Patent Publication Number: US-11383333-B2

Title: Multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station for tools, and method for mounting/demounting a tool into/from a tool holder

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is based on and incorporates herein by reference German Patent Application No. 10 2019 115 607.6 filed on Jun. 7, 2019. 
     STATE OF THE ART 
     The invention concerns a multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. 
     Manually loadable tool clamping stations having no presetting and/or no measuring facilities are known from the state of the art. 
     The objective of the invention is in particular to provide a generic device with advantageous characteristics regarding flexibility. 
     Advantages of the Invention 
     A multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station for tools is proposed, which is configured for an automated, preferably fully automated, mounting of tools into tool holders and/or demounting of tools from tool holders and for an adjustment, in particular at least a length adjustment, and/or measuring of the tools in the tool holders, with at least two, preferably at least a plurality of, in particular fully automated, identical and/or different tool clamping-in units, in particular for a clamping-in and/or clamping-out of the tools into and/or from the tool holders, with at least one, in particular optical, measuring and/or presetting apparatus for tools and with at least one handling robot, which is at least configured to move tools and tool holders between the tool clamping-in units and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. This advantageously allows achieving a high degree of flexibility. It is in particular advantageously possible to achieve a time-saving and/or personnel-saving clamping-in and/or clamping-out of tools into and/or from tool holders. Advantageously costs can be kept low. Advantageously it is possible for several work steps, for which in particular different work stations were necessary before, to be comprised in one single work station, as a result of which in particular an advantageously high effectivity is achievable. 
     By a “multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station” is in particular a device to be understood which is at least configured to load, in particular at least partly simultaneously, a plurality of identical and/or preferentially different tool holders with tools, and/or to remove tools, in particular at least partly simultaneously, from a plurality of identical and/or preferentially different tool holders. In particular, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is at least configured to at least partly simultaneously remove one tool from a tool holder and to fixate another tool in another tool holder. In particular, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is at least configured to at least partly simultaneously remove one tool from a tool holder or to fixate a tool in a tool holder and to measure and/or preset another tool in another tool holder. By a process being “fully automated” is in particular to be understood that the process is free of any influence from an operator&#39;s side, in particular except for a starting and/or stopping of the process. The tools are in particular embodied as shaft tools, preferably as rotary shaft tools, for example drills, milling tools, profiling tools, and/or reamers, a shaft of such a shaft tool being preferably configured to be mounted in a tool holder. 
     By a “tool holder” is in particular a structural component to be understood which is configured to receive a tool and to connect the tool to a machine. In particular, the tool holder is configured as a tool-machine interface. Preferentially the tool holder is implemented as a tool-chuck, for example a shrink-clamp chuck, as a hydraulic-expansion chuck, as a compression-clamp chuck, as a collect chuck or the like. In particular, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is configured at least for tool holders in sizes HSK 40 to HSK 100 and/or tool holders of other types, e.g. SK, Coromant Capto®, KM or the like. By a “tool clamping-in unit” is in particular a unit to be understood which is configured for a mounting of a tool in a tool holder and/or for a demounting of a tool from a tool holder. The tool clamping-in unit in particular forms a tool clamping-in and/or tool clamping-out unit. In particular, the tool clamping-in unit is configured to activate, in particular adjust, a clamping mechanism of a tool holder, and/or to deactivate, in particular release, the clamping mechanism of the tool holder. In particular, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises at least a plurality of tool clamping-in units, wherein at least two tool clamping-in units may be implemented identically and/or may be configured for operation of an identical clamping mechanism, and/or wherein at least two tool clamping-in units may be implemented differently and/or may be configured for operation of different clamping mechanisms. It is for example conceivable that at least two tool clamping-in units, which are configured for operation of an identical clamping mechanism, are configured for different sizes of tool holders and/or for different tools. In particular, each tool clamping-in unit is configured exclusively for the operation of one single clamping mechanism. A “clamping mechanism” is in particular to mean a hydraulic-expansion clamping mechanism, a shrink-clamping mechanism, a collet chuck clamping mechanism or a compression-clamping mechanism, preferentially a clamping mechanism tensioned by means of a union nut. A “mounting” of a tool in a tool holder is in particular to mean an insertion of the tool in a tool receiving opening of the tool holder and a subsequent, substantially extraction-resistant, fixation of the tool in the tool holder. A “demounting” of a tool from a tool holder is in particular to mean a release of a force effecting a fixation of the tool in the tool holder and a removal of the tool out of the receiving opening of the tool holder. 
     By a “measuring” is in particular a detection and recordal of at least one parameter, preferably a plurality of parameters, of a tool unit to be understood, wherein the measuring data allow working out a characterization, preferably a comprehensive characterization, of the tool unit, which is in particular configured to be transmitted to a machine tool which the tool unit is to be mounted on. A “tool unit” in particular comprises a tool and a tool holder, with the tool preferably being mounted in the tool holder in an extraction-resistant manner. A “presetting” is in particular to mean a presetting of a relative position, in particular a relative rotational position and/or a relative longitudinal position, of a tool in a tool holder. In particular, in the presetting of the tool unit a total length of tool chuck and tool and/or an insertion depth of a tool in a tool chuck are/is defined. A “length adjustment” is in particular to mean a presetting of a total length of the tool holder with the tool fixated therein, and/or a presetting of an insertion depth of the tool in the tool receiving opening of the tool holder. “Configured” is in particular to mean specifically programmed, designed and/or equipped. By an object being configured for a certain function is in particular to be understood that the object fulfills and/or implements said certain function in at least one application state and/or operation state. By a “measuring and/or presetting apparatus for tools” is in particular an apparatus to be understood which is at least configured for an at least partial capture and/or adjustment at least a length, at least an angle, at least a contour and/or at least an outer shape of a tool. 
     By a “handling robot” is in particular an industrial robot to be understood, preferably an articulated-arm robot, in particular having at least three, preferentially at least four, preferably at least five and particularly preferably at least six robot joints which are movable independently from each other, and/or a handling device and/or a manipulator. The handling robot is in particular configured to manage a material flow from and/or to at least one work point. A “work point” may in particular be at least a portion of a structural component and/or of a component of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and/or at least of a tool clamping-in unit, which is at least configured to carry out a functional work step. Preferentially the work point is a respective holder of the tool clamping-in unit or of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus for a tool holder or a tool holder inserted in a holder of the tool clamping-in unit or of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. The handling robot in particular comprises at least one gripper unit, which is at least configured to grip a tool, a tool holder and/or an attachment holder. Preferably the handling robot comprises at least one robot controller unit. The robot controller unit in particular comprises a specifically programmed robot controller device, which is configured for a controlling, regulation and/or selection of activities and/or movements of the robot and/or of at least one sub-component of the handling robot. Preferentially the robot controller unit comprises at least one operator interface, in particular for influencing a movement of at least one sub-component of the robot and/or for influencing a programming of the robot controller device. Preferably the handling robot comprises at least one sensor unit for a determination of at least one environment parameter. The sensor unit may in particular comprise at least one force and/or momentum sensor, at least one sensor for electromagnetic waves, at least one sound sensor, at least one pressure sensor, at least one vibration sensor, at least one gyrosensor, at least one humidity sensor and/or at least one temperature sensor. In particular, the handling robot is configured to insert tools and tool holders into the tool clamping-in units and/or into the measuring and/or presetting apparatus or to remove tools and tool holders from the tool clamping-in units and/or from the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. 
     Beyond this it is proposed that the handling robot comprises at least one temperature sensor, preferably a plurality of temperature sensors, which is/are configured to determine a temperature of the tool and/or of the tool holder and to optimize a positioning process of the robot, e.g. of a tool holder or of a tool unit, in a holding device of a tool clamping-in unit. This advantageously allows achieving an especially high precision. It is in particular conceivable for at least one temperature sensor being allocated to at least one location in the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, preferably at least several locations in the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, for example at least the measuring and/or presetting apparatus or at least the shrink-clamping station. If a most precise information is available on the temperature of a tool unit and/or of the tool holder may advantageously allow a temperature-caused expansion of a material to be taken into account in a measuring by the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. It is for example advantageously possible that a length-change of a tool unit, which is yet to be expected until complete cooling-down of the tool unit, will be taken into account, with measuring data of the tool unit being corrected accordingly. 
