The present invention relates to methods and devices for post mould processing of a composite structure, wherein the composite structure extends along a longitudinal direction and comprising a main composite part, and a flange section extending around a perimeter of the main composite part. The flange section comprises an upper surface having a first mating part with a specific shape in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the first mating part being located at a fixed position relative to the main composite part. The method may comprise attaching a guiding device to the outer surface of the composite structure and inspecting and/or processing the surface area with a tool fitted to the guiding device.

A device is provided for machining rod-shaped workpieces such as window profiles or door profiles. The workpieces can be moved in a horizontal plane in a Z direction by a transport device. A machining device with tools is provided in a plane arranged substantially vertically to the direction of movement of the workpieces, which machining device is spatially oriented in the vertical plane in relation to the workpiece. The machining device includes an open arc arranged in the vertical plane to the workpiece, the arc being mounted to rotate about the workpiece in the Z axis as an open flat ring.

The present invention discloses a multifunctional end effector, comprising a base (54) and a cutting tool (39); a feed slide (52) on the base (54) and a feed driving mechanism used to drive feed slide (52) to feed cutting tool (39); a swing slide (55) on the feed slide (52) and a swing driving mechanism used to drive swing slide (55) to realize circular arc swing of cutting tool (39); a mounting base (12) on the swing slider (55); a revolving rotation shaft (20) and a rotation shaft driving mechanism used to drive revolving rotation shaft (20) to make the cutting tool rotate in the mounting base (12); an eccentric slide (27) fixed to the end of revolving rotation shaft (20); cutting tool (39) is connected to the end of eccentric slide (27) via the electric spindle (37) and an eccentric regulating mechanism used to regulate eccentric slide (27) and control radial bias of cutting tool (39). Use feed driving mechanism to realize feed of cutting tool or feed of cutting tool along the swing trail through combination with swing driving mechanism; use eccentric regulating mechanism to realize radial bias of cutting tool; make use of rotation shaft driving mechanism to realize feed of cutting tool along the helical trail; it can realize such functions as drilling, boring, reaming, helical milling and reaming of elliptical recess.

A method of machining a tooth flank of a gear with a gear machining tool. The method comprises rotating the tool and bringing the tool and the tooth flank into contact. Relative movements are provided between the tool and the gear to traverse the tool across the tooth flank along a path whereby the path produces a tooth flank geometry of a form which, when brought into mesh with a mating tooth flank under no load or light load to form a tooth pair, provides a motion graph curve comprising a sinusoidal portion (62, 89, 91, 90, 63) and a parabolic portion (92).

A method for the in-situ reconditioning of a heavy workpiece mounted on the floor. The method comprises assembling a jig mounted on the floor so as to be arranged around the workpiece to be reconditioned, that is also mounted on the floor, the jig supporting a gantry at the two ends of same, on which there is mounted a precision robotic arm carrying at least one machining apparatus. The method also comprises the alignment of the workpiece and the jig using a precision laser alignment tool in order to allow the jig, the gantry and the robotic arm to form a precision machining apparatus. The method also comprises the reconditioning of the workpiece using the precision machining apparatus.

Provided is a grinding machine for processing a sweep edge of a rotor blade, including a grinding unit with a driven grinding tool, a workpiece receiving device which is designed for receiving a rotor blade to be ground, and a workpiece drive unit which is configured for moving the workpiece receiving device, with a rotor blade received thereon, relative to the grinding tool for the purpose of machining the sweep edge, wherein the workpiece drive unit has a pivot axis at which the workpiece receiving device is held in such a way that the sweep edge of a rotor blade received thereon is engaged with the grinding tool in the course of a pivot movement of the workpiece receiving device about the pivot axis.

Provided is a mobile CNC machining machine which is designed to machine a rotor of a turbomachine, wherein the turbomachine is a rotor of a steam turbine, including an x-axis, a y-axis and a z-axis which are arranged perpendicular to one another, a baseplate, a stator which is arranged on the baseplate and is movable relative to the baseplate along the x-axis, and a tool module which is held on the stator and is movable along the y-axis and along the z-axis and is designed to accommodate a machining tool wherein, guided along a circular-arc-shaped convex guide disposed on the stator, the tool module is movable about a c-axis which extends parallel to the x-axis; in that the z-axis intersects the c-axis; and in that the y-axis extends tangentially to a circular path, of which the c-axis is the center point.

A device is provided for machining rod-shaped workpieces such as window profiles or door profiles. The workpieces can be moved in a horizontal plane in a Z direction by a transport device. A machining device with tools is provided in a plane arranged substantially vertically to the direction of movement of the workpieces, which machining device is spatially oriented in the vertical plane in relation to the workpiece. The machining device includes an open arc arranged in the vertical plane to the workpiece, the arc being mounted to rotate about the workpiece in the Z axis as an open flat ring.

A profiling machine, comprising: an annular guide (2), which defines a closed-loop path; a carriage (3), movable along the annular guide (2); a support arm (4), rotatably associated with the carriage (3) around a rotation axis (X); a profiling tool (10), associated with the support arm (4); a pusher (5), configured to drive the support arm (4) in rotation in an active direction, in order to push the profiling tool (10) towards a profile (P) to be machined.

A machining system comprises: a machining device that machines a workpiece; a set-up station with which pallet workpiece attachment/detachment is carried out; and a pallet conveyance device that conveys the pallet between the machining device and the set-up station. A partially cylindrical operator door, which can rotate around a set-up table on which the pallet is mounted, includes a partially cylindrical outer door and a partially cylindrical inner door which rotate following coaxial circular trajectories of different radii. The set-up station is provided with an interlocking mechanism that causes the outer door and the inner door to rotate in an interlocked manner so that a shielded state is constantly maintained between the operator side and the pallet conveyance device side.