IPC Classification

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  • B - Performing operations; transporting
  • B23Q - Details, components, or accessories for machine tools, e.g. arrangements for copying or controlling; machine tools in general, characterised by the construction of particular details or components; combinations or associations of metal-working machines, not directed to a particular result
B23Q 1/00 Members which are comprised in the general build-up of a form of machine, particularly relatively large fixed members
B23Q 1/01 Frames, beds, pillars or like members; Arrangement of ways
B23Q 1/03 Stationary work or tool supports
B23Q 1/25 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports
B23Q 1/26 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by constructional features relating to the co-operation of relatively movable members; Means for preventing relative movement of such members
B23Q 1/28 Means for securing sliding members in any desired position
B23Q 1/30 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by constructional features relating to the co-operation of relatively movable members; Means for preventing relative movement of such members controlled in conjunction with the feed mechanism
B23Q 1/32 Relative movement obtained by co-operating spherical surfaces, e.g. ball-and-socket joints
B23Q 1/34 Relative movement obtained by use of deformable elements, e.g. piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, elastic or thermally-dilatable elements
B23Q 1/36 Springs
B23Q 1/38 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by constructional features relating to the co-operation of relatively movable members; Means for preventing relative movement of such members using fluid bearings or fluid cushion supports
B23Q 1/40 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by constructional features relating to the co-operation of relatively movable members; Means for preventing relative movement of such members using ball, roller or wheel arrangements
B23Q 1/42 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by constructional features relating to the co-operation of relatively movable members; Means for preventing relative movement of such members using T-, V-, dovetail-section or like guides
B23Q 1/44 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms
B23Q 1/46 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with screw pairs
B23Q 1/48 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with sliding pairs and rotating pairs
B23Q 1/50 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with rotating pairs only
B23Q 1/52 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with rotating pairs only a single rotating pair
B23Q 1/54 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with rotating pairs only two rotating pairs only
B23Q 1/56 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with sliding pairs only
B23Q 1/58 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with sliding pairs only a single sliding pair
B23Q 1/60 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with sliding pairs only two sliding pairs only
B23Q 1/62 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with sliding pairs only two sliding pairs only with perpendicular axes, e.g. cross-slides
B23Q 1/64 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by the purpose of the movement
B23Q 1/66 Work-tables interchangeably movable into operating positions
B23Q 1/68 Movable or adjustable work or tool supports characterised by the purpose of the movement for withdrawing tool or work during reverse movement
B23Q 1/70 Stationary or movable members for carrying working-spindles for attachment of tools or work
B23Q 1/72 Auxiliary arrangements; Interconnections between auxiliary tables and movable machine elements
B23Q 1/74 Auxiliary tables
B23Q 1/76 Steadies; Rests
B23Q 3/00 Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine
B23Q 3/02 Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine for mounting on a work-table, tool-slide, or analogous part
B23Q 3/04 Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine for mounting on a work-table, tool-slide, or analogous part adjustable in inclination
B23Q 3/06 Work-clamping means
B23Q 3/08 Work-clamping means other than mechanically-actuated
B23Q 3/10 Auxiliary devices, e.g. bolsters, extension members
B23Q 3/12 Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine for securing to a spindle in general
B23Q 3/14 Mandrels in general
B23Q 3/15 Devices for holding work using magnetic or electric force acting directly on the work
B23Q 3/16 Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine controlled in conjunction with the operation of the tool
B23Q 3/18 Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine for positioning only
B23Q 3/152 Rotary devices
B23Q 3/154 Stationary devices
B23Q 3/155 Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools
B23Q 3/157 Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools of rotary tools
B23Q 5/00 Driving or feeding mechanisms; Control arrangements therefor
B23Q 5/02 Driving main working members
B23Q 5/04 Driving main working members rotary shafts, e.g. working-spindles
B23Q 5/06 Driving main working members rotary shafts, e.g. working-spindles driven essentially by fluid pressure or pneumatic power
B23Q 5/08 Driving main working members rotary shafts, e.g. working-spindles driven essentially by fluid pressure or pneumatic power electrically controlled
B23Q 5/10 Driving main working members rotary shafts, e.g. working-spindles driven essentially by electrical means
B23Q 5/12 Mechanical drives with means for varying the speed ratio
B23Q 5/14 Mechanical drives with means for varying the speed ratio step-by-step
B23Q 5/16 Mechanical drives with means for varying the speed ratio infinitely-variable
B23Q 5/18 Devices for preselecting speed of working-spindle
B23Q 5/20 Adjusting or stopping working-spindles in a predetermined position