     It is further proposed that the at least two, in particular fully automated, tool clamping-in units are embodied as different tool clamping-in units, which are at least configured for an automated, preferably fully automated mounting of tools in respectively different tool holders with respectively different clamping methods, and/or for an automated, preferably fully automated demounting of tools from respectively different tool holders with respectively different clamping methods. This advantageously allows achieving an especially high degree of flexibility. Advantageously a single mounting station may be used for different types of tool chucks. It is in this way possible to advantageously save space, time and/or personnel. Moreover advantageously something like a “black box” can be created for a mounting of tools in tool holders, which is in particular operable without special knowledge of different types of tool chucks or clamping mechanisms. This advantageously allows providing a high level of user-friendliness. 
     Furthermore it is proposed that the tool clamping-in units, in particular the tool clamping-in units for tool holders with different clamping methods, are implemented separately, in particular completely separately, from each other. In this way a high degree of flexibility is advantageously achievable. In particular, it is advantageously possible to facilitate parallel operation of a plurality of tool clamping-in units, as a result of which a particularly high work speed is advantageously achievable. Moreover this advantageously allows flexible combination of different tool clamping-in units within the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, for example respectively adapted to numbers of tool holders of certain types which are to be expected. A modular construction may advantageously be made possible. By the tool clamping-in units being implemented “separately” from each other is in particular to be understood that different tool clamping-in units, in particular with the exception of connection elements for a mounting of the separate tool clamping-in units with each other, are free of shared structural components, preferably of shared functional structural components, which are directly or indirectly part of carrying out a tool clamping-in process or of a tool clamping-out process. Tool clamping-in units which are implemented separate from each other preferably realize tool clamping-in units which are, in particular completely, functional independently from each other. In particular, tool clamping-in units which are implemented separate from each other are configured to work, preferably to carry out tool clamping-in processes or tool clamping-out processes, simultaneously or in temporally overlapping periods. In particular, the positions of separate tool clamping-in units are interchangeable within the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station in any regard and without affecting the respective functionalities. In particular, the tool clamping-in units form modules which are separate from each other. 
     It is also proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises at least one third tool clamping-in unit for tool holders with a third clamping method which differs from the clamping methods that can be carried out by the two other tool clamping-in units. This advantageously allows achieving an even higher degree of flexibility. 
     Beyond this it is proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises at least one fourth tool clamping-in unit for tool holders with a fourth clamping method which differs from the clamping methods that can be carried out by the three other tool clamping-in units. This advantageously allows achieving an even higher degree of flexibility. 
     If the tool clamping-in units and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus are arranged at least section-wise around the handling robot, a high degree of flexibility is advantageously achievable. In particular, it is advantageously possible for the handling robot to be arranged in such a way that it is capable of loading all the tool clamping-in units as well as the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. Advantageously a high efficiency is achievable. Advantageously this allows realizing the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station in an especially compact manner. By objects, in particular tool clamping-in units and/or measuring and/or presetting apparatuses, being arranged “section-wise around” another object, in particular a handling robot, is to be understood that the other object is surrounded by the objects on more than one side, preferably on at least two sides, preferentially on at least three sides and particularly preferably on four sides. In particular, the objects which are arranged section-wise around the other object are not arranged linearly in a single row. It is however conceivable for the objects to be arranged in two rows situated at an angle to one another, or that the objects form two directly opposite-situated rows, in a center of which the other object is arranged. In particular, the objects which are arranged section-wise around the other object are arranged at least section-wise along a curved path, for example along a circular path and/or along an at least section-wise angled path, e.g. along a path comprising one angle or a plurality of angles. The tool clamping-in units and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus are preferentially arranged in an oval, in a circle or preferably in a rectangle around the handling robot. In particular, the tool clamping-in units, the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and the handling robot are arranged in a shared plane. It is however also conceivable that the at least two tool clamping-in units are stacked vertically one above the other. 
     Further it is proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises a shared housing which encloses at least the handling robot, the tool clamping-in units and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus, at least to a large extent. This advantageously allows achieving a high level of work safety. Moreover a particularly compact implementation of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is advantageously possible. A “large extent” is in particular to mean, in this context, 51%, preferentially 60%, advantageously 70%, preferably 80% and particularly preferably 90%. In particular, the housing encloses the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station to a large extent at least on four sides, preferably at least on five sides and preferentially at least on six sides. 
     It is also proposed that the housing comprises a flap that can be opened and permits access to the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and permits manual operation of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus, in particular from outside the housing. This advantageously allows achieving a particularly high degree of flexibility. Advantageously it is thus possible to allow selection between manual and automatic operation of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. This may be advantageous in particular if an operator wishes to put in a manual measurement in between, for example if he wishes to quickly check a tool unit or if he wishes to make a measurement of a certain tool unit in advance. Advantageously, as a result of this an operator does not require a further separate measuring and/or presetting apparatus in place, which allows saving costs and/or keeping space requirements low. In particular, when the flap is opened the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station automatically switches into a manual mode and/or pauses all currently running processes. It is alternatively conceivable that an opening of the flap is only permitted if all currently running processes of the tool clamping-in units and/or of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus are finished and/or paused, and/or if the measuring and/or presetting apparatus is free, i.e. there is no tool holder in the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. Alternatively it is conceivable that by an opening of the flap only a loading of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus by the handling robot is prevented while the tool clamping-in units continue to be loaded and operated in an automated manner. 
     Beyond this it is proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station has a modular construction. This advantageously allows achieving a high degree of flexibility. In particular, it is advantageously possible to flexibly adapt a composition of he multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station to different specifications, customers&#39; wishes and/or requirements at a location of use. For example, the number and type(s) of tool clamping-in units is freely selectable. Moreover a simple conversion, in particular a simple upgrade or downgrade, of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is advantageously possible. This advantageously allows achieving especially easy mounting or demounting. Due to the modular construction it is in particular possible to combine the types and/or positions of the tool clamping-in units in any desired manner. However, the measuring and/or presetting apparatus advantageously always remains in the position of the housing in which the flap is located. The tool clamping-in units and/or the measuring and/or presetting apparatus in particular realize modules which are formed in such a way that they are couplable with one another in any required way. In particular, each module has a uniform width. In particular, each module has a uniform depth. In particular, each module has a uniform height. In particular, the functional units of each module, i.e. in particular the clamping devices of the tool clamping-in units implementing the respective clamping mechanism and/or the measuring and/or presetting devices of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus, are situated at a uniform height. In particular, each module comprises at least one support surface which is configured to receive the respective functional unit, with the support surfaces being situated at uniform heights respectively. In particular it is conceivable that at least one tool clamping-in unit, at least the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and/or the handling robot are/is composed of at least two or more modules. By a “module” is in particular a technical unit to be understood that is capable of being combined with other units to form an entirety, in particular of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, that is of higher quality. In particular, individual modules may be combined into an entirety in different ways, depending on requirements and/or on customers&#39; wishes. However, in particular the individual modules are already functional on their own. In particular, the individual modules are capable of operating independently from one another. Advantageously the modules realize structural components of a construction kit system. Advantageously a module constitutes an exchangeable complex element within a whole system and realizes a closed functional unit. In particular, in the modular construction a system, in particular the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, is composed of structural components, in particular the tool clamping-in units, the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and/or the handling robot, along defined points, in particular defined interfaces. In particular, the interfaces of all modules are embodied such that they are identical to each other and/or compatible with each other. 
     If at least an arrangement at least of part of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station within the housing, i.e. for example of the individual tool clamping-in units, is module-wise selectable and/or module-wise modifiable, a particularly high degree of flexibility is advantageously achievable. 
     If moreover at least a combination at least of part of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station within the housing, i.e. for example the individual tool clamping-in units, is module-wise selectable and/or module-wise modifiable, a particularly high degree of flexibility is advantageously achievable. 
     It is further proposed that at least one tool clamping-in unit is embodied as a shrink-clamping station, which is in particular configured for a mounting/demounting of tools into/out of (a) shrink-clamp chuck(s) by inductive heating. This advantageously allows achieving a high degree of flexibility, in particular as this facilitates at least a shrink-clamping of tools in tool holders by means of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, preferably in a combination with a presetting and/or measuring of the produced tool units, the shrink-clamping preferentially constituting one of several different clamping methods that can be managed by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. The shrink-clamping station is in particular configured to fixate a tool in a tool holder, in particular by shrink-clamping, and/or to remove a tool from the tool holder, in particular by unshrink-unclamping. Preferentially the shrink-clamping station comprises at least one induction—coil unit for heating a tool receiving region—of a tool holder that surrounds a tool receiving opening. The shrink-clamping station is in particular configured, in a shrink-clamping, for a thermal expansion of the tool receiving opening of the tool holder to increase a size, in particular a diameter, of the tool receiving opening in such a way that a tool fits in the tool receiving opening. Preferably due to a following cooling down of the tool holder the size, in particular the diameter, of the tool receiving opening is decreased once again, thus creating a force-fit connection between the tool holder and the tool. Preferentially the shrink-clamping station comprises at least one cooling station. The cooling station is at least configured, in particular following a heating by the induction coil unit, to cool the tool holder down, preferably to a lukewarm temperature. In particular, the handling robot is configured for a loading of the shrink-clamping station, i.e. in particular an insertion of tools and/or tool holders in the shrink-clamping station and/or a removal of tools and/or tool holders from the shrink-clamping station. 
