Patents Assigned to Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
  • Patent number: 9205496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder comprising a tool receptacle in the form of a sleeve part, which comprises a tool receptacle opening comprising a mating surface which is concentric with the axis of rotation of the tool holder and on which the shaft of a tool inserted in accordance with the intended purpose thereof into the tool receptacle opening of the sleeve part can be fixed in a press fit, wherein the sleeve part comprises a number of circumferential recesses from the side of the mating surface, wherein the recesses divide the mating surface into several mating surface segments which are comparable to each other and which are substantially inherently rigid in the axial direction, wherein the radial depth of the recesses is selected such that the press fit releases substantially uniformly on all mating surface segments under the influence of heat applied over the outer circumference of the sleeve part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Joseph Haimer, Bernhard Regau
  • Patent number: 9180527
    Abstract: A clamping device (1a) for clamping a work piece of a rotating spindle of a machine tool, in particular a balancer, wherein the clamping device comprises a base body (2), which is configured to be fixated at the spindle and which comprises at least one change body (1) which can be coupled to and decoupled from the base body (2), wherein the change body (1) and the base body (2) are supported coaxial to one another and clamped relative to one another in radial direction by roller elements (11), wherein each of the roller elements (11) is disposed in a gap between the base body (2) and the change body (1), which is configured as a wedge shaped gap and adapted to the respective roller element (11), so that the respective roller element can be moved along the wedge shaped gap, deeper into the wedge shaped gap, when the base body (2) and the change body (1) are connected to one another, so that the desired radial clamping is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Publication number: 20150290776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a balancing or measuring device which comprises a base body (2) which can be rotated about a central axis (1) and which is used to receive a component (5) which is to be balanced or measured, and at least one centering element (6). A radial bias of the centering element (6) can be modified by a pressurized liquid for flexibly using the balancing or measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Publication number: 20150217385
    Abstract: A centering device for centrally chucking a rotary tool includes a socket on a mandrel of a tool holder. A tool arrangement includes a tool holder that has a mandrel, and including a rotary tool that is placed on the tool holder and includes a socket. In order to create a universal centering device that is easy to manufacture and can be used for a multitude of internal chucking units, and create a tool arrangement in which the rotary tool can be centered with high accuracy on the internal chucking unit, the centering device is designed as a closed centering ring which can be inserted between the rotary tool and the mandrel and which has an elastically deformable contour, and such a centering device is disposed between the mandrel and the rotary tool in the tool arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 9061356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder comprising a tool receptacle for frictionally clamping a tool shaft. A sleeve is arranged between the tool shaft and the clamping surface of the tool holder, said tool holder applying pressure to the tool shaft via the sleeve, producing the friction fit. At least one of the bearing surfaces of the sleeve is interrupted by open surfaces that are designed and arranged such that they form the damping cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 9010183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a balancing machine for measuring the rotating unbalance of a tool holder in two different clampings, comprising a spindle which can be set into rotation. The spindle comprises an automatically actuatable coupling, by which the tool holder can be coupled rigidly to the spindle in a first position in order to rotate with the spindle around the rotational axis of the tool holder and the tool holder can be coupled rigidly to the spindle in a second position in order to rotate with the spindle around the rotational axis of the tool holder. The balancing machine also comprises at least one measuring sensor for determining the rotating unbalance of the tool holder rotating in the spindle unit, wherein the device has a brake which retains the tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 9004498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-precision clamping device for tools in machine tools of the conventional type according to ISO 15488 and to a collet chuck, a base and a tensioning nut. The invention also relates to a chuck key for tightening the locknut without radial stress. The clamping device according to the invention is characterized by a substantially improved runout accuracy, torsional rigidity of the collet chuck and rigidity of the tool clamped therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 8978451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a balancing device, having a measuring system for determining the rotational unbalance of a test object, comprising a spindle unit with a spindle, which is intended to hold the test object and rotate it at a test rotational speed, and a spindle mounting, by which the spindle unit is movably anchored on the machine base, such that the spindle unit can oscillate in a predetermined measuring direction as a result of the unbalance forces occurring during the measurement operation, and at least one sensor, which upon rotation of the spindle detects at least one unbalance characteristic variable occurring in the measuring direction, and a material removal system for balancing the test object by material removal in a predetermined site. The measuring system and the material removal system are designed such that material can be removed when the test object is held in the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 8963059
    Abstract: In a device for inductively clamping and unclamping a tool shaft of a tool, in particular a rotating tool in a tool holder which includes a clamping sleeve that is open at a free end and made from electrically conductive material for receiving the tool shaft through friction locking concentrator elements are moveable relative to the rotation axis with a radial and an axial component into the operating condition for at least partial coverage of the free face of the clamping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer
