Dave Engvall wrote: > I didn't (don't) know any better so I consider the Mazak ATC as > pretty standard in complexity. > Some of those on the horizontals must be simpler since they change > tools in 2 sec or so. > The Mazak Micro 5 has a part that swings the holder 90 degrees from the plane of the tool wheel to the plane of the spindle, then the changer arm swaps them, then that part swings the tool back up to the wheel. Many smaller changers have the tool carousel in the same plane as the spindle so there is just the one arm that does a down-spin-up motion.
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