Tool magazine device
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaki Murata, Hiroaki Nishida
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Abstract
A tool magazine device including: a tool transport unit in which a plurality of tool pots are disposed at predetermined intervals on the outer periphery of the tool transport unit and which is configured to circulate and transport each tool pot along a trajectory that circulates in up-and-down direction; and a chip guide disposed along a tip trajectory of a tool held in the tool pots and including a guide surface that receives and guides chips separated from the tool. According to the tool magazine device, chips and the like fallen from the tool held in the tool pots can be easily collected.
Claims7
A tool magazine device, comprising:
- a tool transport unit in which a plurality of tool pots are disposed at predetermined intervals and which is configured to circulate and transport each tool pot;
- a chip guide including a guide surface that receives and guides chips separated from a tool;
- a chip container provided adjacent to the chip guide;
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- a cleaner that leads the chips into the chip container along the guide surface, in conjunction with the circulating and transporting of each tool pot by the tool transport unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.