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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 16/06 (2006.01); B23Q 3/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/15526 (2013.01); B23Q 16/06 (2013.01); B23Q 2220/002 (2013.01); Y10T 483/1882 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tool exchanger includes a variation detection unit configured to detect a variation periodically generated by turning operation of a turret; and a turret phase detection unit configured to set a tool indexing reference phase of the turret based on a detection result from the variation detection unit.