Machine tool loader and unloader

摘要

A workpart loader for a machine tool has a first fluid cylinder 40 mounted on a slide 38 and extensible to advance the workpart W into the machine spindle 14 to eject a preceding workpart from the spindle. A second fluid cylinder 42 is connected to the slide to advance it such that the workpart is moved to its machining position. The ejected workpart is received by a holder 33 on a turret 20 which then rotates to align it with an unload tube 34 into which a fluid cylinder 76 displaces it.