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US 12,491,623 B2Granted
Production cell with at least two machining robots
OwnerMartin Zimmer, Günther Zimmerinventors
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Abstract
A manufacturing cell comprises at least one workpiece path having a workpiece supply region of a workpiece supply and a workpiece table of a machine tool. The machine tool has at least two machining robots. The workpiece table comprises at least one suction block assembly. The manufacturing cell has a second workpiece path running in a longitudinal direction of the manufacturing cell and parallel to the first workpiece path, with a second workpiece table comprising at least one suction block assembly. In addition, each suction block assembly can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the manufacturing cell. This increases the output rate of a manufacturing cell and expands its machining capabilities.
Claims16
A manufacturing cell (10), comprising:
- a machine tool (61) with at least two machining robots (91, 101);
- a first workpiece path (11) running in a longitudinal direction (5) of the manufacturing cell (10) and having
- a workpiece supply region (22) of a workpiece supply (21) and
- a workpiece table (65) of the machine tool (61),
- wherein the workpiece table (65) comprises at least one first suction block assembly (71);
- and
- a second workpiece path (12) running parallel to the first workpiece path (11;
- 12), with a second workpiece table (165) comprising at least one second suction block assembly (171),
- wherein the first workpiece path (11) is configured for processing a first workpiece (1),
- wherein the second workpiece path (12) is configured for processing a second workpiece (2) independently of the first workpiece (1),
- wherein each suction block assembly (71;
- 171) comprises
- a support beam (72) arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (5),
- suction elements (76) carried on the support beam (72), and
- a lifting device (82) with a transverse support roller (85), the lifting device (82) being arranged on the support beam (72),
- wherein the transverse support roller (85) is rotatably mounted about a horizontal roller axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (5) in a U-shaped support beam (86),
- wherein the transverse support roller (85) extends laterally across the suction elements (76),
- wherein the lifting device (82) includes a central lifting cylinder (83) and two guide cylinders (84).
- wherein the lifting device (82) is configured to lift the transverse support roller (85) into a support position above an upper suction surface (77) of the suction elements (76) and retract the transverse support roller (85) into a standby position below the upper suction surface (77) of the suction elements (76), and
- wherein each suction block assembly (71;
- 171) can be displaced in the longitudinal direction (5) of the manufacturing cell (10).
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A manufacturing cell (10), comprising:
- a workpiece supply (21);
- a machine tool (61) with at least two machining robots (91, 101);
- a first workpiece path (11), including
- a first workpiece supply region (22) of the workpiece supply (21),
- a first workpiece table (65) of the machine tool (61) with a first suction block assembly (71),
- a first guide rail (28) extending along the first workpiece path (11), and
- at least two self-propelled first workpiece carriages (114, 115) configured to be displaced along the first guide rail (28) and thereby transport a first workpiece (1) between the first workpiece supply region (22) and the first workpiece table (65);
- and
- a second workpiece path (12), including
- a second workpiece supply region (23) of the workpiece supply (21), and
- a second workpiece table (165) of the machine tool (61) with a second suction block assembly (171),
- a second guide rail (28) extending along the second workpiece path (12), and
- at least two self-propelled second workpiece carriages (116, 117) configured to be displaced along the second guide rail (28) and thereby transport a second workpiece (2) between the second workpiece supply region (23) and the second workpiece table (165),
- wherein the first workpiece path (11) extends in a longitudinal direction (5) of the manufacturing cell (10), and
- wherein the second workpiece path (12) extends parallel to the first workpiece path (11),
- wherein the first suction block assembly (71) and the second suction block assembly (171) each comprise
- a support beam (72) arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (5),
- suction elements (76) carried on the support beam (72), and
- a lifting device (82) with a transverse support roller (85), the lifting device (82) being arranged on the support beam (72),
- wherein the transverse support roller (85) is rotatably mounted about a longitudinal roller axis that extends lateral to the longitudinal direction (5) in a U-shaped support beam (86)
- wherein the transverse support roller (85) extends laterally across the suction elements (76),
- wherein the lifting device (82) includes a central lifting cylinder (83) and two guide cylinders (84),
- wherein the lifting device (82) is configured to lift the transverse support roller (85) into a support position above an upper suction surface (77) of the suction elements (76) and retract the transverse support roller (85) into a standby position below the upper suction surface (77) of the suction elements (76), and
- wherein the first suction block assembly (71) and the second suction block assembly (171) can be displaced in the longitudinal direction (5) of the manufacturing cell (10).
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