Tool exchanger for machine tools

摘要

The changer has a number of tool grabs (33) which travel along a closed track (10) in a magazine. The tool changeover takes place at one of their positions. A mechanism (27) tilts the track so as to bring the tool (34) in the grab at the changeover position into the chuck of the machine-tool (17) or extract it from the latter. The grabs can be mounted on or driven by an endless chain (28). The track can comprise two parallel sections along which the grabs travel in opposite directions, these being connected together at the ends by deflector mechanisms one of which incorporates the changeover position.