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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tadashi Kasahara, Aiko-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/157 (2006.01); B23Q 11/08 (2006.01); B23Q 17/24 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B23Q 3/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 17/2457 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15503 (2016.11); B23Q 3/15766 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0891 (2013.01); B23Q 17/24 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2409 (2013.01); G05B 19/18 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0825 (2013.01); B23Q 2003/1553 (2016.11); B23Q 2003/155428 (2016.11); Y10T 483/10 (2015.01); Y10T 483/115 (2015.01); Y10T 483/136 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1755 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1827 (2015.01);
Abstract

This tool exchange device for a machine tool uses an exchange arm to exchange tools between a processing area and a tool accommodation area. In the tool exchange device, an imaging device is used to capture an image of a tool in the tool accommodation area, operation parameters for the exchange arm when the exchange arm is used to exchange the tools are determined from the captured image of the tool, and the exchange arm is operated on the basis of the operation parameters to exchange the tool.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kasahara, Tadashi. (2020). Tool exchange method and tool exchange device (U.S. Patent No. 10596676). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10596676

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