Machine tool with automatic tool changer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8574139
APP PUB NO 20110039670A1
SERIAL NO

12540003

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A machine tool having an automatic tool changer (ATC). The machine tool includes a gantry, a spindle extending from the gantry, a configurable work area, and an ATC adjacent to a front wall of the machine tool. The ATC includes a rotary tool magazine and a plurality of receptacles oriented radially around the rotary tool magazine configured to hold a plurality of cutting tools having cutting edges. The cutting edges of the cutting tools point radially inwardly around the rotary tool magazine, and the cutting tools are removed directly from the automatic tool changer by the spindle and brought to a part to be machined. A tool sensor may be located between the ATC and the spindle to take measurements of the cutting tool. The ATC includes at least one receptacle configured to hold a cutting tool.

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MICROLUTION INC6635 W IRVING PARK RD CHICAGO IL 60634

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Creighton, Elizabeth Chicago, US 1 5
Honegger, Andrew Chicago, US 7 24
Mukhopadhyay, Deepkishore Chicago, US 8 273
Phillip, Andrew Forest Park, US 7 17
Tulsian, Abhinandan Chicago, US 1 5

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