摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic pallet exchange apparatus which achieves miniaturization and reduction in exchange time. <P>SOLUTION: An automatic pallet exchange apparatus includes: a pallet magazine 1 for accommodating a plurality of pallets 3 each including a plurality of projections 16 extending horizontally, respectively, so as to put them in and out in a horizontal direction; a pallet fixing part 23 for horizontally fixing the pallet 3 by engaging the plurality of projections 16 to a plurality of recesses 17; and a pallet fixing table 20 wherein the pallet fixing part 23 is disposed. By horizontally turning and horizontally moving the pallet 3 fixed horizontally by the pallet fixing part 23, the pallet 3 is exchanged between the pallet fixing table 20 and the pallet magazine 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |