A machine tool for implementing machining with rotation, the machine tool includes a first rotor, an enclosure, a first rail, a second rail, and a coupler. The first rotor rotates about a rotational axis. The first rotor is surrounded with the enclosure. The first rail is disposed on the first rotor. The second rail is disposed on the enclosure so as to be brought into alignment with the first rail at a rotational position. The coupler moves along the first rail and the second rail. The coupler is to engage with the first rail and the second rail in a first state and to engage with the second rail without engaging with the first rail in a second state.

A machine tool includes a rotation indexing device. The rotation indexing device includes a frame accommodates a rotary shaft, a drive motor rotationally drives the rotary shaft, a drive transmission mechanism accommodated in a space inside the frame, and a detection device. The drive transmission mechanism includes a gear mechanism, and the space includes one or more storage parts for storing lubricating oil. The detection device detects a height position of an oil level of the lubricating oil, and is provided on a one-to-one basis with respect to a detection target storage part, which is set as a detection target, of the one or more storage parts.

A cam device includes: a cam unit, a reduction unit and a housing. The cam unit includes a rotating body and a cam. The rotating body includes a cam follower. The cam includes a cam surface that engages with the cam follower, and the cam is configured to rotate the rotating body by rotation of the cam. The reduction unit is provided between a motor and the cam, and includes a motor gear and a cam gear. The motor gear is mounted on a motor side of the reduction unit. The cam gear is mounted on a cam side of the reduction unit. The housing includes a first housing part and a second housing part as a unit. The first housing part accommodates the cam unit, and the second housing part accommodates the reduction unit.

A multiple stage processing device having a plurality of radial stages, each individual radial stage is positioned between adjacent dividing walls and indexable though a plurality of processing stations. A plurality of fixture mount assemblies are positioned on an actuation surface of the rotatable indexing assembly, each individual fixture mount assembly is associated with and mechanically coupled to an individual radial stage. One or more slotted drive hubs communicatively coupled to independently operable drive motors are positioned adjacent to the actuation surface of the rotatable indexing assembly and are engageable with the plurality of fixture mount assemblies. When an individual fixture mount assembly is engaged with an individual slotted drive hub, an individual independently operable drive motor can independently control the individual fixture mount assembly such that the individual radial stage mechanically coupled to the individual fixture mount assembly is moveably coupled to the independently operable drive motor.

Provided is a machine tool including: a movable drum base (4); a drum (5) that is incorporated in the drum base (4) and is circular in outline; and a quill main spindle (6) penetrating through the drum (5) in a central axis direction of the drum (5), wherein protrusion allowance from the drum (5) is adjustable, wherein a bearing provided along an outer circumference of the drum (5) is interposed between the drum base (4) and the drum (5) such that the drum (5) is rotatable in the drum base (4), and movement of the drum base (4), rotation of the drum (5), and protrusion allowance adjustment of the quill main spindle (6) from the drum (5) allow a tool (10) mounted on the quill main spindle (6) to be positioned.

A rotary table (1) includes a base body (10), a worm wheel (21), an inner ring (22), a plurality of rolling elements, and a worm screw unit (30). The worm screw unit (32) includes a worm screw (31) and a worm screw housing (32). The worm screw housing (32) has an opposing surface that faces an outer circumferential surface (21B) of the worm wheel (21). The worm screw housing (32) includes a flange portion (325) that protrudes from the opposing surface and covers a side face (215A) that, of the first gear (215) facing the opposing surface, is on the opposite side from the base body (10) in the axial direction of the worm wheel (21).

A method and apparatus for changing pallets delivered to a machining center. Different workpieces are connected or attached to different pallets. A first workpiece corresponding to a first pallet is delivered to or near an indexer or indexer assembly and the indexer is moved into an engaged position and performs a work operation on the first workpiece. The indexer is then moved to a disengaged position and the first pallet and the first workpiece are exchanged or switched out with a second pallet having a second workpiece. The indexer is then moved to an engaged position and works the second workpiece and when completed, the indexer moves to the disengaged position and the second workpiece is exchanged or switched out with a third pallet having a third workpiece. The indexer system of this invention can quickly and cost-effectively cycle through different pallets and thus different workpieces.

A method for controlling the motor of a tool magazine that rotates around a horizontal rotation axis is configured so that: at least two indexing positions for the tool magazine are determined; the load torque acting on the tool magazine when stopped at said indexing positions is measured; an unbalance torque, which is the load torque when stopped at the indexing position at which the load torque when stopped is maximal, is calculated from multiple load torques when stopped; and the servo motor for the tool magazine is controlled on the basis of the unbalance torque.

A rotary table device is provided, which includes a housing having a space portion formed therein, a main shaft installed in the space portion and provided with a worm wheel coupled along an outer circumference thereof, a pair of worm shafts provided to be engaged with the worm wheel at both sides of the worm wheel in a predetermined position of the space portion, a driving motor installed on one side of the housing, a power transmission member installed on an upper surface of the housing to transmit a driving force of the driving motor to the pair of worm shafts, and a clearance adjustment member installed in a predetermined position of each lower end of both sides of the housing.

A rotary index table comprising a plate, which has drivers that engage with a drive groove of a cam barrel, wherein the plate can be driven by the cam barrel to carry out a rotational movement about a rotational axis which in turn can be driven by a motor to carry out a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis thereof, and wherein the motor directly drives the cam barrel.