B23Q 5/22 Feeding members carrying tools or work
B23Q 5/26 Fluid-pressure drives
B23Q 5/027 Driving main working members reciprocating members
B23Q 5/28 Electric drives
B23Q 5/32 Feeding working-spindles
B23Q 5/033 Driving main working members reciprocating members driven essentially by fluid pressure
B23Q 5/34 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission
B23Q 5/36 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission in which a servomotor forms an essential element
B23Q 5/38 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission feeding continuously
B23Q 5/40 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission feeding continuously by feed shaft, e.g. lead screw
B23Q 5/42 Mechanism associated with headstock
B23Q 5/44 Mechanism associated with the moving member
B23Q 5/46 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission feeding continuously with variable speed ratio
B23Q 5/48 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission feeding continuously with variable speed ratio by use of toothed gears
B23Q 5/50 Feeding other members supporting tools or work, e.g. saddles, tool-slides, through mechanical transmission feeding step by step
B23Q 5/52 Limiting feed movement
B23Q 5/54 Arrangements or details not restricted to group or group respectively
B23Q 5/56 Preventing backlash
B23Q 5/58 Safety devices
B23Q 7/00 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
B23Q 7/02 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of drums or rotating tables or discs
B23Q 7/03 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of endless chain conveyors
B23Q 7/04 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of grippers
B23Q 7/05 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of roller-ways
B23Q 7/06 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of pushers
B23Q 7/08 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of slides or chutes
B23Q 7/10 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of magazines
B23Q 7/12 Sorting arrangements
B23Q 7/14 Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting co-ordinated in production lines
B23Q 7/16 Loading work on to conveyors; Arranging work on conveyors, e.g. varying spacing between individual workpieces
B23Q 7/18 Orienting work on conveyors
B23Q 9/00 Arrangements for supporting or guiding portable metal-working machines or apparatus
B23Q 9/02 Arrangements for supporting or guiding portable metal-working machines or apparatus for securing machines or apparatus to workpieces, or other parts, of particular shape, e.g. to beams of particular cross-section
B23Q 11/00 Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
B23Q 11/02 Devices for removing scrap from the cutting teeth of circular cutters
B23Q 11/04 Arrangements preventing overload of tools, e.g. restricting load
B23Q 11/06 Safety devices for circular cutters
B23Q 11/08 Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards
B23Q 11/10 Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work
B23Q 11/12 Arrangements for cooling or lubricating parts of the machine
B23Q 11/14 Methods or arrangements for maintaining a constant temperature in parts of machine tools
B23Q 13/00 Equipment for use with tools or cutters when not in operation, e.g. protectors for storage
B23Q 15/00 Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work
B23Q 15/02 Control or regulation of feed movement according to the instantaneous size and the required size of the workpiece acted upon
B23Q 15/04 Control or regulation of feed movement according to the final size of the previously machined workpiece
B23Q 15/06 Control or regulation of feed movement according to measuring results produced by two or more gauging methods using different measuring principles, e.g. by both optical and mechanical gauging
B23Q 15/007 Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work while the tool acts upon the workpiece
B23Q 15/08 Control or regulation of cutting velocity
B23Q 15/10 Control or regulation of cutting velocity to maintain constant cutting velocity between tool and workpiece
B23Q 15/12 Adaptive control, i.e. adjusting itself to have a performance which is optimum according to a preassigned criterion
B23Q 15/013 Control or regulation of feed movement
B23Q 15/14 Control or regulation of the orientation of the tool with respect to the work
B23Q 15/16 Compensation for wear of the tool
B23Q 15/18 Compensation of tool-deflection due to temperature or force
B23Q 15/20 Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work before or after the tool acts upon the workpiece
B23Q 15/22 Control or regulation of position of tool or workpiece
B23Q 15/24 Control or regulation of position of tool or workpiece of linear position
B23Q 15/26 Control or regulation of position of tool or workpiece of angular position
B23Q 15/28 Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work before or after the tool acts upon the workpiece with compensation for tool wear
B23Q 16/00 Equipment for precise positioning of tool or work into particular locations not otherwise provided for
B23Q 16/02 Indexing equipment
B23Q 16/04 Indexing equipment having intermediate members, e.g. pawls, for locking the relatively movable parts in the indexed position
B23Q 16/06 Rotary indexing
B23Q 16/08 Indexing equipment having means for clamping the relatively movable parts together in the indexed position
B23Q 16/10 Rotary indexing
B23Q 16/12 Indexing equipment using optics
B23Q 17/00 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools
B23Q 17/09 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring cutting pressure or cutting-tool condition, e.g. cutting ability, load on tool
B23Q 17/10 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring cutting speed or number of revolutions
B23Q 17/12 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring vibration
B23Q 17/20 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring workpiece characteristics, e.g. contour, dimension, hardness
B23Q 17/22 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring existing or desired position of tool or work
B23Q 17/24 Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools using optics
B23Q 23/00 Arrangements for compensating for irregularities or wear, e.g. of ways, of setting mechanisms
B23Q 27/00 Geometrical mechanisms for the production of work of particular shapes, not fully provided for in another subclass
B23Q 33/00 Methods for copying
B23Q 35/00 Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model; Devices for use in copying manually
B23Q 35/02 Copying discrete points from the pattern, e.g. for determining the position of holes to be drilled
B23Q 35/04 Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model; Devices for use in copying manually using a feeler or the like travelling along the outline of the pattern, model or drawing; Feelers, patterns, or models therefor
B23Q 35/06 Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model; Devices for use in copying manually using a feeler or the like travelling along the outline of the pattern, model or drawing; Feelers, patterns, or models therefor specially adapted for controlling successive operations, e.g. separate cuts, on a workpiece
B23Q 35/08 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work
B23Q 35/10 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work mechanically only
B23Q 35/12 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means
B23Q 35/13 Sensing by using magnetic means
B23Q 35/14 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means controlling one or more electromotors
B23Q 35/16 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means controlling fluid motors
B23Q 35/18 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving fluid means
B23Q 35/20 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work with special means for varying the ratio of reproduction
B23Q 35/22 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work specially adapted for compensating for wear of the tool
B23Q 35/24 Feelers; Feeler units
B23Q 35/26 Feelers; Feeler units designed for physical contact with a pattern or a model
B23Q 35/28 Feelers; Feeler units designed for physical contact with a pattern or a model for control of a mechanical copying system
B23Q 35/30 Feelers; Feeler units designed for physical contact with a pattern or a model for control of an electrical or electro-hydraulic copying system
B23Q 35/32 Feelers; Feeler units designed for physical contact with a pattern or a model for control of an electrical or electro-hydraulic copying system in which the feeler makes and breaks an electrical contact or contacts, e.g. with brush-type tracers
B23Q 35/34 Feelers; Feeler units designed for physical contact with a pattern or a model for control of an electrical or electro-hydraulic copying system in which the feeler varies an electrical characteristic in a circuit, e.g. capacity, frequency
B23Q 35/36 Feelers; Feeler units designed for physical contact with a pattern or a model for control of a hydraulic or pneumatic copying system
B23Q 35/38 Feelers; Feeler units designed for sensing the pattern, model, or drawing without physical contact
B23Q 35/40 Feelers; Feeler units designed for sensing the pattern, model, or drawing without physical contact involving optical or photoelectrical systems
B23Q 35/42 Patterns; Master models
B23Q 35/44 Patterns; Master models provided with means for adjusting the contact face, e.g. comprising flexible bands held by set-screws
B23Q 35/46 Supporting devices therefor
B23Q 35/48 Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model; Devices for use in copying manually using a feeler or the like travelling to-and-fro between opposite parts of the outline of the pattern, model, or drawing
B23Q 35/121 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using mechanical sensing
B23Q 35/122 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using mechanical sensing the feeler opening or closing electrical contacts
B23Q 35/123 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using mechanical sensing the feeler varying the impedance in a circuit
B23Q 35/124 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using mechanical sensing the feeler varying the impedance in a circuit varying resistance
B23Q 35/125 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using mechanical sensing the feeler varying the impedance in a circuit varying capacitance
B23Q 35/126 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using mechanical sensing the feeler varying the impedance in a circuit varying inductance
B23Q 35/127 Means for transforming movement of the feeler or the like into feed movement of tool or work involving electrical means using non-mechanical sensing
B23Q 35/128 Sensing by using optical means
B23Q 35/129 Sensing by means of electric discharges
B23Q 37/00 Metal-working machines, or constructional combinations thereof, built-up from units designed so that at least some of the units can form parts of different machines or combinations; Units therefor in so far as the feature of interchangeability is important
B23Q 39/00 Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation
B23Q 39/02 Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation the sub-assemblies being capable of being brought to act at a single operating station
B23Q 39/04 Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation the sub-assemblies being arranged to operate simultaneously at different stations, e.g. with an annular work-table moved in steps
B23Q 41/00 Combinations or associations of metal-working machines not directed to a particular result according to classes , or
B23Q 41/02 Features relating to transfer of work between machines
B23Q 41/04 Features relating to relative arrangements of machines
B23Q 41/06 Features relating to organisation of working of machines
B23Q 41/08 Features relating to maintenance of efficient operation