Cutting blade supplying apparatus

A cutting blade supplying apparatus for supplying a cutting apparatus with a replacement cutting blade,

• the cutting apparatus including
• a holding unit configured to hold a workpiece,
• a cutting unit to which a cutting blade for cutting the workpiece held by the holding unit is rotatably mounted,
• a feeding unit configured to feed the holding unit relative to the cutting unit for processing of the workpiece, and
• a blade replacing unit configured to automatically mount the cutting blade to the cutting unit and detach the cutting blade from the cutting unit,
• the cutting blade supplying apparatus comprising:
• a cutting blade stocker that stocks a plurality of replacement cutting blades;
• a carrying out section that retrieves one of the replacement cutting blades from the cutting blade stocker;
• a belt conveyor that receives the retrieved replacement cutting blade released by the carrying-out section and carries the received replacement cutting blade to the cutting apparatus;
• a transferring unit that removes the carried replacement cutting blade from the belt conveyer and transfers the removed replacement cutting blade to the blade replacing unit;
• and
• a control unit,
• wherein the control unit selects the replacement cutting blade needed by the cutting apparatus and causes the replacement cutting blade to be retrieved by the carrying-out section and carried to the cutting apparatus by the belt conveyor.