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Description of Machine Tools 113

TABLE 3-1 Preliminary Proposal of Functional Description (by Stau)
Tool branch
On bed or base Spindle including ram and quill
a b c d e f g h
No.
Movement
patterns

Trepan
1 boring
Spindle including ram and quill 2 3 Turning, Cutting-off by Screw cutting

by Mach
turret lathe
Drilling
of drum type,
methed,
Turning by
automatic Roto mill Trepan boring
4
screw cutting
Work branch 5 Swiss type machining, Sawing Boring,
machine of
Key-way
Drilling
Broaching
Planing, A
On bed or base 7 shaving Hobbing
6
Shaping,
Slotting
Gear
Thread Gear
8 milling shaping
Notes: : Stationary : Linear movement
: Rotational movement : Linear and rotational movements
A : Cylindrical milling, face milling, line boring by horizontal
boring, and milling machine of table type
shown in Table 3-2. More specifically, the machine tool description, as
will be stated in Chap. 4, can facilitate effectively some leading design
work as follows.
1. Evaluation of structural similarity
2. Prediction of variants possible to create from the basic configuration
3. Procurement of the principle of adaptation, i.e., estimation of machine
tools possible to generate from a group of predetermined modules
4. Determination of the most suitable structural configuration for a
group of the workpieces to be machined
5. Functional and structural configuration analyses of machine tools
6. Compatibility analysis of structural configuration with human
amenity
7. Analysis of the market competitiveness