A balancing adapter for clamping a rotor to a machine part of balancing machine that rotates about an axis of rotation. The balancing adapter has a main body having a central accommodating opening for the rotor, a collet chuck having clamping elements for detachably retaining the rotor in the accommodating opening, and an actuating device for moving the clamping elements between a clamping position and a releasing position. In order to enable positionally accurate and reproducible accommodation and retention, the clamping elements of the collet chuck are supported on a guiding surface on the main body.

A segment collet, which includes at least two clamping segments, each of which has a receptacle, in which a coupling ring is accommodated, which connects the clamping segments to each other. A securing device is provided to connect the coupling ring to the clamping segments for the purpose of limiting the axial mobility of the clamping segments relative to the coupling ring as well as to fix their circumferential position. The invention furthermore relates to a coupling ring for a segment collet.

A clamping device for clamping a workpiece or a tool or a tool holder to a machine component of a machine tool, having an axially movable tension rod, a clamping assembly which can be moved by the tension rod between a clamped position and a released position, a spring assembly dedicated to the tension rod with a plurality of series-connected spring units for generating the clamping and draw-in force of the clamping assembly, and a releasing unit by which the clamping assembly can be moved by the tension rod against the force of the spring assembly into the released position. To ensure the most uniform load possible, the axial spring deflection of the spring units is limited by a stop when the spring assembly is compressed.

A clamping device for clamping a workpiece or a tool or a tool holder to a machine component of a machine tool, including an axially movable tension rod, a clamping assembly which can be moved by the tension rod between a clamped position and a released position, a spring assembly dedicated to the tension rod for generating the clamping and draw-in force of the clamping assembly, and a releasing unit by which the clamping assembly can be moved by the tension rod against the force of the spring assembly into the released position. The spring assembly has a minimum of one spring unit with a plurality of flexible spring members disposed between a first and a second spring holder, with the first and second spring holders being secured against torsion relative to the tension rod.

Provided is a method for evaluating tool installation when fastening a tool to a main shaft of a machine tool, wherein the method includes a storage step for storing a reference location of a draw bar at the time when the tool is contacting a mounting seat of the main shaft, in a state in which foreign matter has been removed from the surface of the mounting seat and from the contacting surface of the tool. The method for evaluating tool installation includes a measuring step for measuring a measurement location of the draw bar when the tool is installed on the main shaft, and a determination step for determining the installation state of the tool to be abnormal if a measurement-location error with respect to the reference location exceeds a predetermined determination range.

A clamping device for releasably holding a tool holder shank includes a housing, a drawbar axially moveable in a bore in the housing between an advanced releasing position and a retracted locking position, engagement members moveable under the effect of the drawbar into locking engagement with the tool holder shank, and a sleeve arranged around a wall of the housing and axially moveable in relation to it. A first wedge is received in a first aperture in the wall and configured to move the drawbar rearwards in the bore when pressed radially inwards in the aperture by movement of the sleeve in a first axial direction. A second wedge is received in a second aperture in the wall and configured to move the drawbar forwards in the bore when pressed radially inwards in the aperture by movement of said sleeve in an opposite axial direction.

A spindle for a polygonal hollow-shaft taper is proposed which permits optimal use of the interior of the spindle for receiving a clamping system and an optional cylinder structure.

The invention relates to a balancing or measuring adapter (1) for clamping a component (2) on a rotating machine element of a balancing or measuring machine, which has a main body (4, 5) with a receiving opening (6) for the component (2) to be clamped, a collet chuck (11) arranged inside the main body (4, 5) with clamping tongues (26) for centrally clamping the component (2) and an actuator (12) axially adjustable between a clamp position and a release position for actuating the collet chuck (11). The collet chuck (11) is arranged inside the main body (4, 5) so as to be axially moveable such that, upon a displacement of the actuator (12) from the release position into the clamp position, in a first clamping phase the clamping tongues (26) of the collet chuck (11) move radially outwards, firstly to a front chucking area (27) allocated to the component (2) to be clamped, and that in a second clamping phase, the clamping tongues (26) move radially outwards with an axial movement inside the main body (4, 5) to a rear chucking area (28) allocated to the main body (4, 5).

A balancing or measuring adapter, which includes a main body having a holder for the component to be balanced or measured and a clamping device assigned to the main body having a movable clamping element for clamping the component to the main body and releasing it therefrom. A braking device for generating a constant advance speed of the clamping element as it moves is arranged on the movable clamping element for precisely positioned clamping and jerk-free release of the component.

This device is provided with: a main shaft (20) onto which a tool (100) is detachably mounted; a rod (30) slidably supported by the main shaft (20) and configured to attach or detach the tool (100) to or from the main shaft (20) through a sliding action; a fluid channel (32) formed in the rod (30); fluid feed device (51, 70) configured to feed a fluid into the fluid channel (32); a plurality of fluid channels for seating detection (24) for detecting when the main shaft (20) and the tool (100) are in a seated state, the fluid channels for seating detection (24) being formed in the main shaft (20) so as to communicate with the fluid channel (32) when the rod (30) is positioned at a first position; and a plurality of fluid channels for cleaning (25) for cleaning seating portions of the main shaft (20) and the tool (100), the fluid channel for cleaning (25) being formed in the main shaft (20) so as to communicate with the fluid channel (32) when the rod (30) is positioned at a second position different from the first position.