MACHINE TOOL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MACHINE TOOL COMPONENT

Abstract

In order to improve a usage of machine tool components, it is provided that the machine tool component is formed at least partially, in particular essentially, or alternatively completely from an amorphous metal. It is provided that the tool component is produced using injection molding or 3D printing or plastic deformation.

Claims

1. A machine tool component, comprising: a machine tool component part formed at least partially of an amorphous metal.

2. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said machine tool component part is a tool holder.

3. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said amorphous metal of said machine tool component part is a zirconium-based alloy, a copper-based alloy, an iron-based alloy, and/or a titanium-based alloy.

4. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said amorphous metal has a main constituent with proportions by weight of 50% to 90%.

5. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said amorphous metal of said machine tool component part has further alloy constituents selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, nickel, titanium, and niobium.

6. The machine tool component according to claim 1, further comprising a non-amorphous further machine component part.

7. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said machine tool component part is essentially or completely formed from said amorphous metal.

8. The machine tool component according to claim 2, wherein said tool holder is selected from the group consisting of a shrink-fit chuck, a hydraulic expansion chuck, a tool clamping system, a tool mandrel, a zero-point clamping system, a tool, a milling tool, a rotating tool, a drill, a spindle, a clamping device, a bush, a tool carrier head, a cutter head, an insert seat, an indexable insert, an indexable insert carrier, a hydraulic expansion bush, and an adapter.

9. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said amorphous metal has a main constituent with proportions by weight of 75% to 80%.

10. The machine tool component according to claim 1, wherein said amorphous metal has a main constituent with proportions by weight of 55% to 60%.

11. The machine tool component according to claim 5, wherein said further alloy constituents have respective proportions by weight of 1% to 35% or 2% to 20%.

12. The machine tool component according to claim 6, wherein said a non-amorphous further machine component part is a metallic or non-metallic core and/or add-on.

13. A method for producing a machine tool component, which comprises the step of: forming a machine tool component part at least partially from an amorphous metal; and producing the machine tool component part using injection molding, 3D printing, or plastic deformation.

14. The method according to claim 13, which further comprises employing a casting and/or machining step in a production of the machine tool component part.

15. The method according to claim 13, which further comprises performing post-processing on the machine tool component part.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein during the 3D printing or the injection molding and/or the plastic deformation, islands or inclusions, which are made of a different material than the amorphous metal and/or are present in a finished machine tool component part in a different structure, namely in an ordered lattice structure, are imprinted and/or injected and/or shaped therein and/or generated by heat treatment.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURE

[0056] The single FIGURE of the drawing is a diagrammatic, perspective view of a machine tool having a spindle and a tool holder with a tool made of an amorphous metal according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0057] Referring now to the single FIGURE of the drawing in detail, there is shown is shown a portion of a machine tool 10, in this case a milling machine 10, in the case of blisk machining.

[0058] As shown in the FIGURE, the milling machine 10 provides a spindle 8 (only a portion of which is visible), a tool holder 4, in this case a shrink-fit chuck 4, and a tool 6, in this case a cutter 6.

[0059] A particular feature of the milling machine 10 is that its components, in this case the spindle 8, the shrink-fit chuck 4, and the cutter 6, consist of amorphous metal (whereas these components otherwise do not differ from their known and usual structure and form).

[0060] The components have here been manufactured from a zirconium-based alloy with a proportion (by weight) of zirconium of 74% and further proportions (by weight) of copper (17%), aluminum (3%), nickel (2%), titanium (2%), and niobium (2%).

[0061] Whereas the spindle 8 and the cutter 6 have been injection-molded, the shrink-fit chuck 4 has been produced by 3D printing.

[0062] Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by the preferred exemplary embodiments, the invention is not limited by the disclosed examples and other variants can be derived therefrom without going beyond the protective scope of the invention.

[0063] The following is a summary list of reference numerals and the corresponding structure used in the above description of the invention: [0064] 2 machine tool component [0065] 4 tool holder, shrink-fit chuck [0066] 6 tool, cutter [0067] 8 spindle [0068] 10 machine tool, milling machine