     Beyond this it is proposed that the shrink-clamping station, in particular the heating station, comprises a tool holder recognition unit that is configured for an automated recognition of tool holders which are not embodied as shrink-clamp chucks and for preventing an insertion of tool holders in the shrink-clamping station which are not embodied as shrink-clamp chucks. In this way a particularly high level of operational safety is advantageously achievable. For example, a hydraulic-expansion chuck erroneously inserted in the heating station could explode when heated, thus causing damages and injuries, which is advantageously preventable by a recognition of the tool holder type prior to heating. The tool holder recognition—unit is in particular implemented at least partly integrally with a recognition unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station that is allocated to a gate unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, or is implemented as a unit that is separate from the recognition unit, comprising separate recognition means. The recognition means may in particular be realized as a camera system with a tool holder recognition, as an NFC transponder system, e.g. an RFID transponder system, in particular with an RFID reading device at the shrink-clamping station and an RFID tag on the tool holder, and/or as a QR-code system or barcode system, in particular with a QR-Code reading device or barcode reading device at the shrink-clamping station and with a QR Code or a barcode on the tool holders. By two units being implemented “partly integrally” is in particular to be understood that the units comprise at least one, in particular at least two, advantageously at least three shared elements, in particular recognition means, which is/are (a) component(s), in particular functional relevant component(s), of both units. 
     In addition it is proposed that the shrink-clamping station comprises the cooling station, which is configured for a simultaneous cooling of a plurality of tool holders, in particular shrink-clamp chucks. This advantageously allows achieving a particularly high degree of flexibility, in particular as shrink-clamp chucks of different types and/or different shapes can be cooled effectively. Moreover a high work speed is advantageously achievable, in particular as a cooling process usually takes longer than a heating process and therefore a further shrink-clamp chuck can already be heated while the preceding shrink-clamp chuck(s) is/are still in the cooling phase. The cooling station in particular constitutes a portion of the same module as the shrink-clamping station. However, preferentially the cooling station implements its own module, which is in particular separate from the shrink-clamping station. In particular, the cooling station is configured for an active cooling of tool units. In particular, the cooling station comprises a plurality of cooling places, each of which is configured for an active cooling of exactly one tool unit. In particular, the cooling station comprises a plurality of cooling cuffs which can be placed upon respectively one heated tool unit for cooling. In particular, the handling robot is configured for a loading of the cooling station, which in particular means an insertion of tool units and/or tool holders in the cooling station and/or a removal of tool units and/or tool holders out of the cooling station. The handling robot is moreover in particular configured for picking up, moving and setting down cooling cuffs. Preferentially the handling robot is configured to place cooling cuffs on tool holders and/or tool units and/or to remove cooling cuffs from tool holders and/or tool units. 
     Furthermore it is proposed that the shrink-clamping station comprises a cooling station and a heating station which are implemented as respectively separate modules, which are arrangeable in any module places within a housing of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. This advantageously allows further increasing flexibility and/or work speed. In particular, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises at least 8, preferably at least 12, preferentially at least 16 and especially preferentially no more than 20 module places. Alternatively the cooling station and the heating station may form a shared single module, which in particular requires maximally one module place. Herein in particular a cooling unit of the cooling station and a heating unit of the heating station are combined in a shared structural unit, in particular implemented to be only movable together, which is in particular described in the German patent application having the application number 10 2019 108 605.1. In particular, by referring to the German patent application 10 2019 108 605.1 its disclosure is adopted into the present patent application, preferably with the exception of possible definitions, exclusions and/or inconsistencies. 
     It is also proposed that at least one tool clamping-in unit is embodied as a compression-clamping station, in particular a powRgrip® clamping station, which is at least configured for mounting tools in the tool holders via pressing of the tool holders. This advantageously allows achieving a high degree of flexibility, in particular as it is possible at least for a compression-clamping of tools in tool holders, in particular in powRgrip® tool holders, to be enabled by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, preferably in a combination with a presetting and/or measuring of the produced tool units, preferentially constituting one of several different clamping methods that can be managed by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting apparatus. The compression-clamping station is in particular configured to press a collet chuck of a tool holder, in particular a powRgrip® collet chuck of a powRgrip® tool holder, into a collet chuck holder of the tool holder, in particular a powRgrip® collet chuck holder of the powRgrip® tool holder, in particular while a shaft tool is arranged in the collet chuck holder. In particular, the handling robot is configured to insert the tool holder, in particular the collet chuck and the collet chuck holder of the tool holder, into the compression-clamping station. In particular, the handling robot is configured to introduce the tool into the collet chuck that is arranged in the compression-clamping station. In particular, the handling robot is configured to close the compression-clamping station to permit an execution of the clamping process and/or to open the compression-clamping station for a removal of the mounted tool unit or of the demounted tool holder. In particular, the handling robot is configured to remove the mounted tool unit and/or the demounted tool holder out of the compression-clamping station. In particular, the handling robot is configured to select a compression adapter of the compression-clamping station that is suitable for a certain tool holder and to mount the compression adapter in the compression-clamping station prior to a clamping-in or clamping-out process. The compression-clamping station is in particular realized as an “Automatische Spanneinheit PGU” [automatic clamping unit PGU] of the company Rego-Fix AG, Tenniken (Switzerland). 
     Beyond this it is proposed that, in an interaction with the measuring and/or presetting apparatus, the compression-clamping station is configured for a length adjustment of a tool in a powRgrip® tool holder. This advantageously allows achieving a high degree of flexibility. For this purpose, in particular, first the tool holder, in particular the powRgrip® tool holder with the collet chuck, in particular the powRgrip® collet chuck, with the collet chuck holder, in particular the powRgrip® collet chuck holder, and with the tool inserted in the tool holder, is inserted in the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and is there adjusted to a nominal length by means of a length-adjustment pin of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and by means of an optical unit of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus, in particular a camera system of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. Then in particular the tool unit which consists of the collet chuck, the collet chuck holder and the tool, and which has been preset to length, is transferred to the compression-clamping station and is fixated in the adjusted position by the compression-clamping station. In a further step, following the fixation by the compression-clamping station, in particular the length adjustment is controlled by means of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. In particular if the length adjustment of the fixated tool unit differs from the pre-set length adjustment of the tool unit prior to the fixation, the tool unit is once again demounted and the process is repeated. 
     In addition it is proposed that at least one tool clamping-in unit is embodied as a hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station, which is in particular configured for a mounting/demounting of tools in/out of a hydraulic-expansion chuck by a tightening/releasing of a clamping screw of the hydraulic-expansion chuck. In this way a high degree of flexibility is advantageously achievable, in particular as enabling at least of a clamping-in and/or clamping-out of tools in hydraulic-expansion chucks by means of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is facilitated, in particular in a combination with a presetting and/or measuring of the produced tool units, preferentially constituting one of several different clamping methods manageable by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. In particular, the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station is configured to operate different clamping screws of different hydraulic-expansion chucks. In particular, the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station is implemented at least partly integrally with the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. In particular, the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station is mounted on the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. In particular, the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus occupy one single, in particular an identical, module place. In particular, the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station is configured for manipulating a tool holder that is inserted in a holder device of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and/or is fixated therein. 
     If the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station comprises a screw head magazine containing a plurality of screw heads with different shapes and/or different sizes, with the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station being configured to carry out an automated exchange of the active screw head, a high degree of flexibility is advantageously achievable, in particular as it is possible for different clamping screws of different hydraulic-expansion chucks to be operated, i.e. in particular to be tensioned or released. In particular, the handling robot is configured for an insertion of the hydraulic-expansion chuck and/or of the tool in the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station and/or for a removal of the hydraulic-expansion chuck and/or of the tool out of the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station. In particular, the handling robot is configured for a tightening or a releasing of the clamping screw of the hydraulic-expansion chuck. In particular, the handling robot is configured to take a screw head from the screw head magazine and/or to insert a screw head into the screw head magazine. In particular, the handling robot is configured for an exchange of a screw head of the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station. Alternatively the handling robot may be configured to operate the clamping screw directly, i.e. to operate a screw head for a tensioning or a releasing of the clamping screw. However, preferably a screw-driving unit, which is configured to induce a rotation of the screw head for an operation of the clamping screw, is implemented separately from the handling robot. An “active screw head” is in particular to mean the respective screw head which is fixated in the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station, which is currently rotatable by the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station and which is thus in particular situated outside the screw head magazine. In particular, the screw head magazine is fixated on the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. 
