Tool changing

YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS Y10USPC classification Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

Y10T483/00Tool changing

Y10T483/10Process Y10T483/11with safety means Y10T483/115Guard Y10T483/12with means to regulate operation by means of replaceable information supply [ Y10T483/123Replaceable information comprising tool location Y10T483/127including determining optimum tool access path Y10T483/13with control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor Y10T483/132Responsive to tool identifying information Y10T483/134Identifying information on tool or tool holder Y10T483/136Responsive to tool Y10T483/138including means to monitor and control, i.e., adaptive machining Y10T483/14with signal or indicator Y10T483/15with means to condition or adjust tool or tool support Y10T483/16with means to transfer work Y10T483/165Plural machine tools, e.g., flexible manufacturing Y10T483/17including machine tool or component Y10T483/1702Rotating work machine tool [e.g., screw machine, lathe, etc.] Y10T483/1705Tool support comprises rotary spindle Y10T483/1707Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature Y10T483/171Workpiece holder [e.g., chuck or chuck jaw, collet, etc.] Y10T483/1712Turning tool insert changer Y10T483/1714Tool changer between tool support and matrix Y10T483/1717Plural matrices Y10T483/1719Tool support comprises turret Y10T483/1721Linearly moveable tool changer Y10T483/1724Linearly moveable tool changer Y10T483/1726Direct tool exchange between tool support and matrix Y10T483/1729Reciprocating tool machine tool [e.g., broaching machine, shaping machine, etc.] Y10T483/1731including matrix Y10T483/1733Rotary spindle machine tool [e.g., milling machine, boring, machine, grinding machine, etc.] Y10T483/1736Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature Y10T483/1738Tool head Y10T483/174Abrading wheel Y10T483/1743including means for angularly orienting tool and spindle Y10T483/1745Spindle angularly oriented to align with tool Y10T483/1748Tool changer between spindle and matrix Y10T483/175Plural matrices Y10T483/1752including tool holder pivotable about axis Y10T483/1755Plural tool holders pivotable about common axis Y10T483/1757including intermediate tool changer Y10T483/176Intermediate tool changer includes tool holder pivotable about axis Y10T483/1762Tool holders pivotable with respect to each other Y10T483/1764Tool holders pivotable about plural nonparallel axes Y10T483/1767Linearly movable tool holders Y10T483/1769Extensible tool holders Y10T483/1771Translatable axis Y10T483/1774Distinct tool changer for each tool Y10T483/1776including intermediate tool changer Y10T483/1779Linearly movable tool holder Y10T483/1781Tool holder pivotable about plural nonparallel axes Y10T483/1783including linearly translatable tool changer [e.g., shuttle, ram, etc.] Y10T483/1786Plural tool holders Y10T483/1788Orthogonally translatable Y10T483/179Direct tool exchange between spindle and matrix Y10T483/1793Spindle comprises tool changer Y10T483/1795Matrix indexes selected tool to transfer position Y10T483/1798including means to project tool from matrix Y10T483/18Tool transfer to or from matrix Y10T483/1809Matrix including means to latch tool Y10T483/1818Matrix including means to project tool for transfer Y10T483/1827Rectilinear Y10T483/1836Pivoting Y10T483/1845Plural matrices Y10T483/1855including tool replenishing Y10T483/1864including tool pot or adapter Y10T483/1873Indexing matrix Y10T483/1882Rotary disc Y10T483/1891Chain or belt Y10T483/19Miscellaneous