ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB5.50-2015(RevisionofASMEB5.50-2009)7/24TaperTooltoSpindleConnectionforAutomaticToolChangeASMEB5.50-2015(RevisionofASMEB5.50-2009)7/24TaperTooltoSpindleConnectionforAutomaticToolChangeANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDTwoParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USADateofIssuance:September30,2015ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheCommitteeWebpageandundergo.asme.org/InterpsDatabase.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB5CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheB5CommitteePageatgo.asme.org/B5committeeastheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheB5CommitteePagecanbefoundatgo.asme.org/B5committee.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardaga...