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US 8,523,746 B2Granted
Machine tool with a chain magazine
AssigneeMag Europe GmbH
InventorsWaldemar Haus, Wolfgang Horn
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Abstract
A machine tool with a chain magazine has a chain guide which extends in the x, y, and z-directions. It also has a magazine chain, which has chain members, which are connected to one another by means of universal joints and in each case have a tool receiver. The magazine chain is guided by means of the chain guide. The chain magazine is moveable in the z-direction for tool changing operations.
Claims11
A machine tool,
- with a machine frame,
- with a workpiece holding device arranged on the machine frame, and
- with a tool spindle which is arranged on the machine frame,
- the tool spindle being moveable at least in a horizontal x-direction and a vertical y-direction,
- with a chain magazine,
- having a chain guide,
- which extends in the x, y, and z-directions, and
- having a magazine chain, which
- has chain members, which
- are connected to one another by means of universal joints and have at least one tool receiver, and
- is guided by means of the chain guide,
- wherein the chain magazine is movable in a horizontal z-direction, which is perpendicular to the x-direction and to the y-direction, relative to the machine frame, and,
- wherein the tool spindle, viewed along the horizontal z-direction, is moveable into an overlapping position with at least one tool receiver of the magazine chain in order to enable direct tool exchange between the at least one tool receiver and the tool spindle.
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