A machining system for workpiece machining includes a machining cell, to which a workpiece holder for fixing a workpiece, a machining head for machining the workpiece and a robot for workpiece cleaning are assigned, wherein the robot has an articulated robot arm which is mounted with an initial section on a machine frame connected to the machining cell and which is provided at an end section remote from the initial section with a nozzle, which is designed to provide a jet of compressed air, a joint being arranged between the initial section and the end section, wherein the joint is provided with a pneumatic drive for providing a relative movement between the initial section and the end section.

A tool changer 30 with a master half 32 and tool half 34. Mating member 60, 138 enables the master half 32 and tool half to mesh with one another. A securing mechanism has a clasp 70 and a cam 72. The clasps 70 move between a release position and a grasping position. In the grasping position, the master 32 and tool halves 34 are secured together with one another. The cam 72 moves the clasps 70 between the release and grasping positions. From a release position, the master half 32 engages the tool half 34. The master half 32 moves horizontally with respect to the tool half 34. This, in turn, moves the cam 72 from its release position to its grasping position. In the grasping position, the clasps 70 grasp the tool half 34, the cam locks 72 in its grasping position and the master 32 and tool 34 halves secure with one another.

A stapling instrument for use with a robotic surgical system comprising a drive system including at least three motor-driven drivers is disclosed. The stapling instrument comprises a housing, a shaft, an articulation joint, and a loading unit. The housing comprises a drive interface defined on an exterior surface of the housing. The drive interface is operably engageable with the drive system of the robotic system. The drive interface comprises at least three rotatable inputs positioned thereon. Each input is operably engaged with one of the motor-driven drivers. The loading unit comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, a staple cartridge, and a drive member. The first jaw and the second jaw are rotatable about the articulation joint by a longitudinally-displaceable articulation actuator. The housing comprises means for converting the rotation of one of the rotatable inputs to the longitudinal motion of the articulation actuator.

A tool storage includes a tool receiver, a tool magazine, and a tool carriage. The tool receiver is provided on a one side of a machine tool with respect to a workpiece holder of the machine tool along a machine tool direction and is configured to receive a tool from an outside of the machine tool. The tool magazine is provided on another side opposite to the one side with respect to the workpiece holder along the machine tool direction. The tool carriage is configured to carry the tool between the tool receiver and the tool magazine.

An electro-hydraulic joint supplying system for electrical machining and supporting automatic tool changing includes an electro-hydraulic joint supplying device and a clamping device. The electro-hydraulic joint supplying device includes an insulator, an electro-hydraulic joint supplying base, an electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe terminal, and an electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe. The base is fixedly connected with a spindle shell through the insulator. A working fluid pipe connector and a wiring post are arranged on the base; a terminal connector is in a snap-fit with a top end of the electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe terminal. The pipe terminal communicates with a flushing fluid container in an electrical machining electrode shank through an electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe. The clamping device includes a first clamping mechanism, a second clamping mechanism, and a cooperation mechanism fixedly connected with the first clamping mechanism or the second clamping mechanism to circumferentially limit the flushing fluid container.

The present disclosure relates to an automatic tool changer for a machine tool which can change a tool mounted on a tool post by moving both of a magazine and a tool post to be concentric in order to change a tool in a horizontal type machine tool such as a lathe or a horizontal type turning center; a method of controlling the automatic tool changer and a machine tool including the automatic tool changer.

A magazine comprises: a conveyer unit that has a plurality of tool pots that each hold a tool detachably and conveys the plurality of tool pots; and a magazine cover that accommodates the conveyer unit. The conveyer unit allows a tool to be manually attached to and detached from a tool pot conveyed to a predetermined position. The magazine further comprises a display unit that is provided inside the magazine cover and displays a first design.

The first design represents an arc or circumference for a diameter corresponding to a maximum diameter of a tool which can be held by the tool pot.

The present invention includes a tool magazine (10) storing a plurality of tools (T), a turret (3) to which a plurality of tools (T) are attached, and a tool changer (20) changing a tool (T) attached to the turret (3) for a tool (T) stored in the tool magazine (10). The tool changer (20) has two tool grippers for gripping tools (T) and replaces tools (T) attached to the turret (3) with one another using the two tool grippers based on tool information stored in a tool information storage (43) under control by a tool change control unit (42).

A replacing apparatus is configured to replace a processing tool in a processing apparatus. The processing apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a processing target object, a processing mechanism to which the processing tool configured to process the processing target object held by the holder is installed in a replaceable manner, and an exterior cover accommodating therein the holder and the processing mechanism. The replacing apparatus includes a replacing mechanism, a moving mechanism, a traveling table and a traveling mechanism. The replacing mechanism installs the processing tool to the processing mechanism, or separates the processing tool from the processing mechanism. The moving mechanism is configured to move the replacing mechanism from an outside of the exterior cover to an inside thereof through an entrance opening of the exterior cover. The traveling table supports the moving mechanism. The traveling mechanism is configured to allow the traveling table to travel.

The invention relates to a tool exchange assembly configured to swap change tool assemblies, said tool exchange assembly at least comprising a gripper with two opposing rails, said rails extending from a base to an end and forming a cam with increasing width along a path from said end to said base, wherein said cam is configured to be positioned in a gap between outer parts of the tool assemblies being relatively movable with regard to each other, and wherein at least one detector is provided to separately determine whether a tool assembly and a tool manipulator is present at the gripper.