Claims
- 1. A machine tool, comprising:
- a rotary station constructed and arranged to drivingly rotate a workpiece about a longitudinal axis;
- a work-holding fixture for clamping each of two ends of said workpiece within said rotary station, said work-holding fixture being driven to rotate while clamping said two ends to enable said workpiece to rotate about said longitudinal axis;
- a tool carrier mounted adjacent said rotary station and carrying a milling head which carries a cutting tool rotatable about a machining axis, said tool carrier being swivelable about a swivel axis which encloses a positive, acute angle of inclination relative to said machining axis and intersects substantially said machining axis of said cutting tool.
- 2. The machine tool of claim 1, wherein:
- said angle of inclination is between 30.degree. and 60.degree. relative to said machining axis.
- 3. The machine tool of claim 2, wherein:
- said angle of inclination is at least 45.degree. relative to said machining axis.
- 4. The machine tool of claim 1, wherein:
- at least one of the tool carrier and the work-holding fixture is supported for movement relatively towards and away from one another.
- 5. The machine tool of claim 4, wherein:
- said movement includes movement along three differently oriented translatory axes.
- 6. The machine tool of claim 5, wherein:
- said translatory axes are mutually orthogonal.
- 7. The machine tool of claim 5, further including:
- a support column;
- a first slide supported on said column for translatory movement along a first one of said translatory axes;
- a second slide supported on said first slide for translatory movement along a second one of said translatory axes; and
- said tool carrier being connected to said second slide for rotation about said swivel axis relative to said second slide;
- one of said first and second translatory axes being parallel to said axis of rotation of said work-holding fixture.
- 8. The machine tool of claim 5, wherein:
- a first one of said translatory axes is parallel to said axis of rotation of said work-holding fixture.
- 9. The machine tool of claim 1, wherein:
- said rotary station is constructed and arranged such that said longitudinal axis about which said workpiece is rotated is horizontally disposed.
- 10. The machine tool of claim 1, wherein;
- said tool carrier is swivelable about said swivel axis during operation of said machine tool.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/355,693, filed on Dec. 14, 1994, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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