Patent Number: 5,674,032

Date of Patent: Oct. 7, 1997

TOOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INTEGRAL HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS AND TURBINE POWER SOURCE

An integrated tooling system and technique wherein the tool shaft serves as its own spindle and is provided on its surface with hydrostatic bearing grooves and is provided on its surface with hydrostatic bearing grooves for permitting spinning within a supporting bore, and with the shaft connected at its rear end internally with a driving fluid turbine to form an in-line integrated high speed high power tooling system.