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 holder system for mounting and aligning a machining device to a rotary transfer machine. The holder system includes a holder with a first part being mountable on a machine or being part of a machine as well as a second part which is releasably coupled to the first part in a defined first position. The second part is coupled to a third part, the third part coupled with the machining device. Positioning features are located between the second part and the third part to allow moving the third part relative to the second part in at least one spatial direction. Further, the holder system includes at least one alignment station that can releasably couple the second part of the holder to the alignment station in the first defined position and a measuring device configured to measure the position of the third part or of the machining device.

A machining center equipped with a device for mounting on a clamp parts to be worked or which have been worked, such as profiles, which has a supporting frame for supporting a turntable with two or more stepped positions or placements or workstations, an loading basket and an unloading basket. The machining center comprises a robot configured to remove or to associate, with each one of said two or more stepped positions or placements or workstations, the parts or the profiles to be worked and which have been worked at a plurality of fixed RPS or reference points and mobile mechanical components, according to a single positioning that is adapted to allow access by machining devices to any zone in the space of the profiles to be worked by modifying only the condition that the two or more stepped positions or placements or workstations are in.

The invention relates to a method for producing and deburring toothings on work pieces (6), comprising two workpiece spindles (3, 3), comprising a hobbing tool (12) and comprising a deburring device (10), wherein the workpieces (6) are automatically clamped into the workpiece spindles (3, 3), wherein the workpieces (6) are toothed with the hobbing tool (12) and then deburred, comprising the following method steps: a. receiving an unmachined workpiece (6) in a first loading position (19) via a first workpiece spindle (3) and transporting the workpiece (6) to the hobbing tool (12); b. carrying out a mill cut; c. placing down the workpiece (6) in the first loading position (19) and receiving a further unmachined workpiece (6); d. transporting the workpiece (6) machined with the mill cut to the second loading position (19); e. receiving the workpiece (6) in the second loading position (19) via the second workpiece spindle (3) and transporting the workpiece (6) to the deburring tool (10); f. deburring of the workpiece (6), wherein an intermediate storage (14) for at least one workpiece (6) is provided between the first loading position (19) and the second loading position (19), wherein the workpiece (6) is moved from the intermediate storage (14) into the loading position (19), and wherein the method steps e. and f. are carried out in the same time interval in which the method step b. also takes place.

The invention relates to a method for producing and deburring toothings on work pieces (6), comprising two workpiece spindles (3, 3), comprising a hobbing tool (12) and comprising a deburring device (10), wherein the workpieces (6) are automatically clamped into the workpiece spindles (3, 3), wherein the workpieces (6) are toothed with the hobbing tool (12) and then deburred, comprising the following method steps: a. receiving an unmachined workpiece (6) in a first loading position (19) via a first workpiece spindle (3) and transporting the workpiece (6) to the hobbing tool (12); b. carrying out a mill cut; c. placing down the workpiece (6) in the first loading position (19) and receiving a further unmachined workpiece (6); d. transporting the workpiece (6) machined with the mill cut to the second loading position (19); e. receiving the workpiece (6) in the second loading position (19) via the second workpiece spindle (3) and transporting the workpiece (6) to the deburring tool (10); f. deburring of the workpiece (6), wherein an intermediate storage (14) for at least one workpiece (6) is provided between the first loading position (19) and the second loading position (19), wherein the workpiece (6) is moved from the intermediate storage (14) into the loading position (19), and wherein the method steps e. and f. are carried out in the same time interval in which the method step b. also takes place.

A manufacturing system including a base and multiple work machine modules that are arranged in an arrangement direction on base to be attachable to and detachable from base, in which one wheel of a pair provided on work machine module is engaged with one rail of a pair provided on base in a state in which positional deviation in the arrangement direction is prohibited, and the other wheel of the pair is engaged with the other rail of the pair in a state in which positional deviation is permitted in the arrangement direction, thereby the position of work machine modules on the base in the arrangement direction is specified, and work machine modules are fixed at a setting position on the base to be restricted so as to be drawn toward the base by a module fixing mechanism that is provided on the base.

A manufacturing system including a base and multiple work machine modules that are arranged in an arrangement direction on base to be attachable to and detachable from base, in which one wheel of a pair provided on work machine module is engaged with one rail of a pair provided on base in a state in which positional deviation in the arrangement direction is prohibited, and the other wheel of the pair is engaged with the other rail of the pair in a state in which positional deviation is permitted in the arrangement direction, thereby the position of work machine modules on the base in the arrangement direction is specified, and work machine modules are fixed at a setting position on the base to be restricted so as to be drawn toward the base by a module fixing mechanism that is provided on the base.

A machining system includes: a working machine that machines an article while supplying a dielectric working fluid to the article; a robot that transports the machined article from the working machine; a controller that controls the robot; and a recessed wall part that is provided outside the working machine so as to demarcate the transport path of the article. The robot includes a gripping part that grips the article and a rotating part that rotates the gripping part. The controller is configured to move the gripping part with the machined article along the transport path while rotating the gripping part in the recessed wall part by means of the rotating part.

For control of a multi spindle machine tool (1), which has a first tool spindle (2a, 2b) and a second tool spindle (2a, 2b) able to be controlled independently thereof, a first workpiece (5a, 5b) and a second workpiece (5a, 5b) are processed by a parts program synchronized in two processing channels being processed. The processing of the parts program includes an activation of first machine axes for guidance of the first tool spindle (2a, 2b) in accordance with a first tool track and the processing of the parts program includes an activation of second machine axes for guidance of the second tool spindle (2a, 2b) in accordance with a second tool track. A processing result of the first workpiece (5a, 5b) at an end of the first tool track is the same as a processing result of the second workpiece (5a, 5b) at an end of the second tool track. The first machine axes and the second machine axes are activated in such a way that a difference in time between reaching the end of the first tool track and reaching the end of the second tool track is less than or equal to a predetermined limit value.

An improved numerical control tool machine is described comprising: a table turnable about anin usevertical axis, N processing stations, N2, arranged around the table, a support for a workpiece, the support being connected to the table for reaching in sequence the N stations and making the piece be processed thereat, comprising locking members for retaining the piece on itself during all the operations performed at the N stations, means (50, 60) for connecting the support to the table or releasing it depending on the state of a control input.