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US 2017/0304973 A1Published application
Tool changer, machine tool, and method for changing tool
AssigneeNakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira KOIZUMI
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Abstract
A tool changer includes at least one tool changer unit, wherein the at least one tool changer unit includes: a tool holder that receives and holds a tool; a base member that supports the tool holder so that the tool holder can be slid along a longitudinal direction of the tool; and a moving mechanism that slides the tool holder relative to the base member.
Claims8
A tool changer comprising:
- at least one tool changer unit,
- wherein the at least one tool changer unit comprises:
- a tool holder that receives and holds a tool;
- a base member that supports the tool holder so that the tool holder can be slid along a longitudinal direction of the tool;
- and
- a moving mechanism that slides the tool holder relative to the base member.
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A method for changing a tool comprising:
- opening a shutter;
- selecting one tool changer unit that holds a desired tool from a plurality of tool changer units;
- moving a tool holder of the selected one tool changer unit forward along a longitudinal direction of a tool that is held by the tool holder to place a front end of the tool at a position outward from the shutter;
- moving a tool rest toward the tool, and causing a tool shaft that is provided to the tool rest to chuck the tool;
- and
- moving the tool rest upward to remove the tool from the tool holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.