Machine tool with improved tool changer means
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InventorKENNETH J. SUSNJARA
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Abstract
A tool changer for a machine tool having a toolhead assembly including a spindle with means for detachable securing a tool thereto, generally consisting of at least one means for holding a tool detachably securable to the spindle, pivotally connected to the assembly and angularly displaceable in a plane including the axis of the spindle between a retracted position and an extended position for transferring a tool between the tool holding means and the spindle; and means for angularly displacing the tool holding means between such retracted and extended positions.
Claims21
A method of tracking tool information stored on an electronic media, comprising the steps of:
- storing a tool number of a tool in the electronic media;
- storing tool changer data indicating a tool changer containing the tool in the electronic media.
A method of controlling a swapping of tools among a plurality of tool changers and a spindle, comprising the steps of:
- a. running a piece part program on a computer;
- b. identifying a predetermined number of most used tools from the piece part program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.