Method and system for loading and unloading a machine tool with tools
OwnerJosef Muserinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for loading tools (3, 3′) in and unloading them from a machine tool (5), whereby the tools (3, 3′) are removed from a magazine (1), transferred to an intermediate storage (11) and supplied from said intermediate storage (11) to the machine tool (5). The inventive method is characterized in that the tools (3, 3′), during transfer to the machine tool (5), are simultaneously removed from the intermediate storage (11) and the machine tool (5) or inserted into the same. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
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-19. (canceled)
A method for loading and unloading a machine tool with tools, in which the tools are taken from a hopper at first to an intermediate storage unit and are supplied from the intermediate storage unit to the machine tool, wherein in a transfer to the machine tool the tools are taken via a changer apparatus simultaneously from the intermediate storage unit and the machine tool or are inserted into the same.
A system for loading and unloading a machine tool, comprising tools, a hopper for storing the tools, an intermediate storage unit for quickly providing tools, wherein a changer apparatus is additionally provided, which is configured to simultaneously remove tools from the intermediate storage unit and the machine tool or to insert them in the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.