Numerical Control lathe will be the middle and senior grade development in the future.It is estimated that the demand for NC tool carrier will be much greater. NC tool start to the rapid tool change, electro-hydraulic servo drive and portfolio-driven direction with the development of NC lathes.
The mechanical structure and the control system of six Automatic Tool lift are designed in this thesis. Analyzing many plans, It be gotten that the blue print of the Automatic Tool Lift. And then,The structure be analyzed and calculated. At the same time, the ProE is used for the 3D solid modeling of mechanical structure, which shows the structure of the tool lift is reasonable. That PLC and sensors is applicated in the design of the soft and hard components of the tool lift .It makes the control of tool change more efficient.
Automatic Tool Lift in this thesis, with its simple structure and rapid auxiliary tool change (ATC), will become an independent unit which can be used not only on general machine tools to reduce ATC time, but also on economic NC machine tools to improve the structure Tool.
Key words Automatic Tool lift, Sensors ,3D Solid Modeling, PLC