Tool installation aid

A tool installation aid for installing a tool into a press, comprising:

• a holding console configured to be attached to the press;
• a tool-changing plate configured to have attached therein or thereon the tool to be transported to a table or a clamping plate of the press, wherein the holding console comprises a receiving element configured to receive the tool-changing plate and the tool-changing plate is configured to be received by the receiving element,
• a drive device disposed in the tool-changing plate and configured to be driven by a motor or be driven manually to displace the tool-changing plate on the receiving element in a direction toward the press and transfer the tool-changing plate from the receiving element onto the table or the clamping plate of the press, wherein
• the drive device of the tool-changing plate comprises at least one driven first drive element, the receiving element comprises at least one non-driven second drive element, and the at least one driven first drive element and the at least one non-driven second drive element are operatively connected for displacing the tool-changing plate in the direction toward the press, wherein the at least one driven first drive element comprises at least one each of respective front and rear driven first drive elements, and
• each of the at least one front driven first drive elements comprises a respective driven front gear wheel, and each of the at least one rear driven first drive elements comprises a respective driven rear gear wheel, and each of the at least one non-driven second drive element and a non-driven third drive element comprises a respective toothed rack configured for meshing engagement with the respective driven front and rear gear wheels, and
• the drive device of the tool-changing plate further comprises first drive shafts and second drive shafts extending perpendicular to each other and respective bevel gears coupling each respective one of the first drive shafts, at a rear end thereof relative to a displacement direction of the tool-changing plate in the direction toward the press, to a respective one of the second drive shafts, and the respective driven front and rear gear wheels of each respective one of the at least one driven first drive elements are each attached to a respective one of the first drive shafts, and
• the drive device of the tool-changing plate further comprises a rotatable coupling element, the rotatable coupling element comprising a gearbox and being disposed on an end wall of the tool-changing plate, the end wall being perpendicular to side walls of the tool-changing plate and being at a rear end of the tool-changing plate relative to the displacement direction, the rotatable coupling element being configured so that a rotational movement, generated manually or by the motor and applied to rotate the rotatable coupling element, is transmitted to the second drive shafts by way of the gearbox.