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US 12,654,268 B2Granted
Machine tool
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsIsao Hikita, Akihisa Aoyama, Tetsushi Asada
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Abstract
The present invention includes a tool magazine (10) storing a plurality of tools (T), a turret (3) to which a plurality of tools (T) are attached, and a tool changer (20) changing a tool (T) attached to the turret (3) for a tool (T) stored in the tool magazine (10). The tool changer (20) has two tool grippers for gripping tools (T) and replaces tools (T) attached to the turret (3) with one another using the two tool grippers based on tool information stored in a tool information storage (43) under control by a tool change control unit (42).
Claims6
A machine tool comprising:
- a tool magazine storing a plurality of tools;
- a turret to which a plurality of tools are attached;
- a tool changer configured to change a tool attached to the turret for a tool stored in the tool magazine;
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- a tool change control unit configured to control operations of the tool magazine and the turret, wherein:
- the tool changer has a first tool gripper and a second tool gripper for gripping tools and is configured to, under control by the tool change control unit, replace attachment positions of tools attached to the turret with one another using the first tool gripper and the second tool gripper.
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