Apparatus for providing a complete tool
AssigneeFranz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
InventorOLAF STOFFELS
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Abstract
An apparatus for provisioning, in particular automatically, a complete tool having a toolholder and a tool, in particular a drilling and/or milling tool. The apparatus has a spindle that can be driven in rotation by a driving device. The spindle has a holding device for holding a toolholder. A measuring device, in particular an optical measuring device, measures a complete tool, held on the spindle. A heating device in the region of the spindle heats a shrink-fit chuck of the toolholder held on the spindle. A cooling device, in particular a cooling device associated with the spindle, enables the spindle and/or the complete tool held on the spindle, to be cooled.
Claims20
An apparatus for provisioning a complete tool with a toolholder and a tool, the apparatus comprising:
- a spindle to be driven in rotation by a driving device, said spindle having a holding device for holding the toolholder;
- a measuring device for measuring the complete tool held on said spindle;
- a heating device for heating a shrink-fit chuck of the toolholder held on said spindle;
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- a cooling device configured for cooling at least one of said spindle or the complete tool held on said spindle.
An apparatus for provisioning a complete tool with a toolholder and a tool, the apparatus comprising:
- a controllable movement device for picking up and moving an object;
- said movement device having a gripper for picking up an object being a toolholder;
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- said gripper of said movement device being configured for gripping or picking up an object being a rod-shaped tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.