Cutting blade supplying apparatus and cutting blade case

A cutting blade supplying apparatus for supplying a cutting blade to a cutting apparatus, 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 put the holding unit and the cutting unit into relative processing feeding, and a blade replacing unit configured to automatically mount and detach the cutting blade mounted to the cutting unit, the cutting blade supplying apparatus comprising:

• a cutting blade stocker that stocks a plurality of cutting blades;
• a carrying unit that carries out the cutting blade from the cutting blade stocker and carries the cutting blade to the cutting apparatus;
• a transferring unit that transfers the cutting blade carried by the carrying unit to the blade replacing unit;
• and
• a control unit,
• wherein the cutting blade stocker includes a cutting blade case that accommodates the cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade includes a mounting port formed in a center thereof to be mounted to a spindle and a cutting edge formed at an outer periphery of the mounting port, and a cutting blade case mounting unit on which to mount the cutting blade case,
• the cutting blade case includes a tubular body that accommodates two or more cutting blades in a stacked state, and a rod to be inserted in the mounting port to avoid contact between the cutting edge and an inner wall of the tubular body, and
• the control unit selects the cutting blade required by the cutting apparatus and causes the cutting blade to be carried by the carrying unit to the cutting apparatus.