A cutting machine includes a processing chamber provided with a cutting device to cut a cutting object retained by an adaptor, a cleaning chamber provided with a cleaning device to clean the adaptor, and a conveyor to convey the adaptor to the processing chamber and the cleaning chamber.

An electric tool includes a housing, a motor, a power output assembly, and a switching member. The housing is provided with a first air outlet and a second air outlet. The power output assembly is connected to the motor. The switching member is capable of rotating in the housing, and the switching member is provided with a third air outlet and a fourth air outlet. The switching member is capable of rotating to a first position and a second position in the housing. When the switching member rotates to the first position, the first air outlet is in communication with the third air outlet and the fourth air outlet is closed by the housing. When the switching member rotates to the second position, the second air outlet is in communication with the fourth air outlet and the third air outlet is closed by the housing.

Disclosed is a chip processing device for a machine tool, including a cleaning nozzle control unit 30 that controls a cleaning nozzle for spraying a cleaning fluid onto chips scattered during machining so as to guide the chips to a chip collection portion, wherein the cleaning nozzle control unit 30 includes: a position estimation unit 31 that estimates an accumulation position of generated chips by analyzing machining conditions of a workpiece; and a nozzle orientation adjustment unit 34 that adjusts an orientation of the cleaning nozzle toward the accumulation position estimated by the position estimation unit 31.

In a post-processing method for a workpiece, a workpiece machined by a machining device is conveyed by a robot, from the machining device to a post-processing device, information regarding a state, at the machining device, of the workpiece after machining is acquired, a processing time for post-processing of the workpiece by the post-processing device is determined by a control device on the basis of the information regarding the state of the workpiece after machining, and the post-processing is performed on the workpiece by the post-processing device for just the processing time that is determined.

The present invention includes a plurality of protective bodies (13, 14, 15) sequentially connected in a moving direction of a moving body and separating a movement path of the moving body from the outside. The protective body (15) at a first end is connected to a predetermined end (12a) of an area to be protected, and the protective body (13) at a second end is connected to the moving body. The plurality of protective bodies (13, 14, 15) are configured to be expanded and contracted as a whole by movement of the moving body. A structural body (35) having a groove (35a) having a top opening and forming a flow path is provided. The structural body (35) is arranged along the protective bodies (13, 14, 15) below the protective bodies (13, 14, 15) or arranged along the protective bodies (13, 14, 15) such that the lower ends of the protective bodies (13, 14, 15) are inserted in the groove (35a) through the top opening of the groove (35a). The groove body (35) is provided with a nozzle (38) ejecting a liquid into the groove (35a), and a pressurized liquid is supplied to the nozzle (38) from a liquid supply source (40).

A clamp and manifold apparatus comprising internal fluid-flow passages and such apparatus in a system. One embodiment of the apparatus of the invention comprises a clamp body; a manifold, an attachment feature for attaching to a fixture system; a clamping surface; at least one fluid flow passage inside the manifold having at least two endpoints; a first port disposed adjacent to the manifold and in fluid communication with one endpoint of the at least one fluid flow passage inside the manifold; and, a second port disposed adjacent to a second surface of the manifold in fluid communication with the second endpoint of the at least one fluid flow passage inside the body. An embodiment of the system of the invention comprises said clamp and manifold; a fixture; a fluid distribution pump; and fluid routing means connecting the fluid distribution pump and the first port of the apparatus of the system.

A CNC unloader includes an unloader pusher/tube for unloading a part from a CNC machine. A collet couples with the unloader pusher/tube for gripping the part. A debris remover is coupled with the unloader pusher/tube. The debris remover exits fluid from the collet, to remove metal chips or the like from the part and sub spindle, to enable a clean gripping with the part.

A mortiser comprises a double spindle head having an input spindle drivingly connectable to a spindle of a CNC machine. The head has a pair of output spindles drivingly connected to the input spindle and spaced-apart along a feed axis X. A pair of mandrels are drivingly connected to the output spindles. Router bits are mounted at a distal end of the mandrels. A frame member is disposed between the pair of mandrels. The frame member provides support to the pair of mandrels along the feed axis X.

A mist extraction system is provided that includes a plenum box having an inlet configured to be coupled in fluid communication with a machine tool enclosure. A blower is coupled in fluid communication with the plenum box and is configured to draw air into the plenum box from the machine tool enclosure via the inlet of the plenum box and exhaust the air back into the machine tool enclosure via an outlet of the blower. A baffle plate is arranged in the plenum box to redirect the air drawn into the plenum box through the inlet of the plenum box and a filter panel is arranged in the plenum box to filter the air redirected by the baffle plate prior to the air entering the blower. A collector arranged to collect mist from the air condensed on the baffle plate and the filter panel.

This machine tool is provided with an arm for exchanging a tool between a main shaft in a machining chamber and a secondary tool standby position in a tool holding chamber, a shutter which is provided in an opening defined in a wall which partitions between the machining chamber and the tool holding chamber, a first motor for opening and closing the shutter, a shutter position detector which can detect the position of the shutter in the entire range between the fully open position and the fully closed position, a storage device which stores a prescribed position of the shutter associated with a prescribed operation of the arm and a control device which is configured to perform a prescribed operation of the arm on the basis of the position of the shutter detected by the shutter position detector and the prescribed position of the shutter stored in the storage device.