A structural component for a machine tool is formed from a mineral casting and at least one sensor module is integrated into the structural component, wherein the sensor module is completely enclosed by the mineral casting and contains at least one sensor for detecting a mechanical load of the structural component during operation of the machine tool.

The present disclosure relates to a sag compensation apparatus of a machine tool and a machine tool including the same, in which in case of sag of a cross-rail occurring due to transfer of a saddle and a ram spindle unit, hydraulic pressure compensates for the sag in real time, thereby improving machining precision and maximizing responsiveness and reliability.

A counterforce mechanism is arranged to exert a force on an object to maintain the object at a desired position. The mechanism comprises a driven body, a drive for moving the driven body, and a resilient coupling arrangement for coupling the driven body to a portion of an object. A control arrangement is arranged to output a drive signal to the driven body drive to move the driven body to a location where it exerts a force on the object via the coupling arrangement, such that the force counteracts an opposing force acting on the object and the mechanism holds the portion of the object at the desired position. A machine axis and a machine tool incorporating such a counterforce mechanism are also described, together with methods of operation thereof.

A counterbalance and drive system for a machine slide mechanism includes a counterbalance system having a first flexible connector suspended from a machine mount and interconnecting a slide mechanism and a counterweight and a drive system having a second flexible connector suspended from the machine mount and interconnecting the slide mechanism and the counterweight. The drive system includes both a drive motor operatively engaged along a length of the second flexible connector for vertically displacing the slide mechanism and a compliant connector operating within a limited range of compliance that imparts a regulated amount of tension along at least a portion of the length of the second flexible connector between the engagement of the drive motor and the counterweight.

A gear or profile grinding machine and a method for operating such a machine, especially for grinding of pre-geared or pre-profiled workpieces, wherein the machine includes at least one tool spindle which can receive at least one grinding tool, and at least one workpiece spindle which is movably arranged at a carrier element and which can be driven up to the tool spindle for an at least temporary cooperation of the workpiece with the grinding tool by at least one drive. To enhance the precision of the machine at growing workpieces with simple measures, at least one mass is arranged at or in the carrier element, which is arranged movable at or on a guiding element by a drive element, wherein the mass is permanently free from any contact with another machine part and/or workpiece part and/or tool part.

A Cartesian machine tool, of the type with a horizontal slide and a machining head supported in a cantilever manner by the slide, includes a slide carriage, with respect to which the slide can move horizontally with corresponding elements of horizontal translation, and a post, which includes two opposite guiding columns for the vertical movement of the slide carriage with elements of vertical translation. The slide carriage includes a first front part coupled to the post with the elements of vertical translation and a second rear part coupled to the first part with elements of translation in a transverse direction with respect to a direction of motion of the slide with respect to the carriage.

A machine tool (1, 100) comprises a support structure (4, 104) and a machining head (8) bearing a mandrel (12). The machine further comprises at least one action device (20) contained on the support structure (4,104) and applied to it, which generates pushing or pulling actions on said support structure (4, 104) acting against the action of the weight of the head (8) thereon.

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.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cooling a ram spindle and compensating for a load and a machine tool including the same, in which a cooling unit cools a friction part between a ram spindle and a saddle when the ram spindle, which is transferred by means of the box guideway, is thermally deformed, and a hydraulic pressure closed circuit automatically compensates for a load applied to a plurality of gibs, which is provided inside the saddle and installed between the saddle and the ram spindle, except for a reference surface with which the ram spindle is in close contact, so as to correspond to the reference surface in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction in case that a load applied to the gib is changed by thermal deformation of the ram spindle even though the cooling unit is used, such that the surface pressure applied to the gib is automatically and constantly maintained, which makes it possible to improve machining precision of the machine tool, reduce machining costs by preventing a waste of resources, improve productivity by increasing a non-machining time, and improve stability and reliability of the machine tool.

A Cartesian machine tool, of the type with a horizontal slide and a machining head supported in a cantilever manner by the slide, includes

a slide carriage, with respect to which the slide can move horizontally with corresponding elements of horizontal translation, and

a post, which includes two opposite guiding columns for the vertical movement of the slide carriage with elements of vertical translation.

The slide carriage

includes a first front part coupled to the post with the elements of vertical translation, and

a second rear part coupled to the first part with elements of translation in a transverse direction with respect to a direction of motion of the slide with respect to the carriage.