Tool switches for machining centers in cutting-edge production

摘要

The automatic tool changer for a machining centre is essentially distinguished by the fact that the tool changer can be moved as a unit in the horizontal and vertical direction, that a supporting arm arranged at the end of the vertical arm can be pivoted horizontally, that a gripper arm attached to the supporting arm is rotatable in the vertical direction, and that the gripper arm has two pincers attached at 180 DEG apart and having two pincer arms each which can be displaced in parallel and are designed both for tools and auxiliary machining heads. …??The advantages obtained essentially consist in the fact that, with the novel tool changer, auxiliary machining heads and tools of different steep-angle taper and flange diameter can be changed between the magazines and the spindles preferably of machining centres with vertically and horizontally arranged spindles. The most varied range of diameters can be handled due to the displaceability of the pincer arms. On account of the considerable mobility of the tool changer, tools can be exchanged in the horizontal, vertical and sloping position of the spindle of the machining centres. …IMAGE…