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Machine tool simplifying maintenance, reducing manufacturing costs, and enabling high precision machining. The machine tool is equipped with: a bed furnished with a rectangular base, right and left sidewalls provided standing either side of the base, and a rear sidewall provided standing along the back of the base; a table disposed in the space surrounded by the three sidewalls; a first saddle shaped in the form of a rectangular frame shape, provided free to shift back and forth supported on the tops of the left and right sidewalls; a second saddle penetrated by a perpendicular through-hole and arranged free to shift sideways inside the first saddle frame; and a spindle head arranged free to shift perpendicularly inside the through-hole in the second saddle; and a main spindle arranged over the table and supported by the spindle head free to rotate centered on its axis.

A tool stocker includes main stockers for holding a plurality of tools detachably mounted on a main spindle for machining a workpiece, an auxiliary stocker for holding and transferring tools to and from the main stockers, and a tool transfer mechanism for transferring tools between the main stockers and the auxiliary stocker. The auxiliary stocker includes a plurality of tool pods for removably supporting the tools therein, a rail in sliding engagement with outer surfaces of the tool pods, a chain for moving the tool pods in sliding engagement with the rail, and a motor for actuating the chain. The rail has a recess defined therein in alignment with the tool transfer mechanism, such that the tools transferred by the tool transfer mechanism pass through the recess.

A multi-function end effector includes a plurality of tool change mechanisms in a housing in which a spindle is also mounted for translation along an axis of the spindle. Each tool change mechanism has a gripper that releasably grips a tool holder in which a tool is mounted. The gripper of each tool change mechanism is movable between a stowed position to a tool-change position in which the gripper is coaxially aligned with the axis of the spindle for placing a tool holder held in the gripper in a position to be received by the spindle and for positioning the gripper to receive a tool holder from the spindle. The tools mounted in the tool holders include a drill bit, a countersink tool, and a fastener insertion tool. The end effector also includes a fastener feed system, a hammer device, and a sealant applicator.

Machine tool having a bed, a table arranged on the bed, a first saddle provided free to travel back and forth, a second saddle supported on the first saddle and provided free to travel side to side, a spindle head provided free to travel perpendicularly on the second saddle, a main spindle situated above the table and by the spindle head supported free to rotate on its center axis, a front cover provided on the front side of the bed and furnished with doors that open and close sideways, and top covers configured with one end sideways shiftably connected to the front side of the first saddle, and with another end connected extensibly / retractably to the top of the front-cover doors, therein being configured for permitting back-and-forth-directed movement of the first saddle.

A machine tool of small scale, light weight, and low cost, yet accomplishing a high degree of precision in machining. A spindle (2) is encased in a body frame (1) and disposed preferably in such a manner that the spindle (2) is movable along an axial center thereof or Z-axis direction by means of a Z-axis moving means (4). Either Y-axis table (5) or an X-axis table (6), at least being capable of moving along X-axis or Y-axis direction, or both is provided at one end of the spindle (2) on one side of the body frame (1) and arranged to be vertical with respect to the axial center of the spindle (2).

A machine tool (1, 1′), in particular a drilling and milling machine, comprising a housing (20) having a machine bed (2), together with side walls (3, 4) and doors (5, 6, 7), comprising a fixed, pivotable or rotatable work table (8, 9), and comprising a slide (10), transportable in the y direction, for the reception of a spindle head (11), transportable in the x-z direction, for the reception of tools (12), wherein the front door (5), for the enlargement of the working and loading area (21) in the upward direction, is of transomless configuration, the roof region (13) of the machine (1, 1′) has an automatically operable cover (16), the rear region (22) of the machine (1, 1′) has an integrable automatic pallet changer (14), and the machine (1, 1′) is assigned an automatic tool changer (15).

A multi-spindle machining machine with a tool changing mechanism comprising a base; a carrier including a seat to move in Z axis, a rotary shaft fixed on the seat laterally to drive the seat to rotate in A axis, and a fixing holder coupled to an end portion of the rotary shaft to fix a workpiece; a tool changing mechanism including a mount mounted to the rotary shaft to rotate with the rotary shaft and a monitor fixed on the seat to measure a length of the tool clamped on the driving spindle, and including a plurality of slots to receive the tools respectively; a working head moving above the carrier and the tool changing mechanism in X and Y axes and including a driving spindle mounted on a lower end thereof to rotate axially, and the lower end of the driving spindle allowing to engage and disengage the tool.

