A debris control apparatus is provided for selective assembly and disassembly with a cutting tool. The debris control apparatus includes a debris control enclosure and a mounting assembly for mounting the enclosure to the cutting tool. The enclosure comprises a vacuum opening assembled and in fluid communication with a vacuum conduit, the vacuum conduit connected to a vacuum source, for extracting the debris from the enclosure. The enclosure and vacuum conduit may be sized, shaped, and contoured to reduce recirculation of debris within the enclosure.

A 5-axis processing machine includes a mounting table on which a tool and a work piece are placed; and a control unit; wherein the mounting table is moved relatively by three linear axes and two rotation axes based on NC data, the two rotation axes include a first axis and a second axis, when the control unit calculates a rotation angle of the two rotation axes, the control unit acquires an axis vector Na that specifies an actual first axis direction and an axis vector Nc that specifies an actual second axis direction, the control unit calculates a posture vector K that specifies a posture at a time of processing the work piece with respect to the tool from the NC data, the control unit calculates, as a solution of a following equation (4), an actual rotation angle θ around the first axis of the tool.

A 5-axis processing machine includes a mounting table on which a tool and a work piece are placed; and a control unit including a calculation unit, a determination unit, and a correction unit; wherein the mounting table is moved relatively by three linear axes and two rotation axes based on NC data, the two rotation axes include a first axis and a second axis, the calculation unit calculates an orientation of the work piece with respect to the tool at a time of processing from NC data and a directions of rotation centers of an actual first axis and an actual second axis, the determination unit determines whether or not the calculated orientation of the work piece is included in an inoperable range, the inoperable range being the inoperable angle range, and the correction unit corrects the orientation of the work piece with respect to the tool.

A reconfigurable machining center includes a base structure extending in a first direction, a movable crossmember movable in the first direction and provided with a machining head, supporting elements on the base structure to enable movement of the movable crossmember along the first direction, a first leadscrew rack, integral with the base structure and having a first helical circular toothed sector, and extending along the entire base structure parallel to the first direction, and a first screw rotatably coupled to the movable crossmember and engaging a corresponding first leadscrew rack, and having a rotation axis parallel to the first direction. The longitudinal extension of the base structure in the first direction is an integer multiple of the pitch of tooth of the leadscrew racks, and the base structure includes coupling elements adapted to couple the base structure to a following and/or preceding adjacent base structure along the first direction.

This machine tool comprises a machining chamber in which machining of a workpiece is performed, and a tool storage chamber in which a plurality of tools are stored. The machine tool is further provided with a partition which partitions the machining chamber and tool storage chamber from one another. The machine tool is positioned on the front side of the machining chamber, and is equipped with a first sliding door that moves in the width direction, and a second sliding door that is positioned on the front side of the tool storage chamber and that moves in the width direction. The first sliding door and second sliding door are positioned in such a manner that one of the sliding doors is positioned on the front side of the other sliding door, and when one of the sliding doors is opened, said door overlaps with the other sliding door.

An outer rotor motor direct-drive drilling or milling machine, including a machine base, a frame, a mechanical driving component and an electrical control box component. The frame is installed on the machine base, a mechanical transmission box component is installed on the frame, the electrical control box component is located on the top of the frame. A mechanical driving component includes an mechanical execution component and a lifting mechanism, the mechanical execution component is composed of a hollow shaft outer rotor motor and an output shaft assembly. The output shaft of the output shaft assembly and the hollow shaft of the outer rotor motor are fitted in the form of a key or a spline. This form of cooperation chooses the fit forms that can transmit the speed and torque of the motor and can move the output shaft axially.

A cutting apparatus includes a management unit having a measuring unit for measuring an amount of light emitted from a light emitter and received by a light receiver while a cutting blade is positioned between the light emitter and the light receiver, a measured waveform forming section for forming a measured waveform representing the configuration of an outer circumferential region of the cutting blade, and an ideal waveform recognizing section for recognizing one of the comparative waveforms that has the greatest number of waveform regions similar to the measured waveform as an ideal waveform, a difference calculating section for calculating the area of a region where there is a difference between the measured waveform and the ideal waveform.

A reconfigurable machining center includes a base structure extending in a first direction, a movable crossmember movable in the first direction and provided with a machining head, supporting elements on the base structure to enable movement of the movable crossmember along the first direction, a first leadscrew rack, integral with the base structure and having a first helical circular toothed sector, and extending along the entire base structure parallel to the first direction, and a first screw rotatably coupled to the movable crossmember and engaging a corresponding first leadscrew rack, and having a rotation axis parallel to the first direction. The longitudinal extension of the base structure in the first direction is an integer multiple of the pitch of tooth of the leadscrew racks, and the base structure includes coupling elements adapted to couple the base structure to a following and/or preceding adjacent base structure along the first direction.

A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.

A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.