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US 11,135,693 B2Granted
Machine tool system
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Shirone
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Abstract
This machine tool system is provided with a tool holder adaptor that has a flange having formed therein: a hole part that contains a tool holder; and an engagement part that engages with a hand of a self-propelled robot, wherein when transporting the tool holder to a machine tool from a tool storage that contains a plurality of tool holder adaptors, the self-propelled robot grasps the tool holder adaptor to transport the tool.
Claims3
A machine tool system for transporting tools and workpieces to a plurality of machine tools, the system comprising:
- a first tool holder for holding a first tool of said tools, the first tool having a longitudinal axis,
- a self-propelled robot having a hand for engagement with a predetermined shape,
- a first tool holder adapter having a hole for accommodating therein the first tool and a tip of the first tool holder, and the first tool holder adapter further having a flange, said flange having a circumferential groove formed therein for engagement with the hand, and
- a tool storage for storing a plurality of tool holder adapters for storing tool holders including the first tool holder adapter and the first tool holder, wherein
- an axis, which extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tool, extends through the first tool and the first tool holder adapter when the first tool and the tip of the first tool holder are accommodated within the first tool holder adapter, and
- when the first tool holder is transported from the tool storage to a first machine tool of the plurality of machine tools, the self-propelled robot transports the first tool by gripping with the hand thereof the circumferential groove of the flange of the first tool holder adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.