Tool attachment/detachment device and machine tool

Abstract

This invention provides a machine tool capable of easily and quickly attaching/detaching a tool holder while reliably holding the tool holder, including at least two clamp holes (211) that receive pins (203) extending through at least two through holes (202) provided in a tool holder (134), at least two tubular clamp sleeves (302) fitted in the at least two clamp holes (211), respectively, and each including a flexible trunk portion (321), a fluid encapsulating chamber that encapsulates a fluid, a channel extended from the fluid encapsulating chamber to an outer peripheral surface of the flexible trunk portion, and a pressure adjusting portion that adjusts a pressure of the fluid in the fluid encapsulating chamber, wherein a clamp fastening force is made to act on the pins (203) in synchronism with an increase or a decrease in the fluid pressure in the fluid encapsulating chamber.

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