A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machine region, an opening window provided on the compartment cover to permit the machining head to go in and out therethrough, and a seal member in the form of a closed ring to be mounted on an inner peripheral edge of the opening window of the compartment cover, wherein an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the machining head is brought into sliding contact with an inner peripheral edge of the seal member in a state, in which the machining head is moved into the machining region from a tool exchange position within the machine region.

A machining or processing plant (1) is provided including one or several machining stations (2) that are surrounded by a protective partition (13) and are supplied with components (4, 5) from at least one external supply (6) by a feeding mechanism (8). The feeding mechanism (8) is provided with one or several distribution vehicles (9) which can be moved between the supply (6) and the processing stations (2). The distribution vehicles (9) are equipped with a multi-shaft manipulator (10) and a device (36) for surmounting the protective partitions (13). The distribution vehicles (9) are also equipped with one or several receptacles (30) for component supports (24, 25).

A machine tool having a turning function and a milling function includes a spindle, a spindle housing supporting the spindle in a rotatable manner, a main clamp provided at the spindle, an auxiliary clamp provided at the spindle housing, and a double arm with a first gripper and a second gripper. The auxiliary clamp clamps a tool holder together with the main clamp during fixing a fixed tool. The double arm exchanges a tool holder grasped at the first gripper for another tool holder grasped at the second gripper by rotating and sliding movements. The auxiliary clamp is arranged at a position not interfering with the double arm that moves during exchanging tool holders. By such a configuration, a machine tool achieving a clamping force sufficient to withstand the load during a turning process, and that allows tool exchange in a short period of time, and a tool holder employed in such a machine tool, can be provided.

Machine tool simplifying maintenance, reducing manufacturing costs, and enabling high precision machining. The machine tool is equipped with: a bed furnished with a rectangular base, right and left sidewalls provided standing either side of the base, and a rear sidewall provided standing along the back of the base; a table disposed in the space surrounded by the three sidewalls; a first saddle shaped in the form of a rectangular frame shape, provided free to shift back and forth supported on the tops of the left and right sidewalls; a second saddle penetrated by a perpendicular through-hole and arranged free to shift sideways inside the first saddle frame; and a spindle head arranged free to shift perpendicularly inside the through-hole in the second saddle; and a main spindle arranged over the table and supported by the spindle head free to rotate centered on its axis.

The present invention provides a tool changer of a machine tool capable of suppressing cost increase and preventing size increase of the machine when a tool magazine is mounted. In a tool changer of a machine tool provided with a pallet change mechanism 10 in which a machining-side pallet 11 disposed on a machining area A side and a standby-side pallet 12 disposed on a standby area B side are turned around a turn shaft 14 by a turning member 13 to be automatically changed, a tool magazine 28 holding a plurality of tools T1 to T4 is disposed between the machining-side pallet 11 and the standby-side pallet 12 in the turning member 13 and the tool magazine 28 is turned by the turning member 13 so that the tools T1 to T4 face a spindle 5 disposed on the machining area A side.

A machine tool capable of reducing the lateral width of the upper part thereof by reducing the lateral width of a bed (1) while machining through the same lateral moving distance of a spindle (10) as before, comprising longitudinal guide rails (2) installed on the bed (1), a slide (3) installed through the guide rails (2) movably in a longitudinal direction, a column (6) movable in vertical direction, wherein first cover plates (25) are fixed at the right and left sides of a vertical moving route for the spindle (10), side cover plates (26) are installed continuously with the outer end edges of the first cover plates (25) so as to be turnable rearward, a second cover plate (32) is installed at the front sides of the first cover plates (25) and the side cover plates (26) integrally with the slide (3) so as to cover the front side of the moving range of the column (6), and a shielded machining space (SK) is formed at the front of the second cover plate (32).

Machine tool having a bed, a table arranged on the bed, a first saddle provided free to travel back and forth, a second saddle supported on the first saddle and provided free to travel side to side, a spindle head provided free to travel perpendicularly on the second saddle, a main spindle situated above the table and by the spindle head supported free to rotate on its center axis, a front cover provided on the front side of the bed and furnished with doors that open and close sideways, and top covers configured with one end sideways shiftably connected to the front side of the first saddle, and with another end connected extensibly / retractably to the top of the front-cover doors, therein being configured for permitting back-and-forth-directed movement of the first saddle.

