Method and apparatus for moving a carrier member received by a conversion device for a machine tool from a first position to a second position

摘要

The present invention proposes a method and apparatus for moving a carrier member received by a conversion device from a first position to a second position wherein the carrier member is connected to a gripper member attached to the gripper arm through a coupling member. After the coupling member in the gripper member is moved to the locked position, the carrier member is moved over the support and placed on the support. The coupling member in the gripper member is then moved to another position without moving the carrier member and in another position the coupling member is no longer locked to the gripper member, . The gripper member then performs a movement to pivot the carrier member from the horizontal position to the vertical position. The carrier members are returned to the horizontal position in the reverse order of the steps described above, and locked, transported, and set.