Tool exchange method and tool exchange device
AssigneeMakino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorTadashi KASAHARA
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Abstract
This tool exchange device for a machine tool uses an exchange arm to exchange tools between a processing area and a tool accommodation area. In the tool exchange device, an imaging device is used to capture an image of a tool in the tool accommodation area, operation parameters for the exchange arm when the exchange arm is used to exchange the tools are determined from the captured image of the tool, and the exchange arm is operated on the basis of the operation parameters to exchange the tool.
Claims10
A tool changing method for a machine tool configured to change tools by a changing arm between a machining space and a tool storage space, characterized by:
- an image capturing step of capturing an image of a tool with an image capturing device;
- an operation parameter determining step of determining an operation parameter for the changing arm at the time of tool change by the changing arm, based on the image of the tool captured by the image capturing device;
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- a tool changing step of changing the tools by the changing arm operated based on the operation parameter.
A tool changer for a machine tool configured to change tools by a changing arm between a machining space and a tool storage space, characterized by:
- an image capturing device disposed in the tool storage space, and configured to capture an image of a tool with an image capturing device;
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- a control device configured to determine an operation parameter for the changing arm at the time of tool change by the changing arm, based on the image of the tool captured by the image capturing device, and to operate the changing arm based on the operation parameter in order to change the tools by the changing arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.