  • Publication number: 20150041456
    Abstract: The induction coil unit for heating a component that is rotationally symmetrical relative to an axis (7), in particular a tool holder (5), comprises a plurality of coils (19) arranged about the axis (7) of the tool holder (5) with pole elements, which are movable radially with respect to the axis (7), which are connected to one another by a common yoke ring (17). Upon excitation of the coils (19) with alternating current, the latter produce a magnetic flux running in the peripheral direction in the tool holder (5) for the inductive heating of the tool holder (5). The induction coil unit (1) can be moved in an oscillating manner by means of a drive (87) in the direction of the axis (7), the pole elements (21) moving in an oscillating manner along the tool holder (5). An induction coil unit of this type is in a position to heat a comparatively large region of the tool holder (5) despite a comparatively small energy requirement and comparatively small dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Publication number: 20140353930
    Abstract: An apparatus for clamping a component on a rotating machine part, in particular a balancing machine, having a basic body, having a clamping mandrel, which is arranged in an axially displaceable manner within the basic body, and having a plurality of clamping devices, which can be moved between a release position and a clamping position by axial displacement of the clamping mandrel. In order to make it possible for components to be clamped centrally with repeated accuracy, the clamping devices are designed as clamping segments which can be displaced radially in relation to the centre axis of the basic body above the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 8887565
    Abstract: A device for measuring the rotational imbalance of a specimen, having a spindle unit with a spindle, which is embodied to hold the specimen and to allow it to rotate at a testing speed, a holder suspension by means of which the spindle unit is anchored to the machine base in pendulum fashion such that the imbalance forces occurring during the measurement operation are able to move the spindle unit back and forth in a predetermined measuring direction M, and a sensor arrangement that detects at least one imbalance parameter occurring in the measuring direction M during rotation of the spindle, wherein the spindle unit is supported by means of at least one auxiliary bearing that is only able to transmit forces in the direction of a normal N to the measuring direction M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 8739661
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for tightening and releasing clamping tools (16), such as draw-in collet chucks, mandrels and the like which allows a torque to be concentrically transferred onto a clamping device, such as a locknut (17), clamping screw or the like without radial stress and without the threaded sections of the clamping device (17) and the collet chuck base (31) or the like being subjected to an unbalanced load. In a preferred embodiment, the device (1) is universally applicable, has an especially simple design and can be rapidly adapted to the respective clamping tools (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Wolfgang Kugle
  • Publication number: 20130307230
    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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 8579562
    Abstract: A tool holder (10) for a tool which can rotate about an axis of rotation (D) comprises a clamping shank (18) which, in an end shank region, has a clamping formation (14) with an accommodating opening (16) which is central in relation to the axis of rotation (D) and is intended for accommodating a retaining shank of the tool, there being provided, on the lateral circumference of the accommodating opening (16), at least one clamping surface for securing the retaining shank of the tool with press-fit action. According to the invention, on an axial section which forms an axial bracing section (VA), the tool holder (10) has a bracing arrangement (20) which, at least during operation of the tool holder (10), subjects the tool holder (10) to a bracing force (Vk) with a bracing force component (Vk) acting in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Hermann Kopp
  • Patent number: 8505893
    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: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Publication number: 20130119619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool holder that either has a modular design, and the modules of which are centered via interfaces, or/and in which a centered interface is provided between the tool and the tool receiver such that high concentricity, and thus a high processing accuracy are achieved. The present invention further relates to a system comprising a tool holder and a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
  • Publication number: 20130115023
    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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
  • Patent number: 8373104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inductive heating of an electrically-conducting component section symmetrical relative to an axis, in particular, a sleeve section of a tool clamping chuck for clamping a tool by means of a press fit, wherein the device has several pole pieces made from a magnetically-conducting material arranged in the circumferential direction around the symmetry axis of the component section introduced as required into the device and an induction device for supplying the pole pieces with magnetic flux such that the magnetic flux in pole pieces which are adjacent in the circumferential direction is opposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Publication number: 20120304764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a balancing machine for measuring the rotating unbalance of a tool holder in two different clampings, comprising a spindle which can be set into rotation. The spindle comprises an automatically actuatable coupling, by which the tool holder can be coupled rigidly to the spindle in a first position in order to rotate with the spindle around the rotational axis of the tool holder and the tool holder can be coupled rigidly to the spindle in a second position in order to rotate with the spindle around the rotational axis of the tool holder. The balancing machine also comprises at least one measuring sensor for determining the rotating unbalance of the tool holder rotating in the spindle unit, wherein the device has a brake which retains the tool holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer