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46 Modular Design Engineering Guides & Machine Tools Description Methodology
grinder from a group of the modules. In due course, a considerable
number of the variants were able to be manufactured by varying the table
width, spindle diameter, number of spindle heads, and so on. Following
that of Ikegai, the same idea later became reality by the VEB of Karl-
Marx-Stadt. The details of both trials will be stated in Sec. 1.3.4.
FRG FRH FRJ 1 8 11 9
2
7 2 1 3
3
FRL FRM
910
4
5
3 2 1
FRN FRO
6
9 11 5
7
8
FRP FRS FRT 6 2 1 3
9
10 9 4
FRU FRV FRZ
10
11 3 2 1
[Types possible to produce] [Eleven basic structural units]
(a)
Figure 1-32 Modular design in planomiller: (a) In case of type FR of TOS make and
(b) milling heads of quill and ram types (Butler Machine Tool Co.).
