Lubricant nozzle positioning system and method

A method of automatically positioning a lubricating nozzle for use with a tooling machine, comprising the steps of:

• providing a tooling machine having a tooling station;
• and an automated tool changing assembly, having a plurality of cutting tools secured therein, for transporting a desired one of said plurality of cutting tools between a storage location defined upon said tool changing assembly and said tooling station such that a desired one of said plurality of cutting tools can contact a workpiece to be tooled when said desired one of said plurality of cutting tools is moved to said tooling station;
• establishing a plurality of programs in conjunction with said automated tool changing assembly for sequentially moving particular tools of said plurality of cutting tools from said storage location to predetermined positions at said tooling station with respect to a workpiece for performing a desired machining operation upon said workpiece;
• providing a lubricating assembly having at least one movable nozzle for providing a desired lubricant, and a nozzle positioning system for moving said movable nozzle;
• selecting a particular one of said plurality of programs to be run in conjunction with said automated tool changing assembly to sequentially move particular tools of said plurality of tools to said tooling station;
• and
• positioning said movable nozzle, proximate an interface defined between a particular one of said plurality of cutting tools and a particular portion of a workpiece to be tooled, in to provide said lubricant to said interface conjunction with said selected one of said plurality of programs, corresponding respectively to said particular tools of said plurality of cutting tools, and in accordance with the sequential movement of said particular tools of said plurality of cutting tools into position at said tooling station with respect to said workpiece by said automated tool changing assembly in accordance with said particular one of said plurality of programs.