Tool magazine system with stacked tool holders

A tool magazine system, which is applied to a machine tool having at least one spindle and a working area, with a tool changing position formed below the spindle in the working area, the tool magazine system comprising:

• a tool storage device, comprising at least one first tool storage area and at least one second tool storage area, the first tool storage area and the second tool storage area being arranged in parallel, each of the first tool storage area and the second tool storage area being configured to accommodate a plurality of tool holders in a stacked manner, a lower end of the first tool storage area forming a tool holder returning position, a lower end of the second tool storage area forming a tool holder picking position;
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• at least one tool storage vertical movement device, configured to drive the tool holders in the first tool storage area and second tool storage area to perform vertical movement, so as to deliver the tool holders from the tool holder returning position into the first tool storage area, and deliver the tool holders from the second tool storage area to the tool holder picking position, thereby allowing a tool changing device to transport the tool holders between the tool changing position, the tool holder returning position, and the tool holder picking position.