A machine tool method employs a plurality of tools which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations by either the same or different workpieces. A unit of work is conveyed to be operated on by selected of the plurality of tools that are controllably operated at respective work locating positions. A plurality of command control message signals are generated to perform preprogrammed operations either in sequence or simultaneously on the same workpiece or simultaneously on separate workpieces spaced apart on a common conveyor such as a flight conveyor while the conveyor is either in motion or stationary. In another form, the conveyor is automatically stopped with units of work thereon, each disposed so as to be predeterminately located with respect to a respective machine tool which has been prepositioned adjacent the work-holding conveyor. In yet another form, at least certain of the machine tools are movable parallel to the work-holding conveyor so that they may be predeterminately moved prior to and/or during operations on work. In yet another form, means are provided for transferring units of work from the work-holding conveyor to temporary platforms adjacent certain of the respective machine tools so that each tool may perform automatic operations on work while the work-holding conveyor remains operating.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/667,358, filed Nov. 1, 1984, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 06/51,656, filed Apr. 6, 1981, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/091,908 filed Nov. 6, 1979, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 05/107,357 filed Jan. 18, 1971, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of: a) application Ser. No. 04/858,560 filed Aug. 29, 1969, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,854,889, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 04/629,758 filed Apr. 10, 1967, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 04/465,812 filed Apr. 8, 1965, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,313,014, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 04/152,702 filed Oct. 17, 1961, now abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 03/449,874 filed Jul. 28, 1954, now abandoned, and Ser. No. 07/636,415 is a CIP of b) each of the applications Ser. No. 04/712,443 filed Mar. 12, 1968, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,559,256, and Ser. No. 04/717,065 filed Mar. 12, 1968, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,559,257; each of said applications Ser. Nos. 04/712,443 and 04/717,065 being a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 04/387,954 filed Aug. 6, 1964, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,372,568, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 04/219,357 filed Aug. 13, 1962, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 03/557,415 filed Apr. 10, 1956, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,049,247, which is a continuation-in-part of the applications Ser. No. 03/447,467 filed Dec. 24, 1954, now abandoned, and Ser. No. 03/449,874 filed Jul. 28, 1954, now abandoned.
A machining station, at least one machining unit, in particular a tool spindle, being provided for the machining of workpieces. The workpiece is approached to a discharge point and picked up there by a workpiece carriage. The workpiece carriage moves the workpiece for a machining to the machining unit or moves the workpiece during its machining through the machining unit.
A method of manufacturing magnetic recording media, comprising sequential steps of: (a) providing an apparatus for manufacturing the media; (b) supplying the apparatus with at least one substrate for the media; (c) forming a magnetic recording layer on the at least one substrate in a first portion of the apparatus, the magnetic recording layer including a surface; (d) treating the surface of the magnetic recording layer with an ionized oxygen-containing plasma in a second portion of the apparatus to form a plasma oxidized surface layer; and (e) forming a protective overcoat layer on the plasma oxidized surface layer of the magnetic recording layer in a third portion of the apparatus.
An eyebrow pencil making machine includes a trough disposed on a table for receiving pen containers, a board having a number of depressions to support the pen containers which may be fed along the board step by step, and two tool devices each having a tool member moveable to machine ends of the pen containers. A reservoir may supply a eyebrow material into bores of the pen containers via an outlet nozzle. A presser may engage with and retain the pen containers on the board. Two vibrator receptacles may receive and supply rear caps and front covers onto ends of the pen containers. A gilding may be applied onto the pen containers with a die member and a foil.
The present invention provides a remote controlled machine axis (or indexer) system that comprises a horizontal base plate, a first vertical plate, and a second vertical plate, wherein the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate are coupled to the horizontal base plate. The system further comprises a first arbor coupled to the first vertical plate, a second arbor coupled to the second vertical plate, a bearing positioned through the first vertical plate and the first arbor, a rotatable base plate coupled to the first arbor and to the second arbor, and a vice coupled to the rotatable base plate. The system also comprises a wireless transceiver coupled to the horizontal base plate, a servomotor coupled to the wireless transceiver and to the horizontal base plate, an integrated power source coupled to the servomotor, to the wireless transceiver, and to the horizontal base plate, and a reducer coupled to the integrated servomotor and to the second vertical plate.
A machine is provided for making holes in the legs of a structural angle oriented lengthwise along the X-axis of a mutually orthogonal X, Y, and Z-axis coordinate system. The machine includes a first or main frame, a second frame moveable along the Y-axis relative to the first frame, and a carriage moveable along the Z-axis relative to the second frame. A punch is mounted on the second frame for punching a first hole in the first leg of the angle. A drill is mounted on the carriage for drilling a second hole in the second leg of the angle. The punch has a punch operating axis along which the punch moves longitudinally to punch the first hole and which is parallel to the Z-axis. The drill has a drill feed operation axis along which the drill moves longitudinally to drill the second hole and which is parallel to the Y-axis. The drill and the punch are oriented with the drill feed operation axis and the punch operation axis together defining a common plane.
