Live Tooling: Basic Concepts, Recent Developments

摘要

LIVE TOOLING, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, is driven by the CNC and the turrets of various spindle and powered sub-spindle configurations on CNC lathes. It performs various operations while the workpiece remains in orientation to the main spindle. These devices, whether BMT or VDI, are also known as driven tools, as opposed to the static tools used during turning. They are usually customized for a particular machine tool builder's turret assembly.