The small machining center tool magazine we usually talk about is a device that provides tool storage and tool change requirements in the automated processing process.
Its automatic tool change mechanism and a tool magazine that can store multiple tools; change the traditional Human-oriented production methods.
Controlled by a computer program, various processing requirements can be fulfilled. The automatic tool changer is composed of a tool magazine for storing tools and a tool change mechanism.
The machining center tool magazine is divided into two types: disc tool magazine and manipulator tool magazine:
- 1. Disc tool magazine: The disc tool magazine should be called a fixed address tool change magazine, that is, each tool position has a number, generally from 1 to 12, 18, 20, 24, etc., which is Tool number address. After the operator installs a tool into a certain tool position, no matter how many times the tool is changed, it will always be in the tool position.
- 2. Manipulator tool magazine: The tool change of the manipulator tool magazine is a random address. There is no serial number on each tool sleeve, and its biggest advantage is rapid and reliable tool change.