Tool changing systems
Precisely coordinated magazine and changer systems

Fast tool change times and simultaneous supply of two spindles

Welcome to the extreme. Our changing systems for machining centers are trimmed for top performance. Benefit from high packing densities in small installation spaces, reduce unproductive time windows with super-fast tool changes and have two spindles loaded with tools simultaneously. Store up to 180 tools in the machine so that even complex and long production runs can be completed without any problems – with any standard tool holder. Take the productivity of your machines to the extreme.

The best possible change system can be realized in particular if we can work with you as the OEM right from the start. Even highly complex systems can then be integrated into your machine. For example, we have equipped an Index R300 with two magazines, two changing systems for eleven axes. Tested, pre-assembled, ready to go. The tool changing system achieves a chip-to-chip time of just six seconds for both spindles and supplies seven positions with loading parallel to machining time. Take off into the extreme with us.

Ideal for vertical lathes and large tools

Large machines work with large and heavy tools. We have the right changing systems to move and position tools weighing up to 50 kg and 1200 mm in length safely and precisely. Keep up to 180 tools with standard tool holders and special holders ready for use in your machines.

These changing systems not only reliably bridge long travel distances between the magazine and spindle.

If required, they can also handle functions such as changing milling heads, changing to vertical and horizontal spindles and can work with two different tool holders. The magazines of these change systems offer space for up to 180 tools.

All standard tool holders are possible, as are special holders.

Developed and built for your machine – automation for special applications

Benefit from tried and tested technologies even beyond the typical production technologies such as turning or milling. The possible applications of WASSERMANN tool changing systems go far beyond these areas. If you want to automate tools for grinding, eroding, drilling, deep-hole drilling, finishing or other applications, you will find the solution at WASSERMANN. You can store up to 180 tools with any holder in the magazines and keep them ready for the fast tool changers from WASSERMANN.

If the requirements for your ready-to-install automation are far removed from the everyday, we can make almost anything possible with our special solutions.

We have developed solutions for machines in which the tools protrude from the magazine in the shape of a hedgehog. We have built systems that are extremely small and light. We have done many things for the first time and only a few things twice. Here are a few examples that we have already realized.

• Grinding machine: 20 x HSK-100 holder, 50 kg grinding wheels with a diameter of up to 400 mm
• Machine for end-face machining of shafts: 12 x HSK-25 holders for tools weighing 3 kg and with a diameter of 65 mm
• Sanding machines: 5-station magazine with tool changer for machine loading and simultaneous control of the loading door

Support the process reliability and availability of your machines.

When you work with WASSERMANN, you get a robust and durable tool changing system. More than 1,000 of our tool changing systems are in use worldwide and prove their worth every day.

You can use your tool changing system immediately after delivery.

All systems are fully adjusted, checked and extensively tested on our test stands for simulated practical operation.

If you are looking for a technical solution that combines high changing speed, outstanding repeat accuracy, long service life and low maintenance, you should opt for a changing system with a cam-controlled tool changer.

The design effort is higher than with a servomotor or pneumatic solution. However, only the cam control offers this specific combination of quality features.

Depending on the performance profile and area of application of a machine, tool changers with servo motors or pneumatics may be the more economical option. We have also developed many tailor-made solutions with these drive principles.

Use the technological diversity of WASSERMANN to optimally prepare your machine.

In addition to tool handling, WASSERMANN also offers a wide range of options for storing tools:

• Link plate chain magazines,
• Meander magazines,
• Flat plate magazines
• and vertically mounted target magazines.

Each of these magazine concepts has its own individual strengths in order to make optimum use of the installation space of a machine.

We equip each magazine individually, depending on the movement profile and speed. We can cover every requirement profile thanks to tool holders with quiver or gripper design and options such as locking.