A tooling exchange mechanism and a machine tool having the tooling exchange mechanism, in which a load applied to a turret is reduced when exchanging a tooling in the machine tool, are provided with a pressing member 210 of a tooling detachment unit 200 that presses the rear end of a tooling holding unit 100 to be able to release the retracted state of a tool holder Th of a tooling T by a tool holder holding portion 150 of the tooling holding unit 100, and a locking lever 220 of the tooling detachment unit 200 engageable with an engaging projection 112a formed on the rear end side of the tooling holding unit 100.

An apparatus includes a tool (3100, 3200). The tool includes: a handle (3106, 3206) that is configured to suspend a remainder of the tool there below and that includes a protruding overhang (3130, 3230); and a height lock assembly (4000) having a block (4002), the block having an upper tab (4010U). In a side view in which the tool is upright and in which the protruding overhang extends in a horizontally lateral direction: when the block is in an engaged position the upper tab extends in the horizontally lateral direction relatively further and is disposed under at least a portion of the protruding overhang; and in a disengaged position the upper tab extends in the horizontally lateral direction less such that the upper tab is retracted from under the at least a portion of the protruding overhang.

A live radial tool spacer including a housing having an elongated connector configured to interface with a turret and a tool holder interface configured to support a tool holder. The live radial tool spacer extends a tool connected to the tool holder out from the turret, thereby proving improved clearance and accuracy during machining.

The present invention relates to verifying the suitability of a tool and diagnosing a spindle for a machining center on which different tools are mounted. Provided are a machining center spindle diagnosis apparatus and method configured to monitor a change of a tool in the machining center; when the change of the tool is recognized, control the machining center to idle the spindle; acquire sensor data from a sensor installed on the machining center during the idling of the spindle; input the acquired sensor data to a tool verifying model pre-trained by a machine learning technology to verify suitability of the tool; and when the tool is verified to be suitable, inputting the acquired sensor data to a spindle diagnosing model pre-trained by the machine learning technology to diagnose an operating state of the spindle.