Tool storage systems and loading systems –
the TOOL terminals
Intelligent tool handling directly on the machine
With the TOOL terminals from WASSERMANN, you switch your tools to automatic mode. You benefit from a well thought-out configuration, powerful software, and a fast, robust mechanical system. Automation and set-up during production time enable you to reduce set-up times, while the intelligent tool allocation in our software accelerates the tool changing processes.
Your advantages: more spindle hours, higher throughput, more turnover potential
Use the modular principle for configuration. Select the design of your tool storage system based on the desired capacity range. Then decide on details such as the exact capacity, mounts, tool length, and other features.
Your advantages
Develop productivity from order
- Space-saving – high tool density, e.g. 552 tools on only 3.5 m²!
- All-rounder – for all common tool mounts
- Open – storage system with interfaces to tool management, tool setup, and production
- Economical – short amortization period
- Market-oriented – complex jobs with existing machines
- Productive – reducing downtime with sister tools
- Attractive – a modern production environment for your team
- Demand-based – three basic architectures for flexible configurations
CNC automation from WASSERMANN TECHNOLOGIE GmbH
Customized solutions for your production
Tool storage systems that are too small reduce productivity
A too-small tool storage unit can limit throughput and make the path to unmanned production more difficult. With a TOOL terminal, you can expand the machine magazine by 200 to 1000 tools, overcoming technical limitations and eliminating obstacles to success.
Our TOOL terminals optimize tool management by loading tools for upcoming orders into the internal machine magazine while production is still running. This is done efficiently according to the frequency of use of the tools, so that free magazine spaces are always filled in a rational way.
And: You don't have to contact the machine manufacturer to adapt the tool management to the machine controlling. Our experts put software and control into dialog.
CNC automation systems are the key to transforming the manufacturing process.
Wassermann uses innovative technologies to take standardized CNC automation systems to a new level. Our solutions minimize manual tool handling, ensure precision and provide advantages in machine setup and running times.
Here's an overview of the advantages of our CNC automation systems:
- More throughput – Increase production efficiency and output with CNC automation that optimizes materials handling.
- More spindle hours – Optimum utilization of machine capacity and unmanned production over longer periods.
- Better margins – Optimize profitability through efficient CNC automation and reduce costs.
- No batch sizes – Efficient operation starting from batch size 1 thanks to flexible CNC automation solutions.
- Reduce the shortage of skilled workers – Create modern workplaces and flexible shift models by relieving employees of manual tasks.
Experience the future of CNC automation with Wassermann and increase the efficiency and competitiveness of your company.
CNC automation solutions for tools that make sense
Exclusively with us: The patented tool storage system.
To maximize packing density, we've developed a patented storage concept for our TOOL terminals. A special drum system enables a tool density that comparable solutions cannot achieve with the same footprint.
From proof of concept to success in just 12 weeks
In 2013, the idea was born of developing a new solution for storing and automating tools. After just 12 weeks, the proof of concept was ready in our production facility – developed, produced, assembled, and commissioned by WASSERMANN. We still use the prototype in our production today, where it supplies one of our machine tools daily.
Our targeted CNC automation solutions set us apart.
With decades of experience as CNC machinists, we understand exactly what drives your CNC production, and we focus on the specific requirements. You can count on tailor-made, long-term and reliable solutions.
With more than 30 machine tools in operation, we understand both your technical concerns and your operational requirements. With Wassermann, you'll increase efficiency, reduce investment costs, and shorten the time until the solution pays for itself. Rely on Wassermann to increase your productivity and optimize your production with CNC automation systems.
Wassermann stands for tailor-made solutions: from the modernization of machinery to the optimization of existing processes, we offer perfected CNC automation.
Choose a CNC automation specialist who not only develops, but also manufactures every day.
Cost-effective tool handling with CNC automation
TOOL terminals for your flexible CNC manufacturing
Our TOOL terminal provide high packing densities of tools and fit easily into any production hall. The integrated construction height grid offers maximum flexibility even with unusual hall heights. The storage positions are adapted to the variety of tool types, and our transfer concepts are prepared for different tool magazine designs.
We offer not just technical solutions, but well-thought-out concepts. The number and type of machine tools connected to a TOOL terminal can change over time without any unwanted surprises at the interfaces. We've already successfully connected many terminals to existing machines and new machines.
Our TOOL terminals harmonize perfectly with your CNC production.
Increase productivity without purchasing a new machine through CNC automation
Purchasing a new machine tool with a larger tool store isn't your only option for increasing productivity. At Wassermann, we encourage you to check whether your existing machine can be retrofitted with standardized CNC automation systems for tools. This is often the most cost-effective way to get more performance out of your existing machinery.
