Positioning apparatus and system
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorStig Olov Persson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A positioning apparatus for positioning workpieces in relation to at least one industrial robot, the positioning apparatus including a stationary base structure having a support surface for supporting one or more of the at least one industrial robot and a base surface for mounting to an installation surface; a first workpiece support for supporting a first workpiece; a second workpiece support for supporting a second workpiece; a support member supporting the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support, the support member being arranged to move between a first position and a second position; and a motor arranged to drive the support member between the first position and the second position, wherein the support surface is arranged between the motor and the base surface.
Claims17
A positioning apparatus for positioning workpieces in relation to at least one industrial robot, the positioning apparatus comprising:
- a stationary base structure having a support surface for supporting one or more of the at least one industrial robot and a base surface for mounting to an installation surface;
- a first workpiece support for supporting a first workpiece;
- a second workpiece support for supporting a second workpiece;
- a support member supporting the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support, the support member being arranged to move between a first position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on a processing side of the base structure and the second workpiece support is positioned on an opposite loading side of the base structure, and a second position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on the loading side and the second workpiece support is positioned on the processing side;
- and
- a motor arranged to drive the support member between the first position and the second position, wherein the support surface is arranged between the motor and the base surface;
- and
- wherein the support member is asymmetric about a plane that is perpendicular to a separating direction between the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support and that is centered between the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support.
A system comprising at least one industrial robot and a positioning apparatus including:
- a stationary base structure having a support surface for supporting one or more of the at least one industrial robot and a base surface for mounting to an installation surface;
- a first workpiece support for supporting a first workpiece;
- a second workpiece support for supporting a second workpiece;
- a support member supporting the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support, the support member being arranged to move between a first position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on a processing side of the base structure and the second workpiece support is positioned on an opposite loading side of the base structure, and a second position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on the loading side and the second workpiece support is positioned on the processing side;
- and
- a motor arranged to drive the support member between the first position and the second position, wherein the support surface is arranged between the motor and the base surface;
- and
- wherein the support member is asymmetric about a plane that is perpendicular to a separating direction between the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support and that is centered between the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.