Patents Assigned to Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
  • Patent number: 11969859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool system (1) comprising a machine tool (2) comprising a spindle (3) that can be rotatably driven for machining workpieces, with a plurality of tools each clamped in chucks (5), in the form of so-called tool heads (4), that can be coupled to the spindle (3), and a balancing device (8) for balancing the tool heads (4), the machine tool system (1) comprising a data memory (11) in which the balancing protocol associated with each system-associated tool head (4) is stored, and a controller (12) that reads balancing data from the balancing protocol, for a tool head (4) coupled to the spindle (3), and compares it with at least one parameter of the machining for which said tool head (4) is provided, or with at least one general balancing parameter, the machine tool system (1) preferably being designed such that it rejects a tool head (4) when there is no available balancing data for said tool head (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Andreas Haimer
  • Patent number: 11926020
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus includes a spindle body and a nut element to be screwed together for decreasing a spacing between first and second clamping elements to clamp an object disposed therebetween. The nut element has roller bodies with a defined roller engagement structure axially rotatably secured on a receiving body of the nut element and distributed in circumferential direction. A plurality of engagement regions distributed and/or spaced apart on the spindle body each have one spindle body engagement structure. The roller engagement structures of the roller bodies engage or can engage the spindle body engagement structures of the spindle body. The nut element can be screwed to the spindle body by the mutually engaged engagement structures of the spindle body and of the roller bodies, in particular with rolling of the roller bodies on the spindle body. An apparatus and a vise having the clamping apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11633792
    Abstract: An apparatus for provisioning, in particular automatically, a complete tool having a toolholder and a tool, in particular a drilling and/or milling tool. The apparatus has a spindle that can be driven in rotation by a driving device. The spindle has a holding device for holding a toolholder. A measuring device, in particular an optical measuring device, measures a complete tool, held on the spindle. A heating device in the region of the spindle heats a shrink-fit chuck of the toolholder held on the spindle. A cooling device, in particular a cooling device associated with the spindle, enables the spindle and/or the complete tool held on the spindle, to be cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Olaf Stoffels
  • Patent number: 11612973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a processing centre (1) or cutting materials, consisting of a cutting machine (2a) and an adjusting device (5), wherein the adjusting device (5) has a positioning device (8), an illumination device (9, 9a) and an image sensor (11), wherein the positioning device (8) holds a tool unit (10) to be illuminated by the illumination device (9, 9a) in front of the image sensor (11) in such a way that the image sensor (11) is partially shaded by the tool unit (10), wherein the image sensor (11) has a greater maximum extension in at least one spatial coordinates direction than the tool unit (10) in the same spatial coordinates direction, and wherein the outline contour of the tool unit (10) is determined using the value for the extension of the shaded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Ziegltrum
  • Patent number: 11602794
    Abstract: A balancing adapter for a balancing device has a clamping device for clamping a workpiece. The clamping device has a clamping sleeve element with a clamping sleeve, and a clamping element that can be moved relative to the clamping sleeve element. The clamping sleeve has a taper, and the clamping element has a mating taper corresponding to the clamping sleeve taper. The clamping diameter of the clamping sleeve can be adjusted, and thus a workpiece can be clamped, by moving the clamping element relative to the clamping sleeve element. The clamping sleeve element is releasably connectable to a base body of the balancing adapter. Accordingly, for connection to the base body, the clamping sleeve element has an annular flange by which, in the connected state of the clamping sleeve element and the base body, the clamping sleeve element rests on an end wall of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11554422
    Abstract: A tool holder having a main body for coupling the tool holder to the spindle of a machine tool and having a clamping surface connected thereto for clamping a tool, characterized in that the tool holder has at least one portion shaped in one piece by primary shaping, which in its interior has one or more cavities that form an enclave in the portion shaped by primary shaping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11420270
    Abstract: A clamping device for clamping an article or workpiece to be balanced includes a clamping apparatus for clamping the article. The clamping apparatus has an adjusting device for adjusting the clamping diameter of a clamping body of the clamping apparatus for clamping the article on a placement surface. The clamping body has a disk-shaped spring element sprung in radial direction with a centrally disposed clearance forming at least one spring element cone. The clamping body also has a clamping element inserted into the clearance and having at least one corresponding clamping element cone. The adjusting device has an actuating device for displacing the clamping element relative to the spring element, for moving the cone surfaces of the clamping element cone and the spring element cone relative to one another and for consequently clamping and/or unclamping the spring element in radial direction by the cone surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11358228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a threaded insert for securing a tool provided with a securing thread in a tool receiving area. The threaded insert contains a receiving opening with an inner thread for screwing in the tool at the front end face. According to the invention, the threaded insert has a plug-in region which tapers towards the rear end face and which comprises an outer support surface, and at least one depression for receiving an adhesive is arranged on the outer contact surface. The invention additionally relates to a receiving element for such a threaded insert and to a tool receiving area comprising such a threaded insert and a corresponding receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11278969
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collet chuck (1) for clamping a preferably cylindrical tool shank with a chuck body (2) of a collet (3) and an union nut (4), which are matched in such a way that the collet (3) can be driven into the chuck body (2) by tightening the union nut (4) such that it secures the tool shank in the collet chuck (1) ready for operation, wherein the collet (3) and the union nut (4) are permanently connected to one another and at the same time connected in a rotatable manner relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11267054
