AUTOMATIC TOOL CHANGER AND TOOL STORAGE ARRANGEMENT FOR MACHINE TOOL

摘要

A combined tool storage and tool change arrangement for use with a machine tool of the type which includes a power driven rotatable spindle having a socket which receives a tool shank of a predetermined size. The tool storage arrangement comprises a main tool storage magazine with a plurality of tool receiving sockets sized to respectively receive a tool having a shank of said predetermined size. Means is provided for moving the main tool storage magazine whereby to present a predetermined tool receiving socket and the tool therein to a first tool transfer point. An auxiliary tool storage magazine is provided for receiving and storing a plurality of tools having shanks of a different size than said predetermined size. The auxiliary tool storage magazine has a shank of said predetermined size whereby the auxiliary tool storage magazine may be stored in a socket of the main tool storage magazine. Means is provided for transferring a predetermined tool storage magazine having a desired assortment of tools thereon from the main tool storage magazine to a tool transfer station contiguous the spindle of the machine tool. A tool transfer means is provided for transferring the predetermined tool from the auxiliary tool storage magazine to the spindle of the machine tool.