Tool changing device for a machine tool and method for changing tools on a machine tool
AssigneeEx-Cell-O Corporation
InventorsMichael Hagmann, Friedrich Winckler
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Abstract
A tool changing device for a machine tool with at least one tool carrier is proposed, which comprises at least one transit station, into which a tool is introducable in an inward transit direction and is extractable in an outward transit direction, wherein, at the transit station, the tool is at least one of detachable from the assigned tool carrier and fixable to the tool carrier provided.
Claims46
A tool changing device for a machine tool with at least one tool carrier, comprising:
- at least one transit station, into which a tool is introducable in an inward transit direction and is extractable in an outward transit direction;
- wherein, at the transit station, the tool is at least one of detachable from the assigned tool carrier and fixable to the tool carrier provided.
A machine tool comprising at least one tool carrier, which is provided with a tool changing device, said tool changing device comprising:
- at least one transit station, into which a tool is introducable in an inward transit direction and is extractable in an outward transit direction;
- wherein, at the transit station, the tool is at least one of detachable from the assigned tool carrier and fixable to the tool carrier provided.
A method for changing the tool on a machine tool with at least one tool carrier, comprising:
- depositing detached tools in a tool storing apparatus and supplying tools to be fixed from the tool storing apparatus;
- wherein a tool is introduced in an inward transit direction into a transit station, at which the tool is detached from the assigned tool carrier or the tool is fixed to the tool carrier provided, and is extracted in an outward transit direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.