Tool changing inventions 08/06

20060194682 - Column moving type machine tool with shield machining space: A machine tool capable of reducing the lateral width of the upper part thereof by reducing the lateral width of a bed (1) while machining through the same lateral moving distance of a spindle (10) as before, comprising longitudinal guide rails (2) installed on the bed (1), a slide (3)...

20060189464 - Machine tool with tool magazine: A machine tool comprises a tool magazine (48) which comprises an endless chain (51) that is circulatorily drivable and provided with tool-holding fixtures (56). The tool magazine (48) is angular, having a substantially horizontal top limb (61) and a bottom limb (57) which extends downwards. The chain (51) extends substantially...

20060183611 - Machining centre: Machining is possible in such a manner that an optional position of a workpiece is positioned just under a tool by rotation of a turn table in a C-axis direction and movement of a spindle on a Y-Z plane, so that a width of a main unit in a X-axis...

20060183612 - Device for gripping and holding a component: A gripping and holding device in the handling system of a machine tool. The device comprises at least one preferably plate-like support member provided with at least two retainer fingers spreadable against a return force and defining a common accommodation orifice for a component to be clamped. At least one...

20060172873 - Translatable single drive means for multiple flexible-shaft hand tools: An apparatus for operating multiple tool bits, all being independently powered through flexible shafts by a single motor, wherein each flexible shaft is connected to a dedicated docking station, and the single drive motor is operatively connected to a given docking station only when the particular tool bit dedicated to...