DIRECT DRIVE MULTIPLE AXES ROTARY SPINDLE HEAD FOR MILLING MACHINE

摘要

A gearless, direct drive, multiple axes rotary head (10) for a machine tool is provided which includes a spindle (24) mounted to the rotary head (10) for rotation thereon about multiple axes and a plurality of motors (31, 92, 94) coupled to the head (10) and a spindle (24) for directly driving and controlling the rotation of the head (10) and spindle (24) about the multiple axes respectively.