     Furthermore it is proposed that at least one tool clamping-in unit is embodied as a union nut screw-driving station which is configured for a mounting/demounting of tools in/from a tool holder by a tightening/releasing of a union nut. This advantageously allows achieving a high degree of flexibility, in particular as at least enabling of a clamping-in and/or clamping-out of tools in collet chucks with union nuts by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is possible, preferably in a combination with a presetting and/or measuring of the produced tool units, preferentially constituting one of several different clamping methods which are manageable by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. In particular, a collet chuck that is tensionable by the union nut screw-driving station comprises a union nut which is in particular, for a clamping-in of a tool, put over the tool and is screwed with a portion of the collet chuck which the tool is inserted in and which has a tool receiving opening. In particular, the union nut screw-driving station comprises at least one torque element, which is configured to engage around the union nut and to tighten and/or release the union nut by a rotation movement of the torque element or of the portion of the collet chuck comprising the tool receiving opening. In particular, the handling robot is configured to insert a tool holder and/or a tool into the union nut screw-driving station and/or to remove a tool holder and/or a tool from the union nut screw-driving station. In particular, the handling robot is configured to remove a union nut from the tool holder or to place a union nut onto the tool holder. In particular, the handling robot is configured to lay the torque element onto the union nut and/or to remove it from the union nut. 
     If the union nut screw-driving station is configured for a fully automated tightening and/or releasing of a tool-surface-free union nut, in particular a cylindrically-shaped union nut, a flexibility is advantageously augmentable even further. Advantageously this allows a tensioning and/or releasing of tool chucks with tool-surface-free union nuts. By a “tool-surface-free union nut” is in particular a union nut to be understood that is on its outer circumference free of pre-formed surfaces, e.g. key surfaces, edges, holes, slits or the like, which are configured to provide an engagement possibility for tools, for example screw wrenches, or the like. In particular, a tool-surface-free union nut of a tool holder has a substantially smooth surface which is in particular, for the purpose of optimizing a true running of the tool holder, as rotationally symmetrical to a rotation axis of the tool holder as possible. An exemplary union nut screw-driving station has been described in the German patent application having the application number 10 2018 116 263.4, wherein in particular, by referring to the German patent application 10 2018 116 263.4, its disclosure is adopted into the present patent application, preferably with the exception of possible definitions, exclusions and/or inconsistencies. 
     It is also proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises at least one cleaning station, which is configured for cleaning at least a portion of the tool prior to a mounting in the tool holder or prior to a demounting of the tool from the tool holder. This advantageously allows further increasing flexibility, for example as even contaminated tool units can be demounted in the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. Moreover an especially high precision of an adjustment and/or a measuring is advantageously achievable in this way. Further a particularly high level of operational safety is achievable. In particular, the handling robot is configured for an insertion of tools and/or tool units in the cleaning station and/or to remove tools and/or tool units from the cleaning station. In particular, the cleaning station comprises at least one steam spray nozzle, which is preferentially configured to spray the tool and/or the tool holder, preferably at least a cutter of a tool, with steam for cleaning purposes. Alternatively or additionally the cleaning station comprises a blotting device, which is configured for blotting the tool and/or the tool holder, preferably at least a cutter of a tool, with an adhesive material for cleaning purposes. Such a blotting device has been described, for example, in the German patent application with the application number 10 2018 113 704.4, wherein in particular, by referring to the German patent application 10 2018 113 704.4, its disclosure is adopted into the present patent application, preferably with the exception of possible definitions, exclusions and/or inconsistencies. 
     If the measuring and/or presetting apparatus is at least configured for an optical examination of a cleanliness of a portion of a tool that has been cleaned in the cleaning station, a particularly high measuring precision and/or a particularly high adjustment precision are/is achievable. In particular, the measuring and/or presetting apparatus is configured for an optical examination of a tool unit and/or of a tool before and after a cleaning by the cleaning station. An “optical examination” is in particular to mean a comparison of image recordings of an optical sensor system, e.g. a camera. In particular, the cleaning station is configured to repeat the cleaning process in case insufficient cleanliness has been stated. 
     Beyond this it is proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises at least one balancing station, which is configured for a determination, in particular by a rotation of a tool mounted in one of the tool clamping-in units with a tool holder, of an imbalance of a combination of tool and tool holder, in particular of a tool unit. This advantageously allows achieving a high balancing quality and/or a high clamping-in precision. In particular, a high precision, i.e. for example a high machining precision, of the ready-clamped tool units can be obtained. Due to high balancing quality, it is advantageously possible to extend a service life of a tool unit and/or to go easy on a machine tool, in particular a spindle of a machine tool. In particular, the handling robot is configured to insert a ready-mounted tool unit in the balancing station and/or to remove a ready-mounted tool unit from the balancing station. In particular, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station is configured, in case a tolerated imbalance is exceeded, to demount a respective tool unit in the respectively suitable tool clamping-in unit and to re-mount it, wherein an imbalance of the re-mounted tool unit is then preferably measured once again. In particular if the tolerated imbalance is then undershot, the tool unit is released for further use by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. In particular if the tolerated imbalance is then once more exceeded, the tool unit is once again demounted and re-mounted or discarded by the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. In particular, tool units and/or tool holders with insufficient balancing quality and/or with insufficient or non-satisfactory measuring data determined by the measuring and/or presetting apparatus are marked, for example in an operation software of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station or on a chip assigned to the tool holder, and are discharged. Alternatively or additionally, in case of a multiple exceeding of the tolerated imbalance of a tool unit, the tool/the tool holder of the respective tool unit may be combined with another tool holder/tool for the purpose of identifying the cause of the imbalance. 
     Beyond this it is proposed that the measuring and/or presetting apparatus comprises an attachment holder magazine to provide a plurality of different attachment holders. This advantageously allows increasing flexibility, in particular as different types of tool holders, preferably differently shaped tool holders, can be measured and/or preset by a single measuring and/or presetting apparatus. In particular, an attachment holder is configured to support a tool holder in the measuring and/or presetting apparatus, preferentially in a stationary and/or rotationally fixed manner, relative to a measuring device and/or relative to a presetting device of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. In particular, the different attachment holders are configured for holding differently shaped tool holders. In particular, the handling robot is configured to remove an attachment holder out of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and/or out of the attachment holder magazine, and/or to insert an attachment holder in the measuring and/or presetting apparatus and/or in the attachment holder magazine. In particular, the attachment holder magazine is arranged within the housing, allowing the handling robot permanent access to all available attachment holders. Alternatively it is conceivable that the attachment holder magazine is arranged outside the housing and different attachment holders may be conveyed to the handling robot via the gate unit. 
     If the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises a tool assembly station which is configured for a mounting and/or demounting of tools that are composed of several parts and/or modules, an especially high level of flexibility is advantageously achievable. The tool assembly station may for example be configured for a loading of tools with indexable inserts and/or for a mounting of tool extensions. 
     Further it is proposed that the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station comprises the recognition unit which is configured for a recognition of a tool holder, and comprises a control and/or regulation unit that is configured, on the basis of the data determined by the recognition unit, to prepare at least one tool clamping-in unit and then to prompt the handling robot to convey the tool holder to the prepared tool unit for a mounting/demounting of a tool into/from the tool holder. This advantageously allows achieving a particularly high degree of automatization. Advantageously an especially high level of user-friendliness is achievable. Moreover high operational safety is advantageously achievable as it is possible, at an early stage, to sort out tools and/or tool holders which are incompatible with the configuration of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. “Preparing of a tool clamping-in unit” is in particular to mean an insertion of an adapter that is suitable for the respective tool holder and is necessary for an appropriate functionality of the tool clamping-in unit, e.g. a screw head, a torque element, a compression adapter, a collet chuck, or the like. The recognition unit is in particular realized as a camera system with a tool recognition and/or tool holder recognition, as an NEC transponder system, for example an REID transponder system, in particular with an RFID reading device at the gate unit of the housing and an RFID tag on the tool holders and/or on the tools, and/or as a QR-code system or barcode system, in particular with a QR-code reading device or barcode reading device at the gate unit of the housing and a QR code or a barcode on the tool holders and/or on the tools. Alternatively it is conceivable that the QR-code system or barcode system is free of a separate QR-code reading device or a barcode reading device at the gate unit and the QR codes or barcodes are read out by a camera system of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. For this purpose, the handling robot is in particular configured for a positioning of the tool and/or the tool holder with the QR code or the barcode in a field of vision of the camera system of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus. By a “control and/or regulation unit” is in particular a unit to be understood that comprises at least one control electronics part. By a “control electronics part” is in particular a unit to be understood with a processor unit and with a memory unit and with an operation program stored in the memory unit. 
