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US 2022/0168858 A1Published application
Automatic tool changer and control method therefor and machine tool including same
AssigneeDoosan Machine Tools Co., Ltd.
InventorJaehyun CHOI
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an automatic tool changer for a machine tool which can change a tool mounted on a tool post by moving both of a magazine and a tool post to be concentric in order to change a tool in a horizontal type machine tool such as a lathe or a horizontal type turning center; a method of controlling the automatic tool changer and a machine tool including the automatic tool changer.
Claims15
An automatic tool changer of a machine tool, comprising:
- a base installed on a spindle;
- a support movably installed on the base;
- a magazine configured to hold a plurality of tools and movably installed on the support;
- and
- a moving mechanism configured to move the support and the magazine,
- wherein both of the magazine and the tool post installed on a bed are moved close to each other when tools are exchanged.
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A method of controlling an automatic tool changer, comprising:
- a step wherein a tool post and a magazine are horizontally moved close to each other;
- a step wherein the magazine is moved forward in the direction of an inclination axis so that a gripper for clamping a machining tool of the magazine clamps a tool mounted on the tool post;
- a step wherein the tool post is horizontally moved away from the magazine to unclamp the machining tool;
- a step wherein the magazine is rotated so that a gripper holding a replacement tool is positioned at an exchange position;
- a step wherein the tool post is horizontally moved back close to the magazine to clamp the replacement tool;
- a step wherein the magazine is moved backward in the direction of the inclination axis so that the gripper clamping the replacement tool of the magazine unclamps the replacement tool to be mounted onto the tool post;
- and
- a step wherein the tool post and the magazine are horizontally moved away from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.