In complex machining practice, we offer solutions for different machine manufacturers and limited space conditions.
Why automate existing machines?
Existing machines often still deliver first-class production quality and are technically still up to date. Targeted CNC automation of tools and/or workpieces using CNC automation systems allows you to increase productivity without compromising production quality.
Individual solutions for your production
Wassermann provides you with customized solutions precisely tailored to your setup. This gives you the greatest benefit in terms of efficiency, investment, and amortization. Our solutions take your production to the next level, and our focus is on meeting your requirements.
With Wassermann CNC automation, you not only increase productivity – you also shape the future of your production.
No example projects have yet been published. Please contact us directly for more information.
TOOL-S: the economical entry-level
The round shelves with the smallest footprint and 3 to 7 levels
Your tools in the round. The TOOL-S is a round shelf storage system with 3 to 7 shelf levels. Pack up to 350 tools together on a small footprint. This gives you many times the capacity of conventional machine-adjacent magazines. TOOL-S can be run on almost any machine, allowing any production facility to implement automated tool handling or expand the machine-adjacent magazines.
You can use the modular system of TOOL-S to achieve the exact configuration for your automated tool storage system. Please contact us for an in-person consultation.
TOOL-S
- S for shelf: The compact shelf system for up to 350 tools can be combined with almost any machine.
TOOL-D: the space saver
The patented drum magazine with the highest packing density
We believe that tool availability on a machine should no longer be slowing down production. So we kept working on the problem of packing density until we found a new storage concept: TOOL-D, with a D for drum: It works with up to three drums that rotate inside one another, each with up to 6 levels. This creates space for up to 1000 tools on a very small footprint.
The standard version can already hold up to 570 tools, and with the options of the modular TOOL terminal system, you can easily adapt the capacity to your requirements.
Ask us about it. So the number of storage slots on your machine tool can no longer set the limits.
TOOL-D
- D for drum: The standard version of the space saver with patented multi-drum can hold up to 552 tools – and more on request.
TOOL-L: the linear storage system with unlimited expansions
Simply let your storage capacities grow gradually.
Your production should have room to grow in the years to come, for example with additional machine tools, and these should ideally be able to work with more tools than specified by the manufacturer. TOOL-L gives you a solution that can grow, integrating additional machines in a linear pattern as and when required.
TOOL-L is limited only by the available space in the workshop. You can start with a capacity of 500 tools and use the modular system to expand it as required, almost without limits. The more space you have available next to your machine, the better – because this automatically increases the feasible storage capacity.
If you want maximum capacity and plenty of expansion options, please contact us about your individual TOOL-L.
TOOL-L
- L for linear: storage space for far more than 500 tools. The maximum capacity depends primarily on the available floor space.
As an additional magazine on the machine, the terminal exchanges tools with the internal magazine of the machine. There are three options for controlling the terminal.
- Without a dedicated control system:
The machine controller controls the terminal.
- With sequence controller and IO link interface:
The machine controller manages the tools.
The terminal sequence controller coordinates the handling in the terminal and the transfer of tools to the machine magazine.
- With sequence controller, own management, and IO interface:
The terminal controller controls the sequence and manages the tools in the terminal.
In addition, the terminal controller uses an interface to transfer control signals and tool data to the machine controller.
Integration of data from the tool setup is also possible.
As a direct magazine for machines without tool magazine
The terminal can be used as a direct magazine for machine tools without magazine.
This allows you to expand your production options by creating external storage slots with the terminal and automating the tool transfer. The tools are moved to the spindle directly or through an intermediate handling unit.
The terminal is controlled by the machine in this case.
As a central magazine for several manufacturing systems
As a central magazine, an individual terminal supplies the magazines of several manufacturing systems with tools to expand the storage capacities of the machines.
The terminal is equipped with a sequence controller, tool management, and an interface to the respective machine controllers. This allows control signals and tool data to be exchanged quickly and without errors. RFID technology and a link to a tool setup unit are optionally also possible.
The tools are requested either by the main computer or by the machine controller. A handling system carries out the reliable tool exchange between the terminal and the tool magazine of the connected machines.
As a stand-alone storage unit for prepared tools
As a stand-alone storage unit, a terminal is a tool storage system with a large capacity and a small footprint.
Tool data can optionally be read in via RFID without errors and the terminal uses the data to find the optimum storage slot for the tool. A tool management system can be connected at any time and data exchange with a tool setup unit is also possible. In addition to all this, the terminal can directly transfer tool data to the CNC machine digitally.
This eliminates manual input – a key cause for scrap or even crashes.
