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US 8,474,117 B2Granted
Machine tool
AssigneeMori Seiki Co., Ltd.
InventorsTatsuhiko Kuriya, Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, Hiroshi Kamo, Hidehito Ota, Hiroki Nagahara
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Abstract
There is provided a machine tool capable of housing workpieces of different sizes in a same workpiece storage unit without requiring a new workpiece storage unit. In a machine tool including a workpiece storage unit having a plurality of housing spaces housing workpieces and a processing machine processing a workpiece supplied from one of the housing spaces, the workpiece storage unit is structured so that the size of each housing space is changeable.
Claims3
A machine tool, comprising:
- a workpiece storage unit having a plurality of housing spaces housing workpieces;
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- a processing machine processing a workpiece supplied from one of the housing spaces,
- wherein the workpiece storage unit is structured so that the size of each housing space is changeable, and
- wherein the workpiece storage unit has a workpiece replacement device supplying a workpiece housed in one of the housing spaces to the processing machine and housing a workpiece processed with the processing machine in one of the housing spaces, and the size of each housing space is changed using the workpiece replacement device.
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