Machine tool and method of operating the machine tool
AssigneeEtxe-Tar, S.A.
InventorsJorge Ibarra, Gabriel Moya
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Abstract
A machine tool includes a tool assembly having a tool carrier support and a tool magazine. The tool assembly is displaceable in parallel with an X axis. The tool carrier support supports a tool carrier for driving a tool. The tool magazine of the tool assembly is configured for supporting a number of tools. The tool magazine is attached to the tool carrier support for movement with the tool carrier support in parallel with the X axis. The tool assembly includes a drive component configured for displacing the tool magazine in relation to the tool carrier support, between a first position in which the tool magazine is not facing the tool carrier, and a second position in which the tool magazine is facing the tool carrier, for allowing tool replacement.
Claims20
A machine tool comprising:
- a workpiece support for supporting at least two workpieces for allowing machining of the workpieces;
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- a tool assembly comprising a tool carrier support and a tool magazine, the tool assembly being displaceable in parallel with an X axis;
- wherein the tool carrier support supports a tool carrier, the tool carrier being configured for carrying and driving a tool configured for machining at least one of the at least two workpieces supported by the workpiece support, wherein the tool carrier is supported on the tool carrier support for movement with the tool carrier support in parallel with the X axis;
- wherein the tool magazine of the tool assembly is configured for supporting a plurality of tools;
- wherein the tool magazine is attached to the tool carrier support for movement with the tool carrier support in parallel with the X axis;
- wherein the tool assembly comprises drive means for displacing the tool magazine in relation to the tool carrier support, between a first position in which the tool magazine is not disposed facing the tool carrier, and a second position in which the tool magazine is disposed facing the tool carrier, for allowing replacement of a tool carried by the tool carrier, by another tool supported by the tool magazine;
- wherein the tool carrier is supported on the tool carrier support so that the tool carrier is displaceable in relation to the tool carrier support in parallel with a Z axis perpendicular to the X axis;
- and wherein the workpiece support is arranged for supporting the at least two workpieces so that the at least two workpieces extend in parallel with the X axis, and so that the workpieces are arranged one after the other along an axis parallel with the Y axis, the Y axis being perpendicular to the X axis and to the Z axis, and wherein the tool carrier support supports at least one further tool carrier, the tool carriers being arranged for simultaneous machining of a respective one of the at least two workpieces, the tool carriers being arranged one after the other along an axis parallel with the Y axis.
A machine tool comprising:
- a workpiece support for supporting at least one workpiece for allowing machining of the workpiece;
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- a tool assembly comprising a tool carrier support and a tool magazine, the tool assembly being displaceable in parallel with an X axis;
- wherein the tool carrier support supports a tool carrier, the tool carrier being configured for carrying and driving a tool configured for machining a workpiece supported by the workpiece support, wherein the tool carrier is supported on the tool carrier support for movement with the tool carrier support in parallel with the X axis;
- wherein the tool magazine of the tool assembly is configured for supporting a plurality of tools;
- wherein the tool magazine is attached to the tool carrier support for movement with the tool carrier support in parallel with the X axis;
- wherein the tool assembly comprises drive means for displacing the tool magazine in relation to the tool carrier support, between a first position in which the tool magazine is not disposed facing the tool carrier, and a second position in which the tool magazine is disposed facing the tool carrier, for allowing replacement of a tool carried by the tool carrier, by another tool supported by the tool magazine;
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- wherein the drive means are drive means for displacing the tool magazine in parallel with the X axis in relation to the tool carrier support, between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.