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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Andrew Honegger, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Phillip, Forest Park, IL (US);
Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay, Chicago, IL (US);
Abhinandan Tulsian, Chicago, IL (US);
Elizabeth Creighton, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Honegger, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Phillip, Forest Park, IL (US);
Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay, Chicago, IL (US);
Abhinandan Tulsian, Chicago, IL (US);
Elizabeth Creighton, Chicago, IL (US);
Microlution, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A machine tool having an automatic tool changer (ATC). The machine tool includes a gantry, a spindle extending from the gantry, a configurable work area, and an ATC adjacent to a front wall of the machine tool. The ATC includes a rotary tool magazine and a plurality of receptacles oriented radially around the rotary tool magazine configured to hold a plurality of cutting tools having cutting edges. The cutting edges of the cutting tools point radially inwardly around the rotary tool magazine, and the cutting tools are removed directly from the automatic tool changer by the spindle and brought to a part to be machined. A tool sensor may be located between the ATC and the spindle to take measurements of the cutting tool. The ATC includes at least one receptacle configured to hold a cutting tool.