The invention belongs to the technical field of numerical control equipment, in particular relates to a double-layer tool magazine. The double-layer tool magazine is comprised of a driving device, an upper cutter head, a lower cutter head, a clutch driving device, and a cylinder power device; the clutch driving device comprises an upper rotating center and a lower rotating center, wherein the lower rotating center is an active part, and the upper rotating center is a driven part; the upper rotating center is connected with the cylinder power device, and can realize separation and coordination with the lower rotating center under the control of the cylinder power device; the upper cutter head is fixedly arranged on the upper rotating center; the lower cutter head is fixedly arranged on the lower rotating center and is driven by the driving device to rotate; and the upper cutter head and the lower cutter head are both provided with a tool apron used for holding tools. The double-layer tool magazine is compact in structure, small in space occupation, convenient to processing and manufacturing, low in cost, fast in tool change, the number of tools on machine tools can be greatly increased under the premise of a small occupation area of the numerical control machine tool, and the double-layer tool magazine is applicable to all types of numerical control machine tools.

A machining center includes a rotatable tool magazine (22) arranged above a work space (WS) facing a spindle (15) tilted so that the spindle side becomes lower and having a plurality of grippers (24) for holding tools (16) in a circumferential direction, and a shutter (26) arranged below the tool magazine (22) to be able to open and close facing the spindle side. The tool magazine (22) has a tool-free area (AR2) where there are no grippers (24) at a part of the circumferential direction and a tool-holding area (ARA) where there are grippers (24) at another part of the circumferential direction. The tool magazine (22) is controlled in rotation so that when the shutter (26) is closed, the tool-free area (AR2) moves to the spindle side while when the shutter (26) is open, the tool-holding area (AR1) moves to the spindle side.

A multi-function end effector includes a plurality of tool change mechanisms in a housing in which a spindle is also mounted for translation along an axis of the spindle. Each tool change mechanism has a gripper that releasably grips a tool holder in which a tool is mounted. The gripper of each tool change mechanism is movable between a stowed position to a tool-change position in which the gripper is coaxially aligned with the axis of the spindle for placing a tool holder held in the gripper in a position to be received by the spindle and for positioning the gripper to receive a tool holder from the spindle. The tools mounted in the tool holders include a drill bit, a countersink tool, and a fastener insertion tool. The end effector also includes a fastener feed system, a hammer device, and a sealant applicator.

Disclosed is a method for replacing a process instrument in a processing apparatus, in which a target object is loaded by a transfer mechanism into a processing unit and is subjected to a process by use of the process instrument. The method includes confirming that a process on the target object is finished in a processing unit designated as a process instrument replacement target, and providing information that a process instrument replacing operation is permitted to start. The method further includes, when a shutter of the processing unit designated as the process instrument replacement target is closed to perform a process instrument replacing operation and an operation prohibition state is thereby applied to the transfer mechanism, canceling the operation prohibition state to allow the transfer mechanism to perform a load / unload operation relative to a processing unit not designated as a process instrument replacement target.

The invention refers to a machine tool with only one work spindle which carries and drives an exchangeable machining tool. Furthermore a tool supply is provided which has tool tongs for receiving machining tools. For exchanging and replacing the machining tools a relative movement is provided. It is suggested to share out the tool supply between at least two partial magazines.

The invention refers to a machine tool where in a machine frame a tool spindle is provided. In the machine tool a tool change device for at least one machining tool is arranged. The tool spindle consists of a lug with at least two members wherein the lug holds the tool carrier receiving the machining tool. The two members are connected flexibly to each other by a bent joint.

A machine tool including a base frame, a workpiece table, a machining unit, and a connection portion is disclosed. The base frame has a machining area. The base frame includes two left and right side frames and a connection frame connecting the two side frames. The workpiece table is arranged on the base frame in the machining area. The machining unit is arranged on an upper portion of the base frame and includes a spindle device. A connection portion connects the machining unit and the base frame in a detachable manner.

