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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle Ag, Gosheim, DE;
Franz-Xaver Bernhard, Spaichingen, DE;
Tobias Schwörer, Königsheim, DE;
Dieter Uttenweiler, Dotternhausen, DE;
Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG, Gosheim, DE;
Abstract
An embodiment of a circular, annular tool magazine shelf of a tower construction, comprises a base frame adapted for receiving a tool shelf which has a plurality of immovable tool deposit plates, arranged in vertical succession and in a circular ring, adapted for machining one or more tools, and a power-driven tool handling system adapted for transporting tools between the tool magazine shelf and a machine-side pick-up tool magazine store. The magazine shelf also comprises a spindle tower which is mounted rotatably about a vertical rotation shaft being arranged in a circle center-point of one or more tool deposit plates, wherein the base frame includes a monolithically constructed, plate-shaped foundation in which the rotation shaft is mounted overhanging freely by way of a mounting arrangement.