B23Q 3/15786
A plurality of tools being inserted simultaneously in a plurality of spindles
Official title: {a plurality of tools being inserted simultaneously in a plurality of spindles directly from a storage device, i.e. without using transfer devices}
B23Q3/15786 (A plurality of tools being inserted simultaneously in a plurality of spindles) appears on 17 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Drum-type tool magazine adaptive to multi-axis machining center3 Jan 2023US 11,541,495 B2Chen Sound Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Horizontal multi-spindle machining center15 Feb 2022US 11,247,303 B2Sungrim Engineering Co., Ltd
- Machine tool having a number of multispindle spindle assemblies19 Feb 2019US 10,207,381 B2Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinen GmbH
- Method for controlling tool change operations and machine tool20 Mar 2018US 9,919,395 B2MAG IAS GmbH
- Horizontal machine tool17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273680 A1Kede Numerical Control Co., Ltd.
- Machine tool and method of operating the machine tool13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345891 A1Etxe-Tar, S.A.
- Tool changer for machine tool and machine tool3 Aug 2023US 2023/0241732 A1Komatsu Ntc Ltd.
- Method for loading and replacing tools in machining centers provided with a mechanized tool magazine, and machining center using the method13 Apr 2023US 2023/0112901 A1Vigel S.p.A.
- Multi-spindle fully automatic vertical machining center21 Jul 2022US 2022/0226948 A1Kede Numerical Control Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
- Machine tool22US 6,428,453 B1Deckel Maho Pfronten GmbH · 2002
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- Machine for drilling oil holes in crankshafts14US 6,203,478 B1Etxe-Tar, S.A. · 2001
- Method and apparatus for changing a saw assembly8US 5,637,068 AU. S. Natural Resources, Inc. · 1997
- Process and machine tool for machining workpieces with two work spindles5US 6,099,449 AHuller Hille GmbH · 2000