Abstract: A device for checking the coating of anodized light-metal parts (e.g. Aluminum), in particular by TSA anodization, is described. The device has two contact electrodes on respective resilient probes, placed onto the surface of the component to be tested under a predefined contact pressure; an enabling device coupled to the probes that generates an enable signal when the predefined contact pressure is reached; and a conductivity measuring device coupled to the contact electrodes that measures the conductivity of the surface of the component under test. The conductivity measuring device is coupled to the enabling device to detect the enable signal. When the enable signal is detected, the conductivity measuring device measures the surface conductivity of the component under test between the contact electrodes and generates an output signal indicating the measured conductivity.

Abstract: A device for checking the coating of light-metal parts, in particular aluminum components, which have been coated by anodization, in particular by TSA anodization, is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling tool for machine tools and to a method for the production thereof. The drilling tool has at least one chip conveyor groove (16) and at least one functional channel (20). In order to produce the body of the drill (10), the wall of a tubular metal blank is simultaneously impinged upon by substantially radially oscillating form-giving forces in several forming sections spread over the periphery, moving in an axial direction along the surface of the blank, whereby at least one chip conveyor groove (16) is shaped and at least one functional channel (20) is formed. When the chip conveyor grooves (16) are formed on at least two interspaced forming sections in a peripheral direction in the wall of the blank (50), the parts of the wall in the area of two opposite-lying chip conveyor grooves (16) come to rest against each other in a sealed manner, defining at least two functional channels (20, 24) on the inner surfaces thereof.

Abstract: A tool head for use in machine tools includes a base body, a tool shank adapted to be coupled to a machine spindle and protruding axially over the base body, at least one working slide adapted to be displaced essentially transversely with respect to a base body axis, and an adjusting motor disposed in the base body and acting upon the working slide in the direction of displacement by a transmission. In order to attain a compact, easily assembled, and safely operating construction, the transmission includes an output shaft aligned coaxially with respect to the axis of the base body and carrying a drive sprocket which meshes with a tooth rack on the side of the working slide. The adjusting motor also includes a driven shaft aligned with the output shaft on the transmission side.

Abstract: The invention concerns a drilling tool for machine tools. The drilling tool comprises a drill body with two chip-conveying grooves which are delimited at their flanks by helically curved ribs. Disposed at the end of the drill body is a drill head which comprises two segment parts, which are separated from each other by opposite axially aligned chip spaces, and two cutting plates which are each disposed in a recess in the segment parts in the region of an axially parallel radial chip-guide surface at different radial spacings from the drill axis with mutually partially overlapping working regions. At a transition point, the chip-guide surfaces merge into the flanks of the adjacent chip-conveying grooves. Disposed at at least one of the transition points is a transition surface which is gradually recessed so that it widens the cross-section of the chip space and merges into a flank of the adjacent chip-conveying groove.

Abstract: A drilling tool comprises a drill tip, a chip removal part which axially adjoins the drill tip, and a drill shank which is positioned at the end of the chip removal part. Two chip flutes extend in a helical manner over the chip removal part starting at the main cutting edges of the drill tip. The drilling tool is separated into two parts in the region of the chip removal part and consists of a base body which is connected to the drill shank as one part and an exchangeable tip made of a harder material which is connected to the drill tip as another part. The exchangeable tip is connectable to the base body in a form-fitting and/or frictional-fitting manner at an axial separation point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a position drive for a tool head for use in machine tools. The tool head comprises a base body (12), a tool shank (16) which protrudes axially over the base body (12) and is coupleable to a rotating machine spindle (14), and a thrust member (18) which is movable with respect to the base body (12) and which serves to move at least one tip holder or cutting tool (76). Further, an electric motor arrangement (24), which is coupleable to the thrust member (18), and a power supply device (26) for the motor arrangement (24) are positioned on the base body (12). In order to ensure a compact construction having an efficient motor arrangement, a hollow shaft (50) is borne rotatable about an axis of the base body (12), which is concentric with respect to a displacement axis (52) of the thrust member (18), and the hollow shaft (50) has an internal thread which engages in an external thread (42) of the thrust member (18).

Abstract: The invention concerns a facing-tool head with a main body (10) which can be attached to a machine spindle, a work slide (14) which can be moved along the main body (10) essentially at right angles to the axis (12) of the spindle and which has a tool-holder with a fixing mechanism (26) to hold a tool in place, and a mechanism for adjusting the work slide (14). This adjustment mechanism includes a central, longitudinally movable adjusting rod (18) which passes through the hollow machine spindle (44) into the main body (10) and gearing means (20) which translate the longitudinal motion of the actuator rod into the transverse motion of the work slide (14).

Abstract: A tool head, in particular a fine adjustment head for use in machine-tools, may be coupled to a rotary machine spindle (26) and has a slide (16) that may be adjusted transversely to the axis (12) of the base body and is provided with a projecting tool-receiving part (14) on its front face. A measurement arrangement (18) is provided for directly measuring the adjustment path of the slide (16) in relation to the base body (10). The tool head further has an adjustment motor (20) that acts on the slide (16) in the direction of adjustment and an external current supply arrangement (22) for electronic components integrated into the tool head and for the adjustment motor (20). In order to obtain a compact design with high adjustment precision, the adjustment motor (20) is arranged with its cylindrical housing (45) in a recess (46) of the base body (10) that extends transversely to the direction of adjustment of the slide (45) and to the axis of the base body.

Abstract: A clamp for indexable inserts used especially for turning. The clamp consists essentially of a clamp shaft and a clamp head combined with it in one piece. The clamp shaft can be secured to an axis-parallel clamping surface of a tool holder by a supporting surface obliquely transfixed by a clamping screw. The clamp head has an open-edged recess to take the indexable insert, one effective cutting corner of which projects on one side beyond the outer surface away from the support surface. In order to be able to adjust the distance between the clamping surface and the cutting corner, the clamp head has, in the free region between the recess, the supporting surface and the clamp shaft, a slot-like aperture having a curved cross-sectional shape open towards the clamp shaft. The clamp head can be elastically bent with respect to the clamp shaft under the effect of an adjuster.

Abstract: A tool head for use in machine tools has an adjustable slide (18) capable of moving with respect to the base body (10) transversely to its axis of rotation (12) and of being provided with a tool holder, as well as a device (30) for direct measurement of the travel of the slide (18). The measurement device (30) has two substrate plates (32, 34) upon whose facing surfaces are arranged the capacitive measurement structures of a measuring scale and of a sensor. The substrate plates (32, 34) are arranged in eccentric tangential planes parallel to the axis of rotation. The radially inner substrate plate is surface-linked to a bearing surface of the slide (18), whereas the radially outer substrate plate is surface-supported by the bearing surface (62), capable of forming a support after surface material removal, of a bearing strip (56) that can be detachably inserted into a radial window cutout (54) of the base body (10, 36).

Abstract: A device for linking two tool parts has a projecting shaft (12) on the first tool part (10), as well as an annular surface (20) that surrounds the shaft (12) at its root, and a projecting coupling sleeve (16) on the second tool part (14) that has a cavity (18) for receiving the shaft (12) and a front face (22) that can be pressed against the annular surface (20) during clamping. In order to achieve, besides end face clamping, also a self-centering radial clamping of the shaft (12) within the coupling sleeve (16), the shaft (12) has a cavity (24) axially open towards the front face end of the shaft and a clamping body (28) axially movable within the cavity (24). The clamping body (20) is loosely screwed with an outer thread (72) in an inner thread (70) of the hollow shaft and secured against rotation.

Abstract: A lathe tool having a cylindrical shaft and a head with a contact surface which rests against a support surface on the shaft. The tool head is detachably connected in force-locking fashion by means of a fitted screw to the tool shaft. The contact surface and the support surface are disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the shaft and have mutually engaging straight tooth systems which extends over the whole cross-section of the shaft. The parallel teeth of the tooth system are perpendicular to the direction of slope of the support and contact surfaces and parallel to a surface disposed with its axis parallel to that of the tool head and including an indexable cutting insert.

Abstract: A drilling tool has a drilling crown (12) removably arranged on a shank (10) at its front face, provided with two complementary regions that are mutually separated by chip channels (20) and that have partially circumferential surfaces (48). The drilling tool also has at least two cutting plates (14, 14', 16, 16') secured to the regions of the drilling crown and spaced apart by an angle of 180.degree., as well as a centering drill (26) centrally arranged in the drilling crown in the axial direction that projects over the front face of the latter. The cutting edge (18) of the outermost cutting plate (14) in the radial direction radially projects over the circumferential surfaces (48) of the drilling crown (18), whereas the working area of the innermost cutting plate radially approaches or overlaps the working area of the centering drill (26).

Abstract: A tool holder includes a base member (10), a shaft (12) arranged on the rearward end of the base member (10) for connection to a machine spindle and a front facing recess in the front end of the base member arranged coaxially with respect to the shaft axis for receiving therein a coaxially aligned tool (24) which can be clamped in place by means of a clamping member (22). A regulating member (28) is furthermore axially guided in the base member (10), which regulating member serves as a positioning stop for the tool (24). In order to make possible a simple adjustment of the regulating member from a location externally of the tool holder, the regulating member (28) is constructed so that it has an axially extending rack thereon, while a gear (32) mating with the tooth system (30) of the rack and a clamping screw (42) engaging a keyway (38) of the regulating member (28) with its cone tip (44) are supported in the base member (10 ).

Abstract: An insert for chip removing tools has a housing (10) that can be inserted in a recess in the base body of a tool. A threaded sleeve (16) is rotatably mounted in the housing (10) so as not to slide under the effect of an axial force. A machining blade insert holder (14) is non-rotatably guided in the housing (1) and is provided with an adjustment thread (21) that engages the threaded sleeve (16). The machining blade insert holder (14) is axially moved by rotating the threaded sleeve (16) and carries a reversible machining blade insert (12) on its head (18) that projects beyond the housing (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for removably securing a tool (12) to the spindle (10) of a machine tool with a fitting aperture (16) concentric with the spindle axis, a fitting pin (18) engaging in the fitting aperture (16), two clamping bolts (26) arranged in the fitting pin so as to be radially movable towards opposite sides, a clamping member (32) movable axially by means of a tensioning mechanism fitted on the spindle side and two tapered surfaces (48, 30) fitted on the clamping member (32) on the one hand and on the clamping bolts on the other for the radial adjustment of the clamping bolts (26) between a release position withdrawn in the fitting pin (18) and a clamping position shifted radially outwards.

Abstract: The invention concerns an adjustable tool for use in machine tools, with a slide (14) which can be fitted with at least one cutting tool and which can be displaced relative to the rotating main body (10) perpendicularly to the axis of rotation. The invention also calls for a device (20) for the direct measurement of the displacement of the slide (14), the slide being fitted with an electronically read measurement scale (24). This device comprises battery-powered data-processing electronics (20) and is located inside the main body (10). The displacement reading can be presented on a digital display (26) which is also mounted in the tool head.

Abstract: A tool, in particular a fine-turning boring bar, for use in machine-tools, includes a shank part (16) which can be coupled to a rotating tool spindle, a head part (10) which is secured to the shank part (16) so as to remain fixed during rotation and which can be adjusted transversely with respect to the shank part (16), and a cutting support (20) which can be radially adjusted for coarse positioning purposes. Cylindrical fitting pins (28, 30) provided with radial face grooves (36, 38) are formed facing each other on the shank part (16) and the head part (10). A cross-coupling element (12) arranged between the front ends of the fitting pins (28, 30) has radially mobile pairs of claws (40, 42) which extend axially from both sides and which engage in mutually perpendicular face grooves (36, 38) in the fitting pins (28, 30). The two fitting pins (28, 30) also engage in mutually eccentric fitting holes (32, 34) of an eccentric sleeve (18) which can rotate with respect to the head part (10) and the shank part (16).

Abstract: A tool for use in machine-tools with a cutting head (14) has at least one interchangeable cartridge (24) which can be releasably fastened to the cutting head and which carries an interchangeable insert. The interchangeable cartridge can be adjusted on the cutting head in the advance direction of the insert by the action of an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has a tapered ram (46) which can move along a guide (42) of the cutting head (14) arranged parallel to the plane of the insert and essentially perpendicular to the advance direction of the cutting head (14). The tapered ram has a tapered surface (44) which is inclined at an acute angle to the direction of sliding and which is contiguous with an inclined shoulder (54) of the interchangeable cartridge which makes a right angle, in the direction of the inclined tapered surface, with the advance direction.