A method and apparatus for implementing an ultra-high stability long-vertical travel stage are provided. The ultra-high stability long-vertical travel stage includes a first wedge supporting a second wedge, each wedge formed of a selected stable material having predefined rigidity and low thermal expansion coefficient, and integrated air bearings. A linear guiding mechanism includes a plurality of flexures. The first wedge is driven in a plane providing vertical motion on the second wedge with the integrated air bearings lifted and the flexures allowing for movement.

A system for damping machine-induced vibration in a workpiece includes a plurality of workpiece holders to hold the workpiece in a work cell. The system also includes a machine tool located in the work cell. The machine tool performs a machining operation on the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the plurality of workpiece holders. The system further includes a damping apparatus coupled to the workpiece. The damping apparatus controls machine-induced vibrations in the workpiece during the machining operation.

A lateral processing machine includes an upper beam and a lower beam extending in an X direction; upper and lower X guides extending in the X direction; a first moving column including a first connection block on the upper X guide to move in the X direction, a second connection block on the lower X guide to move in the X direction, and a first column portion connecting the first connection block and the second connection block; a pair of first Y guides extending in the Y direction; a first Y table movable in the Y direction; and a first processing unit detachably attached to the first Y table and including a first ram movable in a Z direction and a first spindle supported by the first ram.

A combined transfer and storage device for machining comprises a storage level, a transfer device, at least one machining interface, and a feeding interface. The storage level comprises two or more storages that are spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction and having storage spaces for workpiece carriers, which are arranged one above the other for holding blanks or machined workpieces. The transfer device extends in the longitudinal direction. The machining interface is used for directly or mediately coupling with a machine tool. The feeding interface is accessible for a driverless transport vehicle. The transfer device accomplishes a workpiece transfer between the feeding interface, the storage level and the at least one machining interface. A manufacturing line is provided with a combined transfer and storage device and with at least one manufacturing system having at least one machine tool and a handling cell that is arranged between a machining interface of the combined transfer and storage device and the machine tool.

Machine tool and a base for a machine tool comprising a machine bed to support a first work module having a first end effector held thereon, and a second work module having a second end effector held thereon on a base surface in an area between two mutually opposed sides which delimit the machine bed, the sides extending between an underside of the machine bed and an upper side of the machine bed, when viewed in the vertical direction; a first bearing element which is fixed relative to the machine bed for holding the first work module; and a second bearing element which is fixed relative to the machine bed for holding the second work module; wherein the first bearing element and the second bearing element are arranged one above the other, when viewed in the vertical 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.

A stage for cutting a substrate includes: a body member; a plurality of first discharging members, each including a first suction portion in the body member and a first partition wall portion connected to the first suction portion and protruding from a top surface of the body member, each of the first discharging members defining a first space connected to an outside; a plurality of second discharging members, each including a second suction portion in the body member and a second partition wall portion connected to the second suction portion and protruding from the top surface of the body member, each of the second discharging members defining a second space connected to the outside; a plurality of connecting pipes each connected to the first partition wall portion and the second partition wall portion; and a plurality of supply pipes connected to the connecting pipes.

Cement or other liquid-like material fills the hollow tubes of a machine tool under construction. The machine tool structures are held rigidly against a fixture while the substance dries. The machine tool so constructed is relatively lightweight and rigid, and obviates the need for precision machining of large portions of the apparatus.

A combined through-hole processing machine includes a working bed provided with two opposite and parallel slide rails on it. A deep-hole processing mechanism is provided on the working bed and includes a pair of sub-spindle heads used to clamp a deep-hole tool respectively to conduct the deep-hole processing on workpiece. A U axis feed unit is provided between the two slide rails and used to provide the feed for the movement in the long axis direction parallel to the two slide rails. A deburring mechanism is provided on the working bed and located at one end side of the deep-hole processing mechanism, which includes the corresponding two chucks and two tailstocks where the chucks are used to clamp the workpiece with the deep-hole processing already fulfilled on the deep-hole processing mechanism respectively and the tailstocks are provided to arrange the deburring tools respectively to conduct the deep-hole deburring action.

A machine tool includes a bed, a column which is provided on the bed so as to be erected therefrom, a saddle which is a moving body supported by the column, and a tool spindle which is supported by the saddle and rotates a tool around a rotation center axis extending in a Z-axis direction parallel to a horizontal direction. The saddle has a frame portion which is provided so as to surround the tool spindle. The thickness of the frame portion in the Z-axis direction changes along a Y-axis direction parallel to a vertical direction, and becomes maximum at a first position-(Pa) closer to an upper end portion of the frame portion than a lower end portion of the frame portion.