Arrangement for processing workpieces
AssigneeErowa AG
InventorHans Hediger
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Abstract
An arrangement for processing workpieces includes at least one processing machine, a machine magazine assigned to a respective processing machine for accommodating processing tools, and a robot arranged on a driverless base frame. Processing tools may be supplied to and/or removed again from the machine magazine using the driverless base frame. The driverless base frame is additionally provided with a temporary magazine for accommodating processing tools.
Claims15
An arrangement for processing workpieces, with at least one processing machine and a machine magazine assigned to a corresponding one of the at least one processing machine for accommodating processing tools, each of the at least one processing machine including an electronic controller operable to execute processing programs to use the processing tools, and a robot arranged on a driverless base frame by means of which the processing tools can be supplied to and removed from the machine magazine, characterized in that the driverless base frame is an automated guided vehicle (AGV), and the arrangement comprises:
- a central tool magazine for different ones of the processing tools, the central tool magazine being arranged such that the robot of the driverless base frame can remove and transfer the processing tools directly from/to said central tool magazine and said machine magazine;
- a temporary magazine provided on said driverless base frame, separate from the robot, for accommodating a plurality of the processing tools at one time;
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- a control system for wirelessly separately controlling the driverless base frame and the robot, wherein the control system includes a first transmitter for controlling the base frame and a different second transmitter for controlling the robot,
- wherein the control system is configured to connect to said at least one processing machine to determine a next one of the processing programs to be performed by the at least one processing machine and to select one of the different ones of the processing tools in the central magazine necessary for said next one of the processing programs,
- wherein the at least one processing machine and/or the central tool magazine is provided with a respective electromechanical interface, and
- wherein the electromechanical interface connects to the robot to supply electrical power to the robot and further connects to the driverless base frame to supply compressed air for a pneumatically driven gripper of the robot.
An arrangement for processing workpieces, with at least one processing machine and a machine magazine assigned to a corresponding one of the at least one processing machine for accommodating processing tools, and a robot arranged on a driverless base frame by means of which the processing tools can be supplied to and removed from the machine magazine, characterized in that the driverless base frame in automated guided vehicle (AGV), and the arrangement comprises:
- a central tool magazine for different ones of the processing tools, the central tool magazine being arranged such that the robot of the driverless base frame can remove and transfer the processing tools directly from/to said central tool magazine and said machine magazine;
- a temporary magazine provided on said driverless base frame, separate from the robot, for accommodating a plurality of the processing tools at one time;
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- a control system for wirelessly separately controlling the driverless base frame and the robot, wherein the control system includes a first transmitter for controlling the base frame and a different second transmitter for controlling the robot,
- wherein the at least one processing machine and/or the central tool magazine is provided with a respective electromechanical interface, and
- wherein the electromechanical interface connects to the robot to supply electrical power to the robot and further connects to the driverless base frame to supply compressed air for a pneumatically driven gripper of the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.