Tool changing installation for automatic machine-tool
AssigneeDixi S.A. Usine 2
InventorFriedrich Haller
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Abstract
A tool changing installation for an automatic machine-tool including a tool magazine having a plurality of independently rotatable drums coaxially aligned. Each drum includes a large radial recess opening on its periphery and a plurality of tools angularly disposed around the periphery thereof. A tool transporting carriage moves parallel with the axis of the drums to selectively remove and replace the tools in the drums. A tool being removed or replaced passes on the transporting carriage through the recesses of the other drums to or from a tool loader. The tool loader takes the tools from the transporting carriage and loads them in the machine-tool and removes tools from the machine-tool and loads them in the transporting carriage to be replaced in the drums.
Claims10
An improved tool changing installation for an automatic machine-tool, including a tool magazine and a transporting mechanism for removing the tools from the machine and replacing them in the magazine, the improvement comprising:
- said magazine including a plurality of rotatable coaxial drums including means for rotating said drums independently from one another, said tools being angularly distributed around the periphery of each drum, each drum being provided with a radial recess opening on its periphery larger than the width of said tools to allow movement of a tool therethrough;
- said transporting mechanism including gripping means movable on an axis substantially parallel with the axis of said drums for removing and replacing tools in said drums, said gripping means carrying a tool aligned such that it will pass through said recess openings in the other drums as it is moved past said drums.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.