A machine tool and more particularly a drilling and / or milling machine, which has a machine stand, on which a slide arrangement, which runs on guide rails and is motor driven, is able to be moved in either direction of horizontal motion. On this slide arrangement a working head is arranged to receive rotary tools. Underneath the working head in a working area a power driven machining table runs along vertical guide rails for the performance of vertical working movements. The working area is laterally delimited by two side walls at least partly, such side walls extending in parallelism to the longitudinal direction, the vertical guide rails for the working table being arranged on one of the side walls. This means that there is a simple design allowing for removal of shavings to the rear and accordingly a narrow form of the machine. A further point is that a transverse wall connecting the side walls remains free so that there is simple access to a tool magazine arranged behind these part

A machine tool is provided with a chain-type bit-storing apparatus which includes a frame, two sprockets, a chain and a pivoting unit. The frame includes a cutout. The sprockets are placed in the frame. The chain is driven by the sprockets. The chain includes links each including a socket for containing a bit, two plates for supporting the socket, first and second blocks placed between the plates, first and second bearing units for rotationally supporting the first and second blocks on the plates, and a connecting unit for pivotally connecting the first block thereof to the second block of an adjacent link. The pivoting unit is used to pivot the socket of a selected one of the links to move an open end of the socket out of the frame through the cutout.

A system for reconditioning barrels comprising: a robot arm; a router assembly for routing the inside surface of a barrel; and a laser assembly for measuring the inside profile of a barrel, wherein: the router assembly is fixedly attached to the robot arm; and the laser assembly is removably attached to the router assembly thus allowing the laser assembly to be removed whilst the barrel is being routed in order to protect the laser from airborne particles and vibrations from the router.

The invention discloses a multi-spindle automatic tool changing device, and relates to the technical field of numerical-control machine tools. The multi-spindle automatic tool changing device comprises a base, an Y-axis worktable, an X-axis movement module, Z-axis spindle machining assemblies, a tool magazine and Z-axis positioning jigs. The Y-axis worktable is positioned on the base, the Z-axis positioning jigs include a Z1-axis positioning jig, a Z2-axis positioning jig and a Z3-axis positioning jig, and the Z1-axis positioning jig, the Z2-axis positioning jig and the Z3-axis positioning jig are arranged on the Y-axis worktable side by side along an X-axis direction; the X-axis movement module is arranged at the rear end of the base, the Z-axis spindle machining assemblies include a Z1 spindle machining assembly, a Z2 spindle machining assembly and a Z3 spindle machining assembly; the tool magazine is arranged below the X-axis movement module. The multi-spindle automatic tool changing device has the advantages that tools can be automatically changed, automatic control can be facilitated, the multi-spindle automatic tool changing device can bring convenience for workers during maintenance and repair, the labor intensity of the workers can be relieved to a great extent, and the production efficiency can be effectively improved.

A machine tool having an automatic tool changer (ATC). The machine tool includes a gantry, a spindle extending from the gantry, a configurable work area, and an ATC adjacent to a front wall of the machine tool. The ATC includes a rotary tool magazine and a plurality of receptacles oriented radially around the rotary tool magazine configured to hold a plurality of cutting tools having cutting edges. The cutting edges of the cutting tools point radially inwardly around the rotary tool magazine, and the cutting tools are removed directly from the automatic tool changer by the spindle and brought to a part to be machined. A tool sensor may be located between the ATC and the spindle to take measurements of the cutting tool. The ATC includes at least one receptacle configured to hold a cutting tool.

A machine tool capable of reducing the lateral width of the upper part thereof by reducing the lateral width of a bed (1) while machining through the same lateral moving distance of a spindle (10) as before, comprising longitudinal guide rails (2) installed on the bed (1), a slide (3) installed through the guide rails (2) movably in a longitudinal direction, a column (6) movable in vertical direction, wherein first cover plates (25) are fixed at the right and left sides of a vertical moving route for the spindle (10), side cover plates (26) are installed continuously with the outer end edges of the first cover plates (25) so as to be turnable rearward, a second cover plate (32) is installed at the front sides of the first cover plates (25) and the side cover plates (26) integrally with the slide (3) so as to cover the front side of the moving range of the column (6), and a shielded machining space (SK) is formed at the front of the second cover plate (32).