Method for producing bearing components by means of a production line, production line and production system
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsWolfgang Schnabel, Benno Sterzinger, Detlef Scholtz, Martin Lutz, Thomas Schmitt, Andre Kuckuk, Werner Heuer, Klaus Pichl, Daniel Seubold
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Abstract
A method for producing one or more bearing components along a production line, comprising honing the bearing components along the production line, cleaning the bearing components along the production line, grinding the bearing components along the production line, and transporting the bearing components along the production line utilizing one or more transport units.
Claims16
A method for producing bearing components by utilizing a production line, comprising:
- utilizing at least one grinding machine to grind each bearing component;
- utilizing at least one honing machine to hone each of the bearing components;
- utilizing at least one cleaning unit to clean each of the bearing components;
- and
- utilizing at least one transport unit to transport each of the bearing components along the production line, wherein each bearing component is transported throughout the production line in a lying position, wherein the bearing component is formed as either a bearing outer ring or as a bearing inner ring, and that the grinding includes a step of an internal grinding of the bearing ring by utilizing a vertical grinding machine.
A production line for producing bearing components comprising:
- at least one grinding machine;
- at least one honing machine;
- at least one cleaning unit;
- and
- at least one transport unit, wherein each bearing components can be transported along the production line using a transport unit, and can thereby be brought to the at least one grinding machine, to the at least one honing machine, and to the at least one cleaning unit, wherein the at least one grinding machine is a vertical grinding machine, and that the production line is configured to allow the bearing components to travel on a horizontal plane, wherein a first and second respective production line are arranged on each side of each control lane, whose operating and display units are arranged in such a way that the operating and display units are facing each other, and wherein the production line comprises at least one assembly station that is successively interlinked with the respective production line and which is configured for a final assembly of a rolling or sliding bearing comprising the bearing components that came from the production lines.
A method for producing one or more bearing components along a production line, comprising:
- honing the one or more bearing components along the production line;
- cleaning the one or more bearing components along the production line;
- grinding the one or more bearing components along the production line;
- transporting the one or more bearing components along the production line utilizing one or more transport units;
- and
- demagnetizing the one or more bearing components along the production line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.