Machine tool

A machine tool comprising:

• a tool magazine having a plurality of tool grippers radially disposed about a center of the tool magazine, each of the plurality of tool grippers being capable of gripping a tool;
• a workpiece support with a workpiece placed thereon and removed therefrom by an automated workpiece carrier, the workpiece to be machined by the tool;
• and
• a spindle subjected to attachment of the tool for machining the workpiece on the workpiece support, wherein
• the tool magazine is able to rotate between a machining position where the tool attached to the spindle machines the workpiece, a tool exchange position where the tool attached to the spindle is exchanged, and a retreat position where the automated workpiece carrier is not disturbed in placing the workpiece on or removing the workpiece from the workpiece support,
• the workpiece is placed on the workpiece support from above or removed upward from the workpiece support by the automated workpiece carrier via a space located horizontally adjacent the tool magazine, wherein
• the tool magazine is configured such that when disposed in either the machining position or the tool exchange position, the automated workpiece carrier is precluded from accessing the workpiece support, and
• when the automated workpiece carrier is performing the placing of the workpiece on or the removal of the workpiece from the workpiece support, the workpiece support is disposed lower than the tool magazine, and
• the machine tool further comprises:
• a tool magazine retractor for moving the tool magazine to the retreat position, and
• a controller for controlling, in synchronism with each other, an operation of placing the workpiece on or removing the workpiece from the workpiece support by the automated workpiece carrier and an operation of the tool magazine retractor.