     It is also proposed that the housing comprises at least the gate unit which is configured for a loading and/or unloading of tools and/or tool holders, with the gate unit comprising at least one signal device that is configured to output to an operator at least one signal by which it may be perceived whether ready-mounted combinations of tool and tool holder, in particular tool units, which are situated in the gate unit, have been assembled correctly. This advantageously allows achieving a particularly high level of user-friendliness. Moreover high operational safety is achievable, in particular as it is possible to prevent further use of faulty or faultily assembled tool units. The gate unit is in particular implemented as a closable opening in the housing. The gate unit in particular serves as a transfer region for a transfer of tools and tool holders to the handling robot. The handling robot is configured to remove tools and/or tool holders out of the gate unit or to deposit tools and/or tool holders in the gate unit. In particular, an access of the handling robot to the gate unit is prevented while the gate unit is open towards an operator&#39;s side, i.e. on an outer side of the housing. The signal device is in particular embodied as an acoustical signal device and is preferably embodied as an optical signal device. 
     If the signal device is implemented as a luminaire unit, which is configured to output light signals in at least two different light colors, it is advantageously possible to further augment user-friendliness, in particular by way of an especially simple recognizability of a signalized state. Alternatively or additionally the signal device may be configured to display an operation state (for example “switched on”, “standby”, “ready for operation”, “error”, “running operation”, “order completed”) of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station. 
     In addition, a method is proposed for a mounting/demounting of a tool into/from a tool holder, with a multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, the method advantageously providing an especially high flexibility. 
     If in the method a tool holder is recognized in an at least partly automated manner and is then fully-automatedly conveyed to a suitable tool clamping-in unit from a plurality of tool clamping-in units, it is moreover advantageously possible to achieve a particularly high level of user-friendliness and/or to prevent malfunction. 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station according to the invention and the method according to the invention are herein not to be limited to the application and implementation described above. In particular, to fulfill a functionality herein described, the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station according to the invention and the method according to the invention may comprise a number of individual elements, structural components and units that differs from a number that is mentioned here. 
    
    
     
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       Further advantages will become apparent from the following description of the drawings. The drawings show an exemplary embodiment of the invention. The drawings, the description and the claims contain a plurality of features in combination. Someone skilled in the art will purposefully also consider the features individually and will find further expedient combinations. 
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         FIG. 1  an exemplary tool and an exemplary tool holder, 
         FIG. 2  a schematic perspective exterior view onto a multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, 
         FIG. 3  a schematic view of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station with an arrangement of the individual components, in particular tool clamping-in units, handling robot and measuring and/or presetting apparatus, 
         FIG. 4  a schematic flow chart of a cleaning process of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, 
         FIG. 5  a schematic flow chart of a balancing process of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, 
         FIG. 6  a schematic side view of a portion of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, 
         FIG. 7  a schematic perspective view of a tool clamping-in unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, which is embodied as a shrink-clamping station, 
         FIG. 8  a schematic perspective view of a cooling station of the shrink-clamping station, 
         FIG. 9  a schematic perspective view of a tool clamping-in unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, which is embodied as a compression-clamping station, 
         FIG. 10  a schematic flow chart of a compression-clamping process of the compression-clamping station, 
         FIG. 11  a schematic perspective view of a portion of a tool clamping-in unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, which is embodied as a hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station, 
         FIG. 12  a schematic flow chart of a clamping-in process and a clamping-out process of the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station, 
         FIG. 13  a schematic perspective view of a tool clamping-in unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, which is embodied as a union-nut screw-driving station, 
         FIG. 14  a schematic perspective view of a measuring and/or presetting apparatus of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station, and 
         FIG. 15  a schematic flow chart of a method for a mounting/demounting of a tool into or from a tool holder. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT 
       FIG. 1  shows an exemplary tool  10  and an exemplary tool holder  12 , The illustrated tool  10  is embodied as a shaft tool, in particular as a shaft drill. The illustrated tool  10  comprises a tool shaft  70 . Alternatively the tool  10  could also be embodied as a shaft tool that differs from a shaft drill. The illustrated tool holder  12  is exemplarily depicted as a tool chuck with a union nut  72 , the union nut  72  being in particular implemented as a union nut  72  that is free of tool surfaces. Alternatively the tool holder  12  could also be realized as a tool holder  12  differing from a tool chuck with a union nut  72 , for example as a shrink-clamp chuck, as a collet chuck, as a hydraulic-expansion chuck or the like. The tool  10  is configured to be fixated, in particular clamped, in the tool holder  12 . The tool holder  12  and the tool  10  clamped in the tool holder  12  implement an assembled tool unit  74 . 
       FIG. 2  shows a multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  for tools  10 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  is configured for a fully automated mounting of tools  10  in tool holders  12 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  is configured for a fully automated demounting of tools  10  from tool holders  12 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  is configured for a fully automated presetting of tools  10  in the tool holders  12 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  is configured for a fully automated length adjustment of tools  10  in the tool holders  12 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  is configured for a fully automated measuring of tools  10 , tool holders  12  and/or tool units  74 . 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a plurality of fully automated tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  (see also  FIG. 3  or  FIGS. 7, 9, 11 and 13 ). The tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  are configured fora clamping-in of the tools  10  in the tool holders  12  to create tool units  74 . The tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  are configured to clamp the tools  10  out of the tool holders  12  for a disassembly of tool units  74 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises an optical measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  for tools  10  (see also  FIG. 3  or  FIG. 14 ). The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  is configured for a fully automated adjustment of tools  10  in the tool holders  12 , in particular a length adjustment, and for an optical measuring of tools  10  in the tool holders  12 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a handling robot  24  (see also  FIG. 3  or  FIG. 6 ). The handling robot  24  is configured for a fully automated moving of tools  10  and tool holders  12  between the tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22 . 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a housing  26 . The housing  26  is embodied as a shared housing  26  of the handling robot  24 , the tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22 . The housing  26  encloses the handling robot  24 , the tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  to a large extent, preferably completely. The housing  26  is implemented substantially in a rectangular-cuboid shape. The housing  26  comprises a gate unit  62 . The gate unit  62  is configured for a loading and/or unloading of tools  10  and/or tool holders  12  into and/or out of an interior of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . The gate unit  62  comprises in the present case two separate gates  76 ,  80 . Alternatively it is conceivable that the gate unit  62  comprises more or less than two gates  76 ,  80 . The gates  76 ,  80  can be closed from the outside. In the present case, the gates  76 ,  80  can be closed by means of a roller-shutter-like closure element  82 . Alternatively it is also conceivable that the closure element  82  is implemented as a flap, as a floor-to-ceiling door, as a slide door, or as another closure element  82  known to someone skilled in the art. The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a control and/or regulation unit  60 . The control and/or regulation unit  60  is at least configured to control the closure element  82 , in particular an opening state of the closure element  82 . The control and/or regulation unit  60  is at least configured to control and/or regulate an operation of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 , in particular of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 , preferably at least of the handling robot  24 , depending on an opening state of the closure element  82 . If one of the gates  76 ,  80  is open towards the outside, the control and/or regulation unit  60  prevents the handling robot  24  from accessing the gates  76 ,  80  from an inside. It is conceivable that the gates  76 ,  80  are designed such that it is possible for a tool transport wagon to be driven directly into the gate  76 ,  80  and to be parked there. 
