Patent ID: 6941629

Claim:
A tool assembly unit for coupling a tool and a tool holder by heat shrinking, said unit comprising: a measuring device for establishing a desired position of the tool with respect to the tool holder; an alignment device adjacent to said measuring device and defining an aperture for receiving the tool holder, said alignment device including a moveable rod for engaging the tool when the tool is positioned within the tool holder and the tool holder is secured within said aperture; a heating device including a slide tower adjacent to said aperture and a heater slidably supported by said slide tower for heating the tool holder when the tool holder is secured in said aperture to facilitate coupling of the tool with the tool holder; and an adjustment device for moving said moveable rod relative to said aperture to move the tool with respect to the tool holder to the desired position after said heating device has heated the tool holder and without requiring removal of the tool holder from said aperture such that the tool holder remains secure in said aperture between heating the tool holder and moving said moveable rod.