribed configuration placed at an initial orientation for establishing a broached configuration placed at a same predetermined orientation relative to the given configuration of each workpiece. Upon completion of a rotary broaching operation on a workpiece, the broaching tool is returned to the initial orientation of the prescribed configuration in preparation for a duplicate rotary broaching operation on a subsequent serially presented workpiece.

A broaching tool is held during the conduct of repetitive duplicate rotary broaching operations on serially presented workpieces. The broaching tool is engaged serially with each workpiece for rotation with the engaged workpiece during a corresponding rotary broaching operation. Each workpiece has a given configuration and the broaching tool has a prescribed configuration placed at an initial orientation for establishing a broached configuration placed at a same predetermined orientation relative to the given configuration of each workpiece. Upon completion of a rotary broaching operation on a workpiece, the broaching tool is returned to the initial orientation of the prescribed configuration in preparation for a duplicate rotary broaching operation on a subsequent serially presented workpiece.

Tool assembly for a rotating device having a drive, a control and a supporting arrangement for at least one tool insert. In order to provide a device for off-round turning which can be constructed with little technical and mechanical effort and nonetheless be used at almost any axial position of a workpiece, the application proposes a tool assembly of the type mentioned above. The tool assembly is designed as a crank drive assembly, wherein the supporting arrangement has a swinging piston unit and the crank drive assembly has a crank unit, and the swinging piston unit and the crank unit are connected to one another by a thrust rod unit.

Tool assembly for a rotating device having a drive, a control and a supporting arrangement for at least one tool insert. In order to provide a device for off-round turning which can be constructed with little technical and mechanical effort and nonetheless be used at almost any axial position of a workpiece, the application proposes a tool assembly of the type mentioned above. The tool assembly is designed as a crank drive assembly, wherein the supporting arrangement has a swinging piston unit and the crank drive assembly has a crank unit, and the swinging piston unit and the crank unit are connected to one another by a thrust rod unit.

A production method for a ring-shaped part is provided with: an inner cutting step for reciprocating a first cutting blade in the radial direction D4 from a state of contact with the center of the thickness of one end 91a of a rotating cylindrical blank 91 and moving toward the other end 91b in the axial direction D1 to form a semicircular track while cutting the inner circumferential R1-side of the cylindrical blank 91; an outer cutting step before, after or simultaneously with the inner cutting step for reciprocating a second cutting blade in the radial direction D4 from a state of contact with the center of the thickness of the one end 91a of the rotating cylindrical blank 91 and moving toward the other end 91b in the axial direction D1 to form a semicircular track while cutting the outer circumferential R2-side of the cylindrical blank 91; and a separation step after the inner cutting step and the outer cutting step for cutting the portion 92 of the cylindrical blank 91, the inner circumferential R1-side and the outer circumferential R2-side of which have been cut, from the remainder 93 of the cylindrical blank 91 to obtain a ring-shaped part 94 with a roughly circular cross-section.

The invention is directed to a reusable mold for making a contact lens and the reusable mold has at least one of the mold halves is made from an oxide glass having a Knoop Hardness less than HK 350. The invention is also directed to a method for making an optical part by single point diamond turning an oxide glass having a Knoop Hardness HK less than 350.