Abstract: A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machine region, an opening window provided on the compartment cover to permit the machining head to go in and out therethrough, and a seal member in the form of a closed ring to be mounted on an inner peripheral edge of the opening window of the compartment cover, wherein an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the machining head is brought into sliding contact with an inner peripheral edge of the seal member in a state, in which the machining head is moved into the machining region from a tool exchange position within the machine region.

Abstract: A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machine region, an opening window provided on the compartment cover to permit the machining head to go in and out therethrough, and a seal member in the form of a closed ring to be mounted on an inner peripheral edge of the opening window of the compartment cover, wherein an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the machining head is brought into sliding contact with an inner peripheral edge of the seal member in a state, in which the machining head is moved into the machining region from a tool exchange position within the machine region.

Abstract: A lubricant supply apparatus 1 includes a tank holder portion 3 and a lubricant tank portion 2. In case where a tool holder clamp device 62 provided on a spindle shaft 61 pushes against an abutting member 35 disposed in the lubricant supply apparatus 1, lubricant filled in a pressure chamber 11 formed in the lubricant supply apparatus 1 can be jetted out from injection holes 39, —formed in the abutting member 35. The thus jetted-out lubricant is supplied to the tool holder clamp device 62.

Abstract: A lubricant supply apparatus 1 includes a tank holder portion 3 and a lubricant tank portion 2. In case where a tool holder clamp device 62 provided on a spindle shaft 61 pushes against an abutting member 35 disposed in the lubricant supply apparatus 1, lubricant filled in a pressure chamber 11 formed in the lubricant supply apparatus 1 can be jetted out from injection holes 39, . . . formed in the abutting member 35. The thus jetted-out lubricant is supplied to the tool holder clamp device 62.

Abstract: A workpiece 23 formed of a circular thin plate is rotated about its center as an axis L1. Each of disk-shaped rotating grinding wheels 27 and 28, while being rotated about an axis L3 extending in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the workpiece 23 and perpendicular to the radial direction of the workpiece 23, is made to undergo relative feeding movement on both obverse and reverse surface sides of the workpiece 23 along an outer peripheral edge portion 23a of the workpiece 23. Consequently, the outer peripheral edge portion 23a of the workpiece 23 is ground by an outer peripheral surface of each of the rotating grinding wheels 27 and 28. In this case, it is preferred that two grinding wheels 27 and 28 for rough grinding and finish grinding be provided as the disk-shaped rotating grinding wheels, and that rough grinding and finish grinding are performed by the same station.

Abstract: A workpiece receiving hole 60a for fittingly receiving a workpiece 17 is formed in the center of a rotary disk 60 which is thinner than the workpiece 17. A workpiece drive section 60b which engages a notch 17a formed for the purpose of orienting the workpiece 17 relative to crystal orientation is formed along the brim of the hole 60a. A gear 59 is rotated by a gear 62 of a motor 61, thereby rotating the rotary disk 60 and imparting torque to the workpiece 17. Accordingly, both surfaces of the workpiece are ground by means of a double disc surface grinder.

Abstract: A spindle 23 of a grinding wheel 28 is rotatively borne by a bench 22 for the grinding wheel through hydrostatic thrust bearings 26 and 27. A pressure regulator 38 for regulating the pressure which must be supplied to at least either of supply ports 26a and 27a opposite to each other in the direction of the axial line of the spindle 23 in the hydrostatic thrust bearings 26 and 27 is provided. The pressure regulator 38 has a changing member for changing a passage for choking the fluid and the length of the choking passage.

Abstract: A method of slicing an ingot wherein a pre-cut work 3 in which a holding member 2 extending over the entire length of a side surface of a cylindrical ingot 1 is bonded to the side surface of the ingot 1 is set on a slicing apparatus 4, and the pre-cut work 3 is split into a multiplicity of pieces over its longitudinal direction so as to obtain disk-shaped works 5 to be ground, characterized in that a retaining member 2 is used in which a retaining layer 7 which is directly bonded to the side surface of the ingot 1 by a first adhesive agent having an adhesive strength sufficient to receive a rotating force due to a grinding apparatus 6 in a subsequent grinding process, an intermediate layer 8 which is bonded to said retaining layer 7 in a superposed manner by a second adhesive agent whose adhesive strength deteriorates more than that of the first adhesive agent under a fixed condition, and a supporting layer 11 which is connected to said intermediate layer 8 and is connected to a supporting portion 10 of said

Abstract: A spindle 23 of a grinding wheel 28 is rotatively borne by a bench 22 for the grinding wheel through hydrostatic thrust bearings 26 and 27. A pressure regulator 38 for regulating the pressure which must be supplied to at least either of supply ports 26a and 27a opposite to each other in the direction of the axial line of the spindle 23 in the hydrostatic thrust bearings 26 and 27 is provided. The pressure regulator 38 has a changing member for changing a passage for choking the fluid and the length of the choking passage.