     The gate unit  62  comprises a signal device  64 . The signal device  64  is configured for outputting to an operator at least one signal by which it can be perceived whether ready-mounted combinations of tool  10  and tool holder  12 , i.e. ready-mounted tool units  74 , which are situated in the gate unit  62 , are assembled correctly. The signal device  64  is embodied as a luminaire unit  66 . The luminaire unit  66  is configured for outputting light signals in at least two different light colors. The luminaire unit  66  is configured to at least partially illuminate the gate unit  62 , in particular the gates  76 ,  80 , in color(s). Different light colors outputted by the luminaire unit  66  are configured to signalize different operation states of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  or of the gate unit  62 . For example, a yellow light could signalize a stand-by operation. For example, a red light could signalize a fault or a presence of faultily assembled tool units  74  in a gate  76 ,  80 . For example, a blue light could signalize a running operation. For example, a green light could signalize a completed order or a gate  76 ,  80  being ready for re-loading or for removal of ready-mounted tool units  74 . Moreover the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a status light  84  for a general signalization of a current operation state of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  independently from a status of the gate unit  62 . The status light  84  is arranged above the housing  26 . Alternatively the status light  84  could also be integrated in the housing  26 , in particular in a surface of the housing  26 . 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises an operation panel  86 . The operation panel  86  is embodied as a screen, in particular a touch screen. The operation panel  86  is configured for a programming, operating and/or monitoring of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 , of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  and/or of the gate unit  62 . The operation panel  86  is realized such that it is integrated in the housing  26 . The surface of the screen of the operation panel  86  is implemented to be substantially flush-mounted with the surface of the housing  26 . The housing  26  comprises a flap  28 . The flap  28  can be opened from the outside. The flap  28  permits access to the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  that is located in the interior of the housing  26 . The flap  28  allows a manual operation of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  from outside of the housing  26 . The control and/or regulation unit  60  is at least configured for setting an operation mode of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  depending on an opening state of the flap  28 . Upon opening of the flap  28  the control and/or regulation unit  60  switches the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  into a manual operation mode. Upon closing of the flap  28  the control and/or regulation unit  60  switches the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  into a fully automated operation mode. When the flap  28  is open, the control and/or regulation unit  60  at least prevents an access of the handling robot  24  to the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  from the inside. The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises an additional operation terminal  88 . The operation terminal  88  is configured for a manual operation of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22 . The operation terminal  88  is freely displaceable at least along a side wall  90  of the housing  26 , in particular along the side wall  90  of the housing  26  having the flap  28 . In this way a high level of operation comfort is advantageously achievable. 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a recognition unit  58 . The recognition unit  58  is configured to recognize a tool holder  12 . The recognition unit  58  is configured to recognize a tool  10 . In the case shown the recognition unit  58  is implemented as a OR code scanner and/or barcode scanner. The control and/or regulation unit  60  is configured, on the basis of the data determined by the recognition unit  58 , to prepare the tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  that is suitable for the respective recognized tool holder  12 . The control and/or regulation unit  60  is configured, on the basis of the data determined by the recognition unit  58 , to prompt the handling robot  24  to convey the recognized tool holder  12  to the suitable prepared tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  for a mounting of a tool  10  in the tool holder  12 , respectively for a demounting of a tool  10  from the tool holder  12 . 
       FIG. 3  shows a schema of inner workings of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . All four fully automated tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  are embodied as different tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20 , which are at least configured for a fully automated mounting of tools  10  in respectively different tool holders  12 , with respectively different clamping methods and/or for a fully automated demounting of tools  10  out of respectively different tool holders  12 , with respectively different clamping methods. The first tool clamping-in unit  14  is configured for tool holders  12  with a first clamping method. The second tool clamping-in unit  16  is configured for tool holders  12  with a second clamping method which differs from the clamping method that is executable by the first tool clamping-in unit  14 . The third tool clamping-in unit  18  is configured for tool holders  12  with a third clamping method which is different from the clamping methods that are executable by the first tool clamping-in unit  14  and the second tool clamping-in unit  16 . The fourth tool clamping-in unit  20  is configured for tool holders  12  with a fourth clamping method which is different from the clamping methods that are executable by the first tool clamping-in unit  14 , by the second tool clamping-in unit  16  and by the third tool clamping-in unit  18 . The four tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  are implemented completely separately from one another. The four tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  are each fully functional independently from the other tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20 . All four tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  are loaded by the handling robot  24 . 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a tool assembly station  56 . The tool assembly station  56  is configured for a fully automated mounting and/or demounting of tools  10  which are composed of a plurality of parts. The mounting and/or demounting of the tools  10  may herein be carried out either by the handling robot  24  or by a separate handling device of the tool assembly station  56 . The handling robot  24  is configured for loading the tool assembly station  56 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a cleaning station  48 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a further cleaning station  92 . The cleaning station  48 ,  92  is configured for a cleaning at least of a portion of the tool  10 , in particular a cutter of the tool  10 , prior to a mounting in the tool holder  12 . The cleaning station  48 ,  92  is configured for a cleaning at least of a portion of the tool  10 , in particular a cutter of the tool  10 , prior to a demounting of the tool  10  from the tool holder  12 . One of the cleaning stations  48 ,  92  is configured for a cleaning of the tool  10  by spraying the tool  10  with water vapor from a water vapor spray nozzle. One of the cleaning stations  48 ,  92  is configured for a cleaning of the tool  10  by blotting. The blotting and/or the spraying may herein be carried out either by the handling robot  24  or by a separate handling device of the cleaning station  48 ,  92 . The handling robot  24  is configured for loading the cleaning stations  48 ,  92 . The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  is configured for an optical examination of a cleanliness of a part of a tool  10  cleaned in at least one of the cleaning stations  48 ,  92 . 
       FIG. 4  shows a flow chart of a cleaning process of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . In at least one method step  94  a contaminated tool  10  or a contaminated tool unit  74  is conveyed to the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  via the gate unit  62 . In at least one further method step  96  the contaminated tool  10  or the contaminated tool unit  74  is moved from the gate unit  62  to the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  and is inserted therein by the handling robot  24 . In at least one further method step  106  the contaminated tool  10  or the contaminated tool unit  74  is optically measured. In at least one further method step  108  the contaminated tool  10  or the contaminated tool unit  74  is moved to one of the cleaning stations  48 ,  92  and is inserted in the cleaning station  48 ,  92  by the handling robot  24 . In at least one cleaning step  98  the contaminated tool  10  or the contaminated tool unit  74  is cleaned in a first one of the two cleaning stations  48 ,  92 . In at least one further cleaning step  100  the contaminated tool  10  or the contaminated tool unit  74  is cleaned in a second one of the two cleaning stations  48 ,  92 . In at least one further method step  102  the cleaned tool  10  or the cleaned tool unit  74  is moved from the cleaning station  48 ,  92  to the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  and is inserted in the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  by the handling robot  24 . In at least one further method step  104  the tool  10  or the tool unit  74  is optically measured once again and thus checked. If the tool  10  or the tool unit  74  still has contaminations, the tool  10  or the tool unit  74  is re-conveyed to the cleaning stations  48 ,  92  and the cleaning steps  98 ,  100  are carried out once again. If on the other hand the tool  10  or the tool unit  74  is free of contaminations, the cleaning process is terminated. After termination of the cleaning process the tool  10  or the tool unit  74  is conveyed to one of the tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  by the handling robot  24  in at least one further method step  110 . 
     The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a balancing station  50  (see  FIG. 3 ). The balancing station  50  is configured to determine an imbalance of a combination of tool  10  and tool holder  12 , i.e. of a tool unit  74 . The balancing station  50  is configured to determine the imbalance by a rotation of the tool unit  74 . The handling robot  24  is configured for a loading of the balancing station  50 . 
       FIG. 5  shows a flow chart of a balancing process of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . In at least one method step  112  a tool unit  74  is created in one of the tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20 . In at least one further method step  114  the tool unit  74  is moved from the tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  to the balancing station  50  and is inserted therein by the handling robot  24 . In at least one balancing step  116  an imbalance of the tool unit  74  is determined by a rotation of the tool unit  74 . If an imbalance is below a tolerated imbalance, the balancing process is terminated. After termination of the balancing process, in at least one further method step  118  the tool unit  74  is deposited in the gate unit  62  by the handling robot  24  for removal from the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . If the imbalance is above a tolerated imbalance, in at least one further method step  120  the tool unit  74  is transferred back to the tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  by the handling robot  24 . In at least one further method step  122  the tool unit  74  is first disassembled and then re-assembled. In at least one further method step  124  the re-assembled tool unit  74  is re-conveyed to the balancing station  50  and the imbalance of the tool unit  74  is determined once again in the balancing step  116 . If the imbalance of the tool unit  74  is still above the tolerated imbalance, in at least one further method step  126  the tool unit  74  is either dismounted and combined with another tool unit  74 , or it is once more disassembled and re-assembled, or it is discarded. 
