APPARATUS FOR MACHINING A SKI

Abstract

An apparatus for machining a ski includes a support for the ski and a device for conveying the ski in the longitudinal direction of the ski, along the support. The support is assigned a device for machining the side walls of the ski using at least one cutting tool, which is arranged on a tool carrier, the latter being guided adjustably in a direction transverse to the conveying direction and parallel to the support, and which, with the aid of a resilient actuator for the tool carrier, can be positioned, with resilient prestressing, against that side wall of the ski being conveyed along the support which is to be machined.

Claims

1. A machining apparatus for a ski, comprising: a support for the ski; a conveying device that conveys the ski in a longitudinal direction of the ski along the support; and a device for machining side walls of the ski using at least one cutting tool, which is arranged on a tool carrier that is guided adjustably in a direction transverse to a conveying direction and parallel to the support wherein a resilient actuator for the tool carrier is positionable with resilient prestressing against the side wall of the ski being conveyed along the support.

2. A machining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device for machining the side walls of the ski has a frame with a guide rail, extending transversely to the conveying direction and parallel to the support, for the tool carrier which can be driven by the resilient actuator.

3. A machining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device for machining the side walls of the ski includes a frame with two tool carriers, provided on both sides of the support and displaceable transversely to the conveying direction and parallel to the support, for a cutting tool in each case, as well as an actuator for resiliently acting on the tool carriers.

4. A machining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the frame has a common guide rail for the two tool carriers extending transversely to the conveying direction and parallel to the support.

5. A machining apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the frame is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis parallel to the conveying direction between a working position and a maintenance position.

6. A machining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the resilient prestressing of the cutting tool setting is adjustable.

7. A machining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is a pneumatic cylinder.

8. A machining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device has at least one nozzle for removing the chips produced during side wall machining.

9. A machining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the frame is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis parallel to the conveying direction between a working position and a maintenance position.

10. A machining apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the frame is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis parallel to the conveying direction between a working position and a maintenance position.

11. A machining apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the resilient prestressing of the cutting tool setting is adjustable.

12. A machining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the resilient prestressing of the cutting tool setting is adjustable.

13. A machining apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the resilient prestressing of the cutting tool setting is adjustable.

14. A machining apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the resilient prestressing of the cutting tool setting is adjustable.

15. A machining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the actuator is a pneumatic cylinder.

16. A machining apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the actuator is a pneumatic cylinder.

17. A machining apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the actuator is a pneumatic cylinder.

18. A machining apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the actuator is a pneumatic cylinder.

19. A machining apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the device has at least one nozzle for removing the chips produced during side wall machining.

20. A machining apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the device has at least one nozzle for removing the chips produced during side wall machining.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] The subject matter of the system described herein is shown in the drawings by way of example, wherein:

[0015] FIG. 1 shows a machining apparatus according to the system described herein in a sectional plan view and

[0016] FIG. 2 shows the machining apparatus according to FIG. 1 in a partially exposed front view on a larger scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS EMBODIMENTS

[0017] The illustrated machining apparatus for a ski 1 includes a support 2 for the ski 1 in the form of a roller table and a conveying device for the ski 1 in the longitudinal direction of the ski along the support 2. This ski guide is assigned the usual tools for processing the steel edges or the running surface of the ski 1, although this is not shown for reasons of clarity. New to this machining apparatus is an additional device 3 for machining the side walls 4 of the ski 1. This device 3 has a frame 5 which comprises a guide rail 7, extending transversely to the conveying direction 6 and parallel to the support 2, for two tool carriers 9 each accommodating a cutting tool 8. The carriage-like tool carriers 9 are engaged by spring-loaded actuators 10, with the aid of which the cutting tools 8 are placed under spring-loaded prestressing against the side walls 4 of the ski 1 conveyed along the support 2 of the machining apparatus. When the ski 1 is moved longitudinally with respect to the device 3, the cutting tools 8 separate a chip from the side walls 4 of the ski 1, thus exposing the side edges of the steel edges of the ski 1 for a better grinding operation.

[0018] Advantageously, indexable inserts 11 are used as cutting tools 8, but this is not mandatory because it is only a matter of machining the side walls 4 of the ski 1 adjoining the steel edges, so that all cutting tools suitable for this purpose, including driven milling cutters, could be used.

[0019] The actuators 10 for the resilient loading of the tool carriers 9 are designed as pneumatic cylinders according to the exemplary embodiment shown, via which the application force of the cutting tools 8 to the side walls 4 of the ski 1 can be adjusted depending on the respective requirements. In order to prevent the chips separated by the cutting tools 8 from obstructing the machining process or contaminating the working area, at least one nozzle 12 for a flushing fluid can be provided for each side wall 4, with the aid of which the chips can be conveyed away and discharged from the ski area.

[0020] As already mentioned, the device 3 can be used to machine the side walls of skis of different widths, including snowboards. In order to be able to provide short adjustment paths for the pneumatic cylinders 11, the frame-fixed articulation points 13 of these pneumatic cylinders 11 can be adjusted in the adjustment direction.

[0021] For this purpose, an actuator 14, for example an actuating cylinder, is provided for each of these articulation points 13.

[0022] In order to facilitate access to the cutting tools 8 or to functional parts of the machining apparatus arranged in the area of the frame 5, the frame 5 can be pivoted away from the support 2 about an axis 15 aligned parallel to the conveying direction 6 into a maintenance position from the working position shown.