A machine tool is provided with two vertically oriented tool spindles that are arranged to hold tools and that are movable vertically in a first direction and horizontally in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Furthermore, the machine tool is provided with two workpiece support devices for clamping workpieces in place. At least one of the two workpiece support devices is movable horizontally in a third direction orthogonal to the first and the second direction. The two tool spindles and the two workpiece support devices are mounted on a common machine frame with a common working space, wherein the two tool spindles are movable parallel to one another in the second direction. The two tool spindles are facing one another.

A workpiece basket system includes at least one replaceable workpiece carrier insert and one frame with a holding device for the at least one workpiece carrier insert, which may be inserted or is inserted into the frame, so that when the at least one workpiece carrier insert is inserted, the frame and the at least one workpiece carrier insert together form a workpiece basket. The frame is designed in such a way that multiple frames are stackable one on top of the other, and the holding device is designed in such a way that it holds the workpiece carrier insert in a detachable manner.

The machining station can include a table; at least three robots each having a multi-axis mover secured to the table, and a gripper opposite the table, the robots being interspaced from one another on the table; and a controller. The controller controls the robots to hold a workpiece in a coordinated manner. The computer numerical command (CNC) machine-tool system machines the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the robots. The workpiece can be moved into and out from the machining station with a trolley which slidingly engages a trolley path formed within the table.

A device for holding a bend area of an elongated flexible element, such as an electric cable, a rope, a plastic tube or the like has two through-holes placed side by side in a shaped body. At least one of the two holes has a side opening extending to the corresponding peripheral edge of the shaped body, thereby making the hole accessible from the outside.

A device for holding a bend area of an elongated flexible element, such as an electric cable, a rope, a plastic tube or the like has two through-holes placed side by side in a shaped body. At least one of the two holes has a side opening extending to the corresponding peripheral edge of the shaped body, thereby making the hole accessible from the outside.

According to one example, a holding device system including a two-part holding frame having a blank holder coupled to a main frame is disclosed. The two-part holding frame can define a processing space and a fixation space. The holding device system can further include at least one fixation element having a head positioned within the fixation space and a threaded shaft extending within and engaged with a bore of the two-part holding frame. In one example, when the blank holder is coupled to the main frame, the at least one fixation element is unable to be removed from the two-part holding frame.

According to one example, a holding device system including a two-part holding frame having a blank holder coupled to a main frame is disclosed. The two-part holding frame can define a processing space and a fixation space. The holding device system can further include at least one fixation element having a head positioned within the fixation space and a threaded shaft extending within and engaged with a bore of the two-part holding frame. In one example, when the blank holder is coupled to the main frame, the at least one fixation element is unable to be removed from the two-part holding frame.

This disclosure relates to a workpiece support for a machine tool having at least two parallel carriers which are spaced apart from one another, define a cutting grate space and multiple cutting grate elements arranged in the cutting grate space at right angles to the carriers. Each carrier has a support area for the cutting grate elements extending towards the cutting grate space. At least two cutting grate elements, each having two support surfaces facing the carriers for resting on the support areas of the two carriers. The undersides of the at least two cutting grate elements remaining next to the support surfaces in the area of the support areas and are set back from the support surfaces so that the at least two cutting grate elements rest only with the support surfaces. The at least two cutting grate elements each have two fixing elements.

The low profile of the flexible tooling system disclosed allows for flexible tooling to be added to nearly all CNC machines with an accommodating z-axis height and allows easier relocation of the system from one CNC machine to another. The system includes one or more pods, each of the pods of the system replacing the function of four independent actuators of earlier systems but operating with a shared mechanical frame. Arranging the mechanism into groups of four allows for greater density of part support spacing, minimizes cable requirements, and allows for air, vacuum, and vacuum sensor requirements be localized on each pod. The pods allow for part supports to be spaced as close as 6″ in the x and y axis. An increased variable position assembly density allows for greater flexibility to hold complicated parts.

According to one example, a holding device system including a two-part holding frame having a blank holder coupled to a main frame is disclosed. The two-part holding frame can define a processing space and a fixation space. The holding device system can further include at least one fixation element having a head positioned within the fixation space and a threaded shaft extending within and engaged with a bore of the two-part holding frame. In one example, when the blank holder is coupled to the main frame, the at least one fixation element is unable to be removed from the two-part holding frame.