Tool storage and changing system

Details Tool storage and changing system Tool storage and changing system

1984-03-20

1990-05-08

Desmond, Eugene F.

Metal working

Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...

Type of machine

29568, B23Q 3155

Patent

active

049225910

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for storing and selectively transferring cutting tools to a tool holder of a machine tool comprising a bar coder for providing coded labels containing information such as the type of tool and their offsets and affixing the label to the cutting tools. The indexed cutting tools are placed in a tool storage magazine that presents the tools for transfer where a bar code reader scans the labels and selects the needed cutting tool. A tool changing mechanism grips the selected tool, removes it from the storage magazine and transfers it to the tool holder while concurrently transferring a cutting tool from the tool holder to the storage magizine.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3173204 (1965-03-01), Anthony
patent: 3355798 (1967-12-01), Drechsler
patent: 4276112 (1981-06-01), French et al.
patent: 4404506 (1983-09-01), Nishimura et al.

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