Tool stand
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshihiro Takiguchi
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Abstract
A tool stand includes a first tool holder for allowing a tool to be placed thereon, a second tool holder for allowing a tool to be placed thereon, an accepting portion for accepting an instruction to read tool information on a tool placed on the first tool holder or the second tool holder, and a transmitter for (i) transmitting first tool information on a first tool placed on the first tool holder to a storage portion for storing therein tool information when the first tool information is read, and (ii) transmitting an instruction to delete second tool information on a second tool placed on the second tool holder when the second tool information is read.
Claims2
A tool stand communicably connected to a machine tool including a storage portion for storing tool information on tools accommodated in a tool magazine, the tool stand comprising:
- a tool holder for allowing a tool to be placed thereon, the tool to be added to a tool magazine;
- a call button for accepting a pot call instruction to call a pot in the tool magazine;
- a reader for reading tool information from the tool placed on the tool holder;
- a register button for accepting a registration instruction to register the tool information;
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- a transmitter for transmitting signals of various information to the machine tool, wherein
- (i) when the call button accepts the pot call instruction, the transmitter transmits a signal of the pot call instruction to the machine tool, and
- (ii) when the register button accepts the registration instruction in a state where the tool to be added is placed on the tool holder, the reader reads the tool information from the tool to be added, and the transmitter transmits a signal of the registration instruction including the read tool information to the machine tool.
A tool stand communicably connected to a machine tool including a storage portion for storing therein tool information on tools accommodated in a tool magazine, the tool stand comprising:
- a call button for accepting a pot call instruction to call a pot in a tool magazine;
- a transmitter for transmitting signals of various information to the machine tool;
- a tool holder for allowing a tool to be placed thereon, the tool having been detached from the tool magazine;
- a reader for reading tool information from the tool placed on the tool holder;
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- a delete button for accepting a delete instruction to delete the tool information, wherein
- (i) when the call button accepts the pot call instruction, the transmitter transmits a signal of the pot call instruction to the machine tool, and
- (ii) when the delete button accepts the delete instruction in a state where the tool having been detached is placed on the tool holder, the reader reads the tool information from the tool having been detached, and the transmitter transmits a signal of the delete instruction including the read tool information to the machine tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.