    Abstract: A chucking apparatus for chucking an object contains a basic body which has a receiving space in which the object can be disposed. A chucking device is provided with a chucking nut which is screwable onto the basic body and by the chucking nut being screwed onto the basic body the object disposed in the receiving space can be chucked non-rotatably. The chucking nut has a plurality of roller bodies having a defined roller engagement structure. The roller bodies are held in an axially rotatable manner on a chucking body of the chucking nut and are arranged distributed in the circumferential direction on the chucking nut. The rollers by their roller engagement structure are in engagement with the basic body engagement structure of the basic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11192194
    Abstract: A tool holder comprising a base element, a deformable receiver for clamping a tool and at least one locking element configured for preventing an axial extraction of the tool from the tool holder through engaging a corresponding opposite element at the tool, wherein the at least one locking element is integrally configured in one piece with the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11141797
    Abstract: A device for cooling a shrink-fit chuck with a cooling head, which contains a cooling attachment that can be mounted on the shrink-fit chuck and an intake tube connected to the cooling attachment for the drawing of air at an input of a passage opening in the cooling attachment. In order to make possible a limited noise emission, the cooling head includes a cooling air feed at least partially insulated by a sound insulation device to supply air to the input of the passage opening on the cooling attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11123805
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body, a deformable receptacle for clamping a tool, and at least one blocking element which, in order to prevent axial migration of the tool out of the tool holder, is configured to engage in a corresponding counterpart element on the tool and is arranged at the receptacle. In order to allow particularly high concentricity of the tool holder and stable fastening of the clamped-in tool, and at the same time to ensure easy production, the receptacle has two spaced-apart clamping portions, between which the at least one blocking element is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10967437
    Abstract: A tool holder with a main part, a deformable receiving portion for clamping a tool, and at least one blocking element which is designed to engage into a corresponding counter element on the tool in order to prevent the tool from moving axially out of the tool holder. The at least one blocking element is integrally formed with the receiving portion. A clamping system having such a tool holder and a method for producing a receiving portion for such a tool holder are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Publication number: 20210086325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool system (1) comprising a machine tool (2) comprising a spindle (3) that can be rotatably driven for machining workpieces, with a plurality of tools each clamped in chucks (5), in the form of so-called tool heads (4), that can be coupled to the spindle (3), and a balancing device (8) for balancing the tool heads (4), the machine tool system (1) comprising a data memory (11) in which the balancing protocol associated with each system-associated tool head (4) is stored, and a controller (12) that reads balancing data from the balancing protocol, for a tool head (4) coupled to the spindle (3), and compares it with at least one parameter of the machining for which said tool head (4) is provided, or with at least one general balancing parameter, the machine tool system (1) preferably being designed such that it rejects a tool head (4) when there is no available balancing data for said tool head (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Andreas HAIMER
  • Patent number: 10940541
    Abstract: A shrink fit adapter for a collet chuck has a rear holding area that can be mounted inside a collet chuck and a front receiving area for holding a tool shank. A through opening runs from a front face of the receiving area to a rear face of the holding area. A clamping area extends into the rear holding area. Here, the adapter is formed with a plurality of slots, which extend radially outward from the through opening and are distributed over the circumference. The slots are arranged in a central area of the through opening and the front ends of the slots are spaced apart from the front face of the receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10933498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device (10) for inserting a tool (18) into a tool receptacle (14), said device comprising a first holding means (12), which is configured to hold a tool receptacle (14), a second holding means (16), which is configured to hold a tool (18), a linear guide (20), by means of which the second holding means (16) is able to move in relation to the first holding means (12) in an axial direction running along or parallel to a main axis (X) in order to move the tool closer to the tool receptacle and insert it into the tool receptacle, a sensing arrangement (40), which is able to move in an axial direction and is configured to sense in a contact-free manner an axial position of a first reference point (R1) associated with the first holding means and to sense in a contact-free manner an axial position of a second reference point (R2) for a tool held by the second holding means, and a measuring arrangement, which measures an axial displacement path of the sensing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10933473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder with a tool holding fixture, in particular a clamping chuck such as a contracting chuck, a draw-in collect chuck, a hydraulic expanding chuck and a high-precision chuck, and a shank of a tool, in particular a rotary tool, accommodated in it, wherein the tool holder contains a means for preventing the tool from being pulled out, locking it against axial displacement. This pull-out preventing unit comprises at least one locking element and at least one locking groove, which corresponds to the said locking element, receives it and interacts with it in a positively locking manner. In this case, both the locking element and the locking groove are formed at least partly in the manner of a ball head. Preferably, the tool has the locking grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10898959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder with a tool holding fixture, in particular a clamping chuck such as a contracting chuck, a draw-in collect chuck, a hydraulic expanding chuck and a high-precision chuck, and a shank of a tool, in particular a rotary tool, accommodated in it, wherein the tool holder contains a means for preventing the tool from being pulled out, locking it against axial displacement. This pull-out preventing unit comprises at least one locking element and at least one locking groove, which corresponds to the said locking element, receives it and interacts with it in a positively locking manner. In this case, both the locking element and the locking groove are formed at least partly in the manner of a ball head. Preferably, the tool has the locking grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10896363
    Abstract: A device for securing a data carrier to a tool holder is disclosed. In order to allow the data carrier to be easily secured to the tool holder in a reliable and permanent manner, the device includes a sleeve-shaped main body which has, at a first end, at least one projection projecting radially inwards and has, in the region of a second end opposite the first end, at least one projection projecting radially outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer