Milling is a conventional technology that removes material from the raw material to obtain a finished product. Typically, several different tools are needed, which must be changed during processing. We want to change the tool in the shortest possible time and reduce production costs. The easiest way to reduce tool change time is by automating the change, which is why we developed a tool magazine, which enables the storage and feeding of milling tools. We developed a tool magazine for a specific milling machine and therefore considered some dimensional limitations. Due to the smaller dimensions of the machine, we decided to make a magazine with belt-driven grippers, where the feeding movement of the tool is performed by the belt and not by an additional feeding arm. The magazine has 28 places to store the tool, protects the operator from injury and ensures the protection of its components. In addition to the construction of the magazine, we also calculated the tool change time. The time required for tool change is shorter compared to manual change, which was also the purpose of the task.
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