Transport device for transporting one or more handling devices
AssigneeDeckel Maho Pfronten GmbH
InventorsAlfred Geissler, Michael Trenkle, Sebastian Riedel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a transport device (100) for transporting one or more handling devices, each for handling a pallet (300) and/or a workpiece (1) on a machine tool (1000) which is set up on a base surface for machining the workpiece (1), wherein the transport device (100) is freely movable on the base surface for positioning the one or more handling devices relative to the machine tool (1000), in particular within a region in front and/or next to the machine tool (1000) and/or in front and/or next to a working space of the machine tool (1000).
Claims22
A transport device, comprising:
- a driverless transport vehicle configured to transport one or more handling devices that are each configured to handle a pallet that is configured to receive a workpiece thereon and/or a workpiece on a machine tool set up on a base surface, configured to move on the base surface and position the one or more handling devices within a region in front of and/or next to the machine tool and/or in front of and/or next to a work space of the machine tool, and configured to be moved freely on a plane independently of a type of rail system to guide the transport vehicle;
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- a pallet changer that is mechanically fixed to the driverless transport vehicle and is configured to directly exchange pallets in the work space of the machine tool after the driverless transport vehicle has been moved and has been positioned within a region in front of and/or next to the work space of the machine tool.
A system, comprising:
- a machine tool having a workspace and a setup station and configured to be set up on a base and to machine workpieces;
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- a transport device including
- a driverless transport vehicle configured to transport one or more handling devices that are each configured to handle a pallet with a workpiece thereon and/or to handle a workpiece on the machine tool, configured to move on the base surface and position the one or more handling devices within a region in front of and/or next to the machine tool and/or in front of and/or next to the machine tool work space, and configured to be moved freely on a plane independently of a type of rail system to guide the transport vehicle, and
- a pallet changer that is mechanically fixed to the driverless transport vehicle and is configured to directly exchange pallets in the machine tool work space after the driverless transport vehicle has been moved and has been positioned within the region in front of and/or next to the machine tool work space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.