| 摘要 |
A tool-exchange apparatus making an area to install a whole machine tool compact and facilitating a attachment/detachment and a maintenance and the like of a tool. The tool-exchange apparatus includes a plurality of tool pots 10 respectively having tool storage portion 10a. The tool pot 10 is indexed at an indexing position for exchanging tools, whereby the next tool T put in the opening of the tool storage portion 10a is exchanged for the present tool T installed in a spindle. The tool pots 10 are circumferencially spaced away from each other, and an opening of each tool accommodation area 10a is centrally directed. The tools T are held by the tool pots 10 in a radial manner. The tool magazine 1 can be made compact because the tools T are radially held with the tips thereof centrally directed. <IMAGE> |
