KTM公司的新型CNC可换主轴箱机床兼有加工中心和自动线的特点,是以该公司八0年出品的760型加工中心为基础,采用很多通用部件组成的。该机床不用刀库存储单件刀具,代之以两个能存放十六个多轴主轴箱的鼓轮。这些主轴箱每个重量达一吨,可以按要求自动定位。该设计的优点是将四个自由度的运动引用于多轴加工机床,并和传统的CNC加工中心的柔性结合起来。机床可以迅速安排好程序,从一种工件转为加工另一种工件,能 KTM’s new CNC swappable headstock machine combines machining centers and automatic lines with many common components based on the company’s Model 760 machining center manufactured in 1980. The machine does not need a magazine to store a single tool, but two drums that hold sixteen multi-spindle heads. Each of these headstock weighs one tonne and can be positioned automatically as required. The advantage of this design is the introduction of four degrees of freedom motions on multi-axis machines combined with the flexibility of traditional CNC machining centers. The machine can quickly arrange the program, from one type of workpiece to another type of workpiece