     The components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  are arranged in a rectangle around the handling robot  24  (see  FIG. 3 ). The handling robot  24  is arranged centrally in the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 , in particular in the housing  26 . The handling robot  24  is arranged in such a way that it is able to reach all components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . The components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  constitute in this context the four tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20 , the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22 , the cleaning stations  48 ,  92 , the balancing station  50  and/or the gates  76 ,  80 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  has a modular construction. The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a plurality of modules  36 . Each of the above-mentioned components is allocated to a module  36 . The first tool clamping-in unit  14  implements a module  36 . The second tool clamping-in unit  16  implements a module  36 . The third tool clamping-in unit  18  implements a module  36 . The fourth tool clamping-in unit  20  implements a module  36 . The cleaning station  48  implements a module  36 . The further cleaning station  92  implements a module  36 . The balancing station  50  implements a module  36 . Each gate  76 ,  80  of the gate unit  62  implements a module  36 . The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  implements a module  36 . The handling robot  24  implements a module  36  or is composed of a plurality, in particular of four, modules  36 . An arrangement of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  within the housing  26  is module-wise selectable and/or module-wise modifiable. A combination of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  within the housing  26  is module-wise selectable and/or module-wise modifiable. 
     All modules  36  have a uniform module width  128 . The module width  128  is approximately 700 mm. All modules  36  have a uniform module depth  130 . The module depth  130  is approximately 1000 mm. All modules  36  have a uniform module height  134  (see  FIG. 6 ). The module height  134  is approximately 1000 mm. It is conceivable that at least one of the modules  36  has a module width  128  that corresponds to a multifold of the module widths  128  of further modules  36 . It is conceivable that at least one of the modules  36  has a module depth  130  that corresponds to a multifold of the module depth  130  of further modules  36 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a plurality of module places  78 . Each module  36  occupies exactly one module place  78 . In the case shown the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises sixteen modules  36 . Here the handling robot  24  occupies four module spaces  78 . The modules  36  comprise connection elements  132 . The connection elements  132  are configured for a quick-mounting of the modules  36  with one another. The connection elements  132  are respectively arranged in identical positions on each module  36 . Each module  36  comprises a positioning surface  136  for receiving the functional units of the components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . The positioning surfaces  136  of different modules  36 , in particular with the exception of the modules  36  allocated to the handling robot  24 , are arranged at identical height levels, in particular the module height  134 . The multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  comprises a control cabinet  138 . The control cabinet  138  comprises at least the control and/or regulation unit  60 . The control cabinet  138  is embodied as a module  36 . The control cabinet  138  comprises a door  140 . The door  140  of the control cabinet  138  is integrated in the housing  26 . The door  140  of the control cabinet  138  is accessible from outside the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  that is implemented as a shrink-clamping station  30 . The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises a module frame  152 , which the functional units of the shrink-clamping station  30  are mounted on. The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises a holding device  142  for tool holders  12 . The holding device  142  comprises a length-adjustment pin  144  for a presetting of an insertion depth for a tool  10  in the tool holder  12 . The length-adjustment pin  144  is configured to be slid into the tool holder  12  from below, thus forming an abutment for a tool  10  that is inserted into the tool holder  12  in a shrink-clamping process. In the holding device  142  shown in  FIG. 7  a shrink-clamp chuck is positioned. The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises a heating station  34 . The heating station  34  comprises an induction coil unit  146 . The induction coil unit  146  is configured to thermally expand the shrink-clamp chuck. The induction coil unit  146  is configured to be put over the shrink-clamp chuck. The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises a tower  148 . The tower  148  comprises support rails  150 . The induction coil unit  146  is linearly movable up and down along the support rails  150 . The induction coil unit  146  is movable towards the holding device  142  along the support rails  150 . The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises a gripper device  154 . The gripper device  154  is configured for gripping a tool  10  or a tool holder  12  and to move it vertically relative to the holding device  142 . The gripper device  154  is configured for a fully automated insertion of a tool holder  12  in the holding device  142  and/or for a fully automated removal of a tool holder  12  therefrom. The gripper device  154  is configured fora fully automated insertion of a tool  10  in a tool holder  12 , in particular a shrink-clamp chuck, and/or for a fully automated removal of a tool  10  therefrom. The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises a further tower  156 , on which the gripper device  154  is supported such that it is linearly vertically movable. The gripper device  154  is furthermore linearly horizontally supported on the further tower  156 . 
     The shrink-clamping station  30  comprises besides the heating station  34  a cooling station  32 , which is shown in  FIG. 8 . The cooling station  32  and the heating station  34  are implemented as respectively separate modules  36 . The cooling station  32  comprises a module frame  152 , which the functional units of the cooling station  32  are mounted on. The cooling station  32  is configured fora simultaneous cooling of a plurality of tool holders  12 . The cooling station  32  comprises a plurality of cooling cuffs  158  (also called cooling bodies). The cooling cuffs  158  are configured to be put over a heated shrink-clamp chuck for cooling. The cooling cuffs  158  are movable in a fully automated manner. For a heat discharge the cooling cuffs  158  are flowed through by a cooling medium, for example water. The cooling cuffs  158  are respectively supported such that they are linearly vertically movable. The cooling cuffs  158  are linearly vertically movable independently from each other. In the case shown the cooling station  32  comprises six cooling places  160 . Each cooling place  160  is configured fora cooling of a shrink-clamp chuck. Thus it is possible for up to six shrink-clamp chucks to be cooled in the cooling station  32  at the same time. 
       FIG. 9  shows a tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  that is implemented as a compression clamping station  38 . The compression clamping station  38  is configured for a mounting of tools  10  into the tool holders  12  by way of a pressing of tool holders  12 , in particular collect chucks, or for a demounting of tools  10  from the tool holders  12 . The compression clamping station  38  comprises a module frame  152 , which the functional units of the compression clamping station  38  are mounted on. The compression clamping station  38  comprises a pressing unit  162 , which is driven hydraulically or pneumatically. The pressing unit  162  comprises a closure element  164 . The closure element  164  must be closed during a compression clamping process and must be open for a removal or an insertion of a collet chuck. The closure element  164  of the pressing unit  162  comprises an operating and locking lever  166 . The operating and locking lever  166  is implemented in such a way that it can be gripped and operated by the handling robot  24 . The handling robot  24  is configured to actuate the closure element  164  of the pressing unit  164 . The compression clamping station  38  comprises a holding device  142 . The holding device  142  of the compression clamping station  38  is configured for a holding of a collet chuck holder of a collet chuck. The compression clamping station  38  comprises a horizontal support rail  168 . The support rail  168  of the compression clamping station  38  is configured to movably support the holding device  142  of the compression-clamping station  38  in such a way that it can be moved out of the pressing unit  162  or can be moved into the pressing unit  162 . The handling robot  24  is configured to move the holding device  142  of the compression clamping station  38  along the support rail  168  of the compression clamping station  38 , 
       FIG. 10  shows a flow chart of a fully automated compression clamping process of the compression clamping station  38 , In at least one method step  170  by the handling robot  24  a collet chuck, made up of a collet and a collet chuck holder, with a tool  10  is inserted in the holding device  142  of the compression clamping station  38  moved out of the pressing unit  162 . In at least one further method step  172  the holding device  142  of the compression clamping station  38  is pushed into the pressing unit  162  along the support rail  168  of the compression clamping station  38  by the handling robot  24 . In at least one further method step  174  the closure element  164  of the pressing unit  162  is closed and locked by the handling robot  24 . In at least one compression clamping step  176  the tool  10  is clamped in the collet chuck by a pressing of the collet and the collet chuck holder. In at least one further method step  178  the closure element  164  of the pressing unit  162  is unlocked and opened by the handling robot  24 . In at least one further method step  180  the holding device  142  of the compression clamping station  38  is pulled out of the pressing unit  162  along the support rail  168  of the compression clamping station  38  by the handling robot  24 . In at least one further method step  182  the ready-clamped tool unit  74  is removed from the compression clamping station  38 . In a method for a removal of the tool  10  from the collet chuck the method steps given above are carried out substantially in reverse order. 
