Machine tool
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorsKoji TOYAMA, Yoshio Ootsuka, Yuki Konno
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Abstract
A machine tool includes a bed, a column, a rotary main spindle, a tool magazine, a tool changer, and a controller. The tool changer includes a body provided on the bed so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the column, a changing arm rotatably provided on the body, and a door provided on the body to open or close an opening formed in the body, and configured to partition an area on the column side from an area on the tool magazine side by closing the opening. The controller is configured to move the body in parallel with at least one of an operation of opening the door and an operation of closing the door.
Claims10
A machine tool, comprising:
- a bed;
- a column provided so as to be reciprocally movable on the bed;
- a rotary main spindle rotatably provided on the column;
- a tool magazine configured to house tools;
- a tool changer configured to change the tool attached to the rotary main spindle for the tool housed in the tool magazine;
- and
- a controller configured to control the column, the rotary main spindle, and the tool changer, wherein
- the tool changer includes:
- a body provided on the bed so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the column;
- a changing arm rotatably provided on the body;
- and
- a door provided on the body to open or close an opening formed in the body, and configured to partition an area on the column side from an area on the tool magazine side by closing the opening, and
- the controller is configured to move the body in parallel with at least one of an operation of opening the door and an operation of closing the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.