Tool setting device

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862797

Brown, Raymond J ^[1]

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1. Clinton, TN

The present invention relates to a tool setting device for use with numerically controlled machine tools, such as lathes and milling machines. A reference position of the machine tool relative to the workpiece along both the X and Y axes is utilized by the control circuit for driving the tool through its program. This reference position is determined for both axes by displacing a single linear variable displacement transducer (LVDT) with the machine tool through a T-shaped pivotal bar. The use of the T-shaped bar allows the cutting tool to be moved sequentially in the X or Y direction for indicating the actual position of the machine tool relative to the predetermined desired position in the numerical control circuit by using a single LVDT.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4016784
• OSTI ID: 862797
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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determined
displacing
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linear
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displacement
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t-shaped
pivotal
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sequentially
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cutting tool
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linear variable
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single linear
variable displacement
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numerical control
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displacement transducer
milling machine
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