     A tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68  is embodied as a hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40 . The hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  comprises a module frame  152 , which the functional units of the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  are mounted on. It is conceivable that the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  is mounted on the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22 . In this case the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  and the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  are mounted on one identical module frame  152 . The hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  comprises a screw-driving unit  184  (see  FIG. 11 ). The screw-driving unit  184  is configured to actuate a clamping screw of a tool holder  12 , in particular of a hydraulic-expansion chuck, for a clamping or unclamping of the hydraulic-expansion chuck. The screw-driving unit  184  is movable in at least one, preferably in at least two mutually orthogonal, horizontal spatial direction(s)  186 ,  188 . The screw-driving unit  184  is movable in at least one vertical spatial direction  190 . The screw-driving unit  184  comprises at least one exchangeable screw head  44 . The screw head  44  is fixated on a rotation axis of the screw-driving unit  184 . The screw head  44  is configured to engage into a screw head of the clamping screw in a form-fit manner, thus inducing a rotation of the clamping screw. However, different clamping screws may have different screw heads. The hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  therefore comprises a screw head magazine  42 . The screw head magazine  42  comprises a plurality of screw heads  44  having different shapes and/or different sizes. The hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  is configured to carry out a fully automated exchange of the active screw head  44 . 
       FIG. 12  shows a flow chart of a fully automated clamping-in and clamping-out process for a tool  10  with a hydraulic-expansion chuck by means of the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40 . In at least one method step  192 , in a clamping-in process, a clamping screw of a hydraulic expansion chuck, which is free of a tool  10 , is screwed in completely, i.e. up to an abutment of the screw-driving unit  184 . In this way advantageously a starting point is defined, which is designed to prevent the clamping screw from being screwed out of the hydraulic-expansion chuck completely in a following clamping-out process with the same hydraulic-expansion chuck. In this way a high level of operational safety is advantageously achievable with particularly short down times. In at least one further method step  194  the starting point defined by the complete screwing-in is saved as a parameter in a memory unit of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . In at least one further method step  196 , in a new registration of the same hydraulic-expansion chuck, the parameter deposited in the memory unit is retrieved by the recognition unit  58  and is transmitted to the hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station  40  for a use in the clamping-out process. 
       FIG. 13  shows a tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  that is implemented as a union nut screw-driving station  46 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  is configured for a mounting of tools  10  in a tool holder  12  by a tightening of a union nut  72 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  is configured for a demounting of tools  10  out of a tool holder  12  by a releasing of a union nut  72 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  is configured for a fully automated tightening and/or releasing of a tool-surface-free union nut  72  (see  FIG. 1 ). The union nut screw-driving station  46  comprises a module frame  152 , which the functional units of the union nut screw-driving station  46  are mounted on. The union nut screw-driving station  46  comprises a holding device  142  for tool holders  12 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  comprises a drive unit  198 , which is configured to bring about a rotation movement of the holding device  142  of the union nut screw-driving station  46  and of the tool holder  12  that is fixated therein. The union nut screw-driving station  46  comprises a torque element  200 . The torque element  200  is configured to be jammed with the union nut  72  in a rotationally fixed manner. 
     The torque element  200  is configured to fixedly hold the union nut  72  such that it cannot follow a rotation of the tool holder  12  that is allocated to the union nut  72 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  comprises a tower  202 . The torque element  200  is movable vertically up and down along the tower  202 . By way of the vertical movement, the torque element  200  can be moved along the tower  202  relative to a tool holder  12  in the holding device  142  of the union nut screw-driving station  46 , and can preferably be put over the tool holder  12  at least partially. The handling robot  24  is configured to activate a clamping mechanism of the torque element  200 , which is configured for a jamming of the torque element  200  with the union nut  72  of the tool holder  12 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  comprises a torque element magazine  204 . The torque element magazine  204  comprises a plurality of different torque elements  200 , which are respectively configured for a fixation of differently shaped and/or differently sized union nuts  72 . The union nut screw-driving station  46  is configured to realize a fully automated exchange of the active torque element  200 . 
       FIG. 14  shows the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22 . The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  comprises a module frame  152 , which the functional units of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  are mounted on. The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  comprises an optical measuring unit  206 . The optical measuring unit  206  comprises a transmitted-light arrangement and/or a reflected-light arrangement. The optical measuring unit  206  is configured for a contact-free measuring of tools  10  and/or tool units  74 . Moreover it is conceivable that the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  comprises additional tactile, electrical or further optical sensors, for example sensors for the measuring of a distance, in particular in a proximity of the optical measuring unit  206 , for example in a central region  224  of the optical measuring unit  206 . In this way it is advantageously possible to increase a number of determinable parameters of tools  10  that are to be measured and/or of tool units  74  that are to be measured. The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  comprises a holding device  142 . In the holding device  142  of the measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  an attachment holder  54  is arranged. Preferentially identical attachment holders  54  are compatible with several, preferably all, holding devices  142  of several, preferably all, components of the multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station  68 . The attachment holder  54  implements a tool-holder-specific adapter, which is tucked in between the holding device  142  and the tool holder  12 . The measuring and/or presetting apparatus  22  comprises an attachment holder magazine  52  for providing a plurality of different attachment holders  54  for different tool holders  12 . The handling robot  24  is configured for a loading of the attachment holders  54  with tool holders  12  or with tool units  74 . 
       FIG. 15  shows a flow chart of a method for a mounting or demounting of a tool  10  into or out of a tool holder  12 . In at least one method step  208  a tool holder  12  is delivered at the gate unit  62 . In at least one further method step  210  the tool holder  12  is recognized by the recognition unit  58 . Then, in at least one further method step  212 , a tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  that is suitable for the tool holder  12  is identified from a plurality of tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  and is prepared accordingly (this means that the suitable adapters, e.g. attachment holders  54  etc. or screw heads  44  etc., are mounted or confirmed). In at least one further method step  214  the tool holder  12  is fully automatedly conveyed to the suitable tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  of the plurality of tool clamping-in units  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20 . In at least one further method step  216  a tool  10  is clamped into the recognized tool holder  12  by the previously identified and prepared tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20  or is clamped out of the recognized tool holder  12  by the previously identified and prepared tool clamping-in unit  14 ,  16 ,  18 ,  20 , In at least one further method step  218  the ready-mounted tool unit  74  the ready-demounted tool holder  12  is deposited in the gate unit  62 . In at least one further method step  220  a completion of an order, namely a successful clamping-in and/or clamping-out of tools  10  into and/or out of tool holders  12  is signalized by the signal device  64 . In at least one further method step  222  the ready-mounted tool unit  74  or the ready-demounted tool holder  12  is removed out of the gate unit  62  by an operator. 
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           10  tool 
           12  tool holder 
           14  first tool clamping-in unit 
           16  second tool clamping-in unit 
           18  third tool clamping-in unit 
           20  fourth tool clamping-in unit 
           22  measuring and/or presetting apparatus 
           24  handling robot 
           26  housing 
           28  flap 
           30  shrink-clamping station 
           32  cooling station 
           34  heating station 
           36  module 
           38  compression clamping station 
           40  hydraulic-expansion screw-driving station 
           42  screw head magazine 
           44  screw head 
           46  union nut screw-driving station 
           48  cleaning station 
           50  balancing station 
           52  attachment holder magazine 
           54  attachment holder 
           56  tool assembly station 
           58  recognition unit 
           60  control and/or regulation unit 
           62  gate unit 
           64  signal device 
           66  luminaire unit 
           68  multi-clamping and measuring and/or presetting station 
           70  tool shaft 
           72  union nut 
           74  tool unit 
           76  gate 
           78  module place 
           80  gate 
           82  closure element 
           84  status light 
           86  operation panel 
           88  operation terminal 
           90  side wall 
           92  further cleaning station 
           84  method step 
           96  method step 
           98  cleaning step 
           100  cleaning step 
           102  method step 
           104  method step 
           106  method step 
           108  method step 
           110  method step 
           112  method step 
           114  method step 
           116  balancing step 
           118  method step 
           120  method step 
           122  method step 
           124  method step 
           126  method step 
           128  module width 
           130  module depth 
           132  connection element 
           134  module height 
           136  positioning surface 
           138  control cabinet 
           140  door 
           142  holding device 
           144  length-adjustment pin 
           146  induction coil unit 
           148  tower 
           150  support rails 
           152  module frame 
           154  gripper device 
           156  further tower 
           158  cooling cuff 
           160  cooling area 
           162  pressing unit 
           164  closure element 
           166  operating and locking lever 
           168  support rail 
           170  method step 
           172  method step 
           174  method step 
           176  compression-clamping step 
           178  method step 
           180  method step 
           182  method step 
           184  screw-driving unit 
           186  horizontal spatial direction 
           188  horizontal spatial direction 
           190  vertical spatial direction 
           192  method step 
           194  method step 
           196  method step 
           198  drive unit 
           200  torque element 
           202  tower 
           204  torque element magazine 
           206  optical measuring unit 
           208  method step 
           210  method step 
           212  method step 
           214  method step 
           216  method step 
           218  method step 
           220  method step 
           222  method step 
           224  central region