Abstract: The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device (101) detects a synchronization command of a control program, and compares an operation time of the electric-powered section between synchronizations in each control system which is a synchronization target by the synchronization command on the basis of the detected synchronization command. Then, the power-supply management device (101) disconnects the power supply to the electric-powered section belonging to the control system except the control system having the maximum operation time of the electric-powered section between the synchronizations, and restarts the power supply at the end of the synchronization in each control system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device (101) detects a synchronization command of a control program, and compares an operation time of the electric-powered section between synchronizations in each control system which is a synchronization target by the synchronization command on the basis of the detected synchronization command. Then, the power-supply management device (101) disconnects the power supply to the electric-powered section belonging to the control system except the control system having the maximum operation time of the electric-powered section between the synchronizations, and restarts the power supply at the end of the synchronization in each control system.

Abstract: A method for machining a work in a work machining apparatus provided with a movable main spindle moving between a work supply position and a work take-out position, includes arranging a tool rest on the movable main spindle to move integrally with the movable main spindle, supplying the work at the work supply position to the movable main spindle, moving the movable main spindle from the work supply position toward the work take-out position, machining the work held on the movable spindle with a tool of the tool rest while moving the movable main spindle from the work supply position toward the work take-out position, and taking out the work at the work take-out position from the movable main spindle.

Abstract: There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting input of a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and separating them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder inserted within a separating container, and a fluid supplying means arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder, and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container due to a flow current generated within the separating container, and such that the level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder, but is maintained substantially in a resting state and at a level above the level of the upper end of the separating container.

Abstract: There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting input of a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and separating them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder inserted within a separating container, and a fluid supplying means arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder, and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container due to a flow current generated within the separating container, and such that the level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder, but is maintained substantially in a resting state and at a level above the level of the upper end of the separating container.

Abstract: There is provided a machine tool which holds a large number of tools and capable of performing various kinds of works without replacing the tools, which is easy to operate and which allows faster and accurate operations with less number of movable parts. A front tool post (141) and a back spindle (120) are configured to be integrally movable in a Y-axis direction, and a plurality of front working tools (140) and a plurality of back working tools (130) are disposed on the front and back tool posts (141) and (131), respectively, in a plurality of tiers in the Y-axis direction.

Abstract: There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting to input a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and to separate them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder (120) inserted within a separating container (110) and a fluid supplying means (130) arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container (110) from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder (120), and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container (110) due to a flow current generated within the separating container (110) and such that a fluid level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder (120) and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder (120).

Abstract: The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device (101) detects a synchronization command of a control program, and compares an operation time of the electric-powered section between synchronizations in each control system which is a synchronization target by the synchronization command on the basis of the detected synchronization command. Then, the power-supply management device (101) disconnects the power supply to the electric-powered section belonging to the control system except the control system having the maximum operation time of the electric-powered section between the synchronizations, and restarts the power supply at the end of the synchronization in each control system.

Abstract: There is provided a machine tool which holds a large number of tools and capable of performing various kinds of works without replacing the tools, which is easy to operate and which allows faster and accurate operations with less number of movable parts. A front tool post (141) and a back spindle (120) are configured to be integrally movable in a Y-axis direction, and a plurality of front working tools (140) and a plurality of back working tools (130) are disposed on the front and back tool posts (141) and (131), respectively, in a plurality of tiers in the Y-axis direction.

Abstract: A separator chute is placed at a standby position while a part is machined, and when the processing of the part is completed, the separator chute is swung and moved to a reception position to receive the part separated from a spindle. An opening portion of a cover structure, formed near a pivot shaft of the separator chute, is formed in the size through which the machined part can be discharged. The opening portion is closed by the separator chute when the chute is in the standby position and opened when the chute is in the reception position.

Abstract: A work machining apparatus capable of reducing the stand-by time in each main spindle as much as possible and can improve the operation ratio is provided. In a work machining apparatus having at least one movable spindle 22 which moves forward and backward between the work supply position and the work take-out position, in which a work is supplied to movable main spindle 22 at the supply position, the movable main spindle 22 is moved from the supply position to the take-out position and the work is taken out from the movable main spindle 22 at the supply position, whereby the work is conveyed from the supply position to the take-out position, wherein a tool rest 6 corresponding to the movable main spindle 22 is provided integrally with the movable main spindle 22 and movably on the movable spindle 22, thereby enabling the tool on the tool rest 6 to process the work held on the movable main spindle 22 during the conveyance movement of the work by the movable main spindle 22.

Abstract: A separator chute is placed at a standby position while a part is machined, and when the processing of the part is completed, the separator chute is swung and moved to a reception position to receive the part separated from a spindle. An opening portion of a cover structure, formed near a pivot shaft of the separator chute, is formed in the size through which the machined part can be discharged. The opening portion is closed by the separator chute when the chute is in the standby position and opened when the chute is in the reception position.

Abstract: An automatic lathe is capable of rapidly and easily switching between machining of a material with a guide bush and machining of the material without the guide bush. The automatic lathe has a guide bush support table, a support table fixing device for fixing the guide bush support table, a guide member rotatably installed on the guide bush support table so as not to move forward and backward, a guide bush detachably fitted to the tip of the guide member, a driving device for rotating the guide bush, a rotation transmission device for transmitting the rotation of the guide member to the spindle, and a spindle moving device for moving the spindle forward and backward within the guide member. A spindle fixing device positions and fixes the spindle at a specified position on the guide bush support table when the guide bush is removed from the guide member.

Abstract: An automatic lathe is provided which is capable of rapidly and easily switching between machining of a material with a guide bush and machining of the material without the guide bush.

Abstract: A numerically controlled machine tool can simultaneously perform a variety of machining operations using work on a first main shaft and work on a second main shaft. A first tool post is movable together with a second main shaft in the direction of a main shaft axis and in a direction orthogonal thereto in a plane, while a second tool post is movable at least in the same biaxial direction as the directions of movement of the first tool post. A control device superposes the movement required for the first tool post to machine work on the movement required for the second tool post to machine work, so that the machining operation of the work by the tool on the first tool post and the machining operation of the work by the tool on the second tool post are simultaneously performed.

Abstract: A numerically controlled machine tool that is capable of simultaneously effecting a variety of machining operations using work on a first main shaft and work on a second main shaft, with a high machining efficiency. A first tool post 300 is movable together with a second main shaft 210 in the direction of a main shaft axis C2 and in a direction X1 orthogonal thereto in a plane, while a second tool post 400 is movable at least in the same biaxial direction as the directions of movement of the first tool post 300. A control device superposes the uniaxial or biaxial movement required for the first tool post 300 to machine work W1 on the uniaxial or biaxial movement required for the second tool post 400 to machine work W2, and issues an instruction for movement to the first tool post 300 or second tool post 400, so that the machining operation of the work W1 by the tool on the first tool post 300 and the machining operation of the work W2 by the tool on the second tool post 400 are simultaneously effected.