Production system, production module, method for operating and setting up a production line, and method for producing a workpiece

A production system comprising:

• two or more production modules;
• and
• two or more, modularly exchangeably populatable production module installation locations (P) which is/are each modularly exchangeably populatable with one of the two or more production modules;
• wherein the production module is designed for executing at least one production step in a method for producing a workpiece, and configured for integration into a modular production system with multiple production modules which are arranged successively in relation to one another along a production line, and which have production spaces for forming a production channel running along the production line, comprising:
• a frame;
• and
• at least one manipulator unit;
• wherein:
• the manipulator unit comprises, upstream or downstream of the production module in the direction of the production line, a deposit system with at least one deposit unit for depositing a workpiece or a workpiece component;
• the deposit system is configured such that a workpiece or a workpiece component is, during the production process, transferable between a deposit position of the deposit unit and a production position in the production space of a production module;
• and
• for the execution of a production step, the production module is positioned directly downstream in a production direction (R) along the production line;
• the deposit system comprises a linear guide rail and at least one displacement carriage;
• the linear guide rail is attached to a side of the frame that is oriented in the direction of the production line, and runs perpendicular to a production direction (R) along the production line;
• and
• the at least one displacement carriage is
• positioned upstream or downstream of the working space in the production direction along the production line;
• and
• is coupled to the linear guide rail with corresponding linear drives to be moveable along the linear guide rail perpendicularly to the production direction (R) along the production line.

A production system, comprising:

• at least two modularly exchangeable press modules, which are arranged along a processing line at corresponding press module installation locations (P) and which serve for the processing of workpieces, for the formative processing of workpieces composed at least partially of meta;
• wherein:
• each of the press modules comprises a press frame and a driveable press plunger movably mounted therein;
• each press plunger is assigned a working space which is designed for the processing of workpieces;
• the press modules are arranged successively in relation to one another such that the working spaces form a processing channel along the processing line;
• the press modules are arranged at processing positions, which are fixedly predefined for a respective operating mode, along the processing line;
• and
• at least one of the press modules is integrated, as a unit which is exchangeable as a whole, into the processing line at the respective processing position at the corresponding press module installation location (P);
• wherein the at least one of the press modules comprises:
• at least one manipulator unit;
• wherein:
• the manipulator unit comprises, upstream or downstream of the press module in the direction of the production line, a deposit system with at least one deposit unit for depositing a workpiece or a workpiece component;
• the deposit system is configured such that a workpiece or a workpiece component is, during the production process, transferable between a deposit position of the deposit unit and a production position in the production space of a production module;
• and
• for the execution of a production step, the production module is positioned directly downstream in a production direction (R) along the production line;
• the deposit system comprises a linear guide rail and at least one displacement carriage;
• the linear guide rail is attached to a side of the press frame that is oriented in the direction of the production line, and runs perpendicular to a production direction (R) along the production line;
• and
• the at least one displacement carriage is
• positioned upstream or downstream of the press frame in the production direction along the production line;
• and
• is coupled to the linear guide rail with corresponding linear drives to be moveable along the linear guide rail perpendicularly to the production direction (R) along the production line.