System and method for manufacturing assembly units as well as use of the system
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsBenjamin Seitz, Martin Schoepf
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Abstract
A system for manufacturing assembly units. The system includes a component platform that is movably situated in a conveying direction, at least one layering unit for applying a layer, and at least one irradiation unit, which is situated downstream from the layering unit in the conveying direction of the component platform for selectively irradiating the layer for generatively assembling the layer.
Claims15
A system for manufacturing assembly units, comprising:
- a component platform that is movably situated in a conveying direction;
- at least one layering unit configured to apply a layer;
- and
- at least one irradiation unit, situated downstream from the layering unit in the conveying direction of the component platform, configured to selectively irradiate the layer for a generative assembly of the layer;
- and
- several assembly unit carriers situated on the component platform, each of the assembly unit carriers being configured as a plate-shaped carrier to accommodate at least one base component of an assembly unit to be produced, on whose surface the generative assembly of the at least one layer of the assembly unit takes place,
- wherein the at least one base component is arranged in a plurality of rows along the conveying direction and in a transverse direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, and wherein the rows are defined by receptacles in the assembly unit carriers to position and secure the at least one base component,
- wherein the assembly unit carriers are pivotably mounted about at least one axis on the component platform, such that different surfaces of the base components, including opposite surfaces, are selectively exposable to the layering unit, the irradiation unit, or further processing stations.
A method for manufacturing assembly units using a system, each of the assembly units having at least one layer and generatively manufactured, the system comprising (a) a component platform that is movably situated in a conveying direction, (b) at least one layering unit configured to apply a layer, (c) at least one irradiation unit, situated downstream from the layering unit in the conveying direction of the component platform, configured to selectively irradiate the layer for a generative assembly of the layer, and (d) several assembly unit carriers situated on the component platform, each of the assembly unit carriers being configured as a plate-shaped carrier to accommodate at least one base component of an assembly unit to be produced, on whose surface the generative assembly of the at least one layer of the assembly unit takes place, wherein (I) the at least one base component is arranged in a plurality of rows along the conveying direction and in a transverse direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, (II) the rows are defined by receptacles in the assembly unit carriers to position and secure the at least one base component, and (III) the assembly unit carriers are pivotably mounted about at least one axis on the component platform, such that different surfaces of the base components, including opposite surfaces, are selectively exposable to the layering unit, the irradiation unit, or further processing stations, the method comprising:
- generating at least one layer on a base component as an integral part of the assembly unit, the base component being situated on an assembly unit carrier of the several assembly unit carriers that is conveyed using the component platform of the system, wherein the