TOOL CARRIER ASSEMBLY TO BE USED IN LATHE AND LATHE COMPRISING TOOL CARRIER ASSEMBLY

摘要

To provide a tool carrier assembly to be used in a lathe and the lathe comprising the tool carrier assembly.SOLUTION: A tool carrier assembly 100 comprises: a first slide 110 that can move in a first direction Y; a tool carrier 150 supported on the first slide 110 and configured to hold a plurality of tools FT and LT arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction Y; a tool driving unit 160 including a tool driving device that engages with one of the plurality of tools held by the tool carrier 150 to drive the tool LT1 rotatably; and a driving mechanism 111 that when engagement of the tool driving device with the tool LT1 is released, moves another tool of the plurality of tools to a tool driving position and moves the first slide 110 together with the tool carrier 150 in the first direction Y with respect to the tool driving position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A