A method of accurately predicting energy consumption of an automatic tool change process is described. Automatic tool change durations at a plurality of groups of rotary tool position numbers are measured and a calculation model of the automatic tool change duration is obtained. A basic module power of machine is obtained. A basic module energy consumption of machine is obtained by calculation based on the basic module power of machine and the automatic tool change duration. A steady state power of tool changer is obtained. A steady state energy consumption of tool changer is calculated. A transient state energy consumption of tool changer is obtained by accumulating energy consumptions. An energy consumption prediction model of the automatic tool change process is obtained using the obtained basic module energy consumption of machine, the obtained steady state energy consumption of tool changer, and the obtained transient state energy consumption of tool changer.

The invention relates to a processing plant (1) comprising: at least one first working spindle (2); a tool magazine (6) for storing different processing tools (4), wherein at least one storage plane (10) having several tool receiving spaces (11) arranged next to one another is provided in the tool magazine (6); a tool change device (5) comprising at least one first gripper device (13) for exchanging the processing tool (4) held in the working spindle (2), wherein the gripper device (13) comprises at least one first gripper unit (15) and one second gripper unit (16) which are positioned at a gripper-unit distance (17) from one another.

The gripper units (15, 16) can be displaced between the working spindle (2) and the tool magazine (6).

The disclosure provides a milling system and method under different lubrication conditions. The system uses a tool to mill the workpiece, a force measuring system to measure the milling force, a tool change system to replace the tools, a tool storage to store the tools. It can store the tools, provide the lubricating oil to the milling surface, select different tools according to different processing conditions, select the best angle differences of the unequal spiral angle tools according to different conditions comprising dry cutting, casting-type lubrication, minimal quantities of lubrication or minimal quantities of nanofluid lubrication, and/or choose the optimal tool according to different cutting parameters in order to obtain the minimum milling force.

A machine tool has a clamping device for clamping in workpieces to be machined, a work spindle which is movable relative to the clamping device, a tool magazine wherein tools for machining the workpieces are held available, the tools being selectively clamped into the work spindle, and a spindle gripper to be selectively clamped into the work spindle and being self-holding in its gripping position, said spindle gripper being held available in the tool magazine and being movable between a transfer position to the work spindle and an unloading station in which the spindle gripper releases a work piece remnant received from the clamping device.

A machine tool includes a rotatable spindle, a spindle drive, a tool magazine, a tool changer including a rotating shaft, a rotating shaft drive motor, an angular position detector, a tool change arm having gripping units at both ends, and a controller. After interchanging a first tool mounted on the spindle and a second tool held in a tool pot, when rotating the tool change arm to an intermediate position, rotation of the spindle is started as soon as the second tool mounted on the spindle and the gripping unit are out of contact with each other.

This tool exchange device for a machine tool uses an exchange arm to exchange tools between a processing area and a tool accommodation area. In the tool exchange device, an imaging device is used to capture an image of a tool in the tool accommodation area, operation parameters for the exchange arm when the exchange arm is used to exchange the tools are determined from the captured image of the tool, and the exchange arm is operated on the basis of the operation parameters to exchange the tool.

Disclosed is a method of accurately predicting energy consumption of an automatic tool change process of a multi-position rotary tool holder of a numerical control machine. In this method, automatic tool change durations at a plurality of groups of rotary tool position numbers are firstly measured and a calculation model of the automatic tool change duration is obtained by fitting. A basic module power of machine is obtained by collection and operation and a basic module energy consumption of machine is obtained by calculation based on the basic module power of machine and the automatic tool change duration. A steady state power of tool changer is obtained by collection and operation and further a steady state energy consumption of tool changer is calculated. A transient state energy consumption of tool changer is obtained by accumulating energy consumptions caused by all power peaks in the automatic tool change process of the numerical control machine. An energy consumption prediction model of the automatic tool change process is obtained according to the obtained basic module energy consumption of machine, the obtained steady state energy consumption of tool changer, the obtained transient state energy consumption of tool changer, thereby accurately predicting the energy consumption of the automatic tool change process of the numerical control machine and providing basic module support to the energy-saving optimization of machine.

A fast tool changing method with pre-unclamping step for controlling operations of the spindle, tool unclamping cylinder, and tool changing arm. The spindle has one end clamping the tool at the clamping position. The method includes following steps. In a tool pre-unclamping step, the clamp end of the spindle moves the used tool to a pre-unclamping position; the tool unclamping cylinder pushes the used tool to leave a taper of the spindle. In a tool changing step, the tool changing arm rotates to clamp the used tool and pulls the used tool away from the clamp end, and further aligns a target tool with the clamp end. In a tool inserting step, the tool changing arm inserts the target tool into the clamp end, to be clamped therein. Therefore, the tool unclamping and tool clamping operations are accelerated.

An adaptive tooling interface comprises a single motor, disposed at least partially within a housing, which is operatively in communication with a controller and where a first power output and a second power output are operatively in communication with the motor. A drive interface, comprising a external tool interface, is operatively in communication with the motor and configured to mate with and provide power to one or more external tools, which comprise a matching subsea external tool external tooling interface, via the first power output and the second power output. The adaptive tooling interface may be connected to or otherwise integrated into a subsea vehicle system comprising a subsea vehicle.

A mounting method includes a storing step of storing a plurality of cutting blades on a storage tray having a plurality of storage regions for storing the cutting blades, a replacement product position identifying step of reading identification marks on the cutting blades stored on the storage tray with a reading unit and identifying which storage regions the cutting blades to be mounted in a cutting apparatus are stored in on the basis of the read identification marks, a positioning step of positioning the storage tray on which the cutting blades are stored in a consumable product replacing position, and after the positioning step has been carried out, a mounting step of mounting one of the cutting blades from the storage tray in the cutting apparatus with a replacing device on the basis of the storage regions identified in the replacement product position identifying step.