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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Chiron-werke Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Dirk Prust, Tuttlingen, DE;
Claus Eppler, Messkirch, DE;
Assignee:
CHIRON-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/157 (2006.01); B23Q 3/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/15706 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15526 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15539 (2016.11); B23Q 3/15724 (2016.11); Y10T 483/10 (2015.01); Y10T 483/179 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1733 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1855 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1891 (2015.01);
Abstract
In a machine tool having at least one tool spindle which is displaceable in relation to a device for holding workpieces in at least one of three spatial directions and in which the tools (W-W) for processing the workpieces can be chucked, there are provided a machine magazine () in which tools (W-W) provided for exchange in the tool spindle () are kept in store and a background magazine () in which tools (W-W) provided for exchange in the machine magazine () are kept in store. In the machine magazine (), not more than four storage places () for accommodating tools (W-W) are provided (FIG.).