Abstract: A die sorter tool may include a first conveyor, and a first lane to receive, from one or more load ports and via the first conveyor, a carrier with a set of dies. The die sorter tool may include a die flip module to receive the carrier from the first lane, manipulate one or more dies of the set of dies by changing orientations of the one or more dies, and return the one or more dies to the carrier after manipulating the one or more dies and without changing positions of the one or more dies within the carrier. The die sorter tool may include a second conveyor, and a second lane to receive, via the second conveyor, the carrier from the die flip module, and provide, via the first conveyor, the carrier to the one or more load ports.

Abstract: A horizontal lathe machine includes a work spindle unit disposed on a middle portion of a machine base and proximate to a front side of the machine base for holding a workpiece in an X-direction, and two tooling turret units located at two opposite sides of the spindle unit and driven to move in the X-direction by X-direction driving units. Each turret unit has a saddle movable on the machine base in the X-direction, and a turret driven by a turret driving member to rotate about a turret axis in a Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction for facilitating a tool changing operation.

Abstract: A horizontal lathe machine includes a work spindle unit disposed on a middle portion of a machine base and proximate to a front side of the machine base for holding a workpiece in an X-direction, and two tooling turret units located at two opposite sides of the spindle unit and driven to move in the X-direction by X-direction driving units. Each turret unit has a saddle movable on the machine base in the X-direction, and a turret driven by a turret driving member to rotate about a turret axis in a Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction for facilitating a tool changing operation.

Abstract: A hydraulic chuck includes a chuck body, a fixed seat, a rotary seat and a plurality of flexible seal members. The fixed seat is fixedly mounted to the chuck body. The rotary seat is rotatably mounted to the fixed seat and cooperates with the fixed seat to define a gap therebetween. Each of the seal members has a first annular segment fixedly mounted to the fixed seat, a neck segment extending from the first annular segment and through the gap, and a second annular segment connected to an end of the neck segment distal from the first annular segment, and disposed adjacent to the rotary seat.

Abstract: A hydraulic chuck includes a chuck body, a fixed seat, a rotary seat and a plurality of flexible seal members. The fixed seat is fixedly mounted to the chuck body. The rotary seat is rotatably mounted to the fixed seat and cooperates with the fixed seat, to define a gap therebetween. Each of the seal members has a first annular segment fixedly mounted to the fixed seat, a neck segment extending from the first annular segment and through the gap, and a second annular segment connected to an end of the neck segment distal from the first annular segment, and disposed adjacent to the rotary seat.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus adapted for use in a machine tool. The cutting apparatus includes a mounting frame. A cutting unit is mounted rotatably in the mounting frame. A locking unit is connected to the mounting frame and the cutting unit, for restraining or permitting relative movement between the mounting frame and the cutting unit. A driving unit drives rotation of the cutting unit. A control unit controls the driving unit to drive rotation of the rotating shaft upon detecting that the relative movement between the mounting frame and the cutting unit is permitted. The control unit shuts off the driving unit upon detecting that the relative movement between the mounting frame and the cutting unit is restrained.

Abstract: A check valve includes a tubular casing, an abutment member, a valve member and a resilient member. The abutment member is flexible, is disposed in the tubular casing, and defines a central opening interconnecting first and second spaces that are defined in the tubular casing. The valve member is disposed in the tubular casing and is movable between a blocked position where the valve member blocks the central opening to isolate the first space from the second space, and an unblocked position where the valve member is spaced apart from the abutment member such that the first and second spaces communicate with each other. The resilient member is mounted to the tubular casing and biases the valve member toward the blocked position.

Abstract: A check valve includes a tubular casing, an abutment member, a valve member and a resilient member. The abutment member is flexible, is disposed in the tubular casing, and defines a central opening interconnecting first and second spaces that are defined in the tubular casing. The valve member is disposed in the tubular casing and is movable between a blocked position where the valve member blocks the central opening to isolate the first space from the second space, and an unblocked position where the valve member is spaced apart from the abutment member such that the first and second spaces communicate with each other. The resilient member is mounted to the tubular casing and biases the valve member toward the blocked position.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a mounting frame, a cutting unit mounted rotatably in the mounting frame, a locking unit for restraining or permitting a relative movement between the mounting frame and the cutting unit, a driving unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the driving unit to drive rotation of the rotating shaft upon detecting that the relative movement between the mounting frame and the cutting unit is permitted, and controls the driving unit to shut off upon detecting that the relative movement between the mounting frame and the cutting unit is restrained.

Abstract: A chuck device includes front and rear collets, a driving ring, and a driving sleeve. The driving ring and the driving sleeve can be driven hydraulically to move toward or away from each other. When the driving ring and the driving sleeve are moved hydraulically away from each other, each of the front and rear collets is moved to a release position, when the driving ring and the driving sleeve are moved hydraulically toward each other, each of the front and rear collets is moved to a clamping position.

Abstract: A chuck device includes front and rear collets, a driving ring, and a driving sleeve. The driving ring and the driving sleeve can be driven hydraulically to move toward or away from each other. When the driving ring and the driving sleeve are moved hydraulically away from each other, each of the front and rear collets is moved to a release position, when the driving ring and the driving sleeve are moved hydraulically toward each other, each of the front and rear collets is moved to a clamping position.

Abstract: A hydraulic chuck assembly for a tool machine includes first and second valve units disposed to control flow of pressurized fluids into a cylindrical chamber so as to move an annular piston to thereby move a taper socket along a spindle axis. Each valve unit includes a ball movable along a valve axis radial to the spindle axis such that the ball can be further forced to abut firmly against a valve seat during a high-speed rotation. Oil leakage can be prevented to ensure firm engagement of a workpiece with a collet head.

Abstract: A chuck device for a machine tool includes: a center unit disposed in an axial hole in a tubular housing, extending along a hole axis of, and having a tip extending outwardly of the housing and abutting against a workpiece; a chuck unit disposed movably in the axial hole, sleeved on the center unit and including a chuck member disposed adjacent to the tip of the center unit; and a sleeve unit disposed movably in the axial hole, concentric with the housing and sleeved on the chuck unit. The sleeve unit has a pushing end portion sleeved on and abutting against the chuck member, and is operable to move relative to the housing along the hole axis such that the chuck member is driven by the pushing end portion of the sleeve unit with movement of the sleeve unit to move away from the housing and to clamp the workpiece.

Abstract: A hydraulic chuck assembly for a tool machine includes first and second valve units disposed to control flow of pressurized fluids into a cylindrical chamber so as to move an annular piston to thereby move a taper socket along a spindle axis. Each valve unit includes a ball movable along a valve axis radial to the spindle axis such that the ball can be further forced to abut firmly against a valve seat during a high-speed rotation. Oil leakage can be prevented to ensure firm engagement of a workpiece with a collet head.

Abstract: A chuck device for a machine tool includes: a center unit disposed in an axial hole in a tubular housing, extending along a hole axis of, and having a tip extending outwardly of the housing and abutting against a workpiece; a chuck unit disposed movably in the axial hole, sleeved on the center unit and including a chuck member disposed adjacent to the tip of the center unit; and a sleeve unit disposed movably in the axial hole, concentric with the housing and sleeved on the chuck unit. The sleeve unit has a pushing end portion sleeved on and abutting against the chuck member, and is operable to move relative to the housing along the hole axis such that the chuck member is driven by the pushing end portion of the sleeve unit with movement of the sleeve unit to move away from the housing and to clamp the workpiece.

Abstract: A chuck assembly includes a housing formed with a hydraulic fluid inlet, a sleeve mounted in the housing and formed with an annular groove, a shaft mounted rotatably in the sleeve and formed with a fluid passage, a chuck unit mounted in the shaft, a piston subdividing a chamber between the chuck unit and the shaft into first and second compartments, and a cooling mechanism having an air inlet formed in the housing, and an air channel formed in the sleeve and in fluid communication with the air inlet and the annular groove.

Abstract: A chuck assembly includes a housing formed with an hydraulic fluid inlet, a sleeve mounted in the housing and formed with an annular groove, a shaft mounted rotatably in the sleeve and formed with a first fluid passage, a chuck unit mounted in the shaft, a piston subdividing a chamber between the chuck unit and the shaft into first and second compartments, and an annular elastic sealing member disposed in the annular groove and formed with a second fluid passage for passage of a hydraulic fluid from a supply through the hydraulic fluid inlet and the first fluid passage to the first compartment.

Abstract: A turret lathe includes a bed, a headstock mounted on the bed, a first slide mounted slidably on the bed, a second slide mounted slidably on the first slide, a spindle journalled to the headstock, a chuck mounted on the spindle, a tailstock mounted on the second slide, a driven shaft journalled to the tailstock, a turret mounted on the driven shaft, a transmission unit, and a clutch operable between a chamfering operation mode, in which the driven shaft is connected to the spindle through the transmission unit, and a turning operation mode, in which the driven shaft is disconnected from the spindle.

Abstract: A chuck assembly includes a housing formed with a hydraulic fluid inlet, a sleeve mounted in the housing and formed with an annular groove, a shaft mounted rotatably in the sleeve and formed with a fluid passage, a chuck unit mounted in the shaft, a piston subdividing a chamber between the chuck unit and the shaft into first and second compartments, and a cooling mechanism having an air inlet formed in the housing, and an air channel formed in the sleeve and in fluid communication with the air inlet and the annular groove.

Abstract: A chuck assembly includes a housing formed with an hydraulic fluid inlet, a sleeve mounted in the housing and formed with an annular groove, a shaft mounted rotatably in the sleeve and formed with a first fluid passage, a chuck unit mounted in the shaft, a piston subdividing a chamber between the chuck unit and the shaft into first and second compartments, and an annular elastic sealing member disposed in the annular groove and formed with a second fluid passage for passage of a hydraulic fluid from a supply through the hydraulic fluid inlet and the first fluid passage to the first compartment.