Patent ID: 6949055
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine tool, comprising: at least one pair of slide ways, set apart one from another and extending parallel with a predominating longitudinal axis; a machining station delimited laterally by the slide ways and presenting a first zone and a second zone adjacent one to the other; a traveling gantry associated with the pair of slide ways and carrying a machining head positioned above the machining station, capable of movement along the ways in such a way that the machining head can be positioned in the first and second zones; a magazine placed alongside at least one of the slide ways and containing a plurality of machining tools attachable to the machining head, comprising a first changer element positioned to coincide with the respective first zone of the station, and a second changer element positioned to coincide with the respective second zone, each capable of movement between a first operating position in which it occupies the magazine for the purpose of selecting at least one of the tools, and a second position in which it occupies the machining station for the purpose of fitting the selected at least one tool to the machining head.