Machine tool module with cutting tool and superimposed workpiece-carrying platen
CA 2213326 A1 · Owner: Unova Ip Corp. · Inventors: Faitel, William M.
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A machine tool module has a platen supported on a track above a metal-removing tool. A workpiece is placed on the platen at a loading station at one end of the track. A drive is provided to move the platen from the loading station to the metal-removing station where the tool removes material from the workpiece and the to an unloading station at the opposite end of the track. After the workpiece is unloaded the platen is, moved back to the loading station. A workpiece loading elevator is provided at the loading station and a workpiece unloading elevator is provided at the unloading station. Two such machine tool modules may be placed end-to-end so that a workpiece on the platen of one module …
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- Filed August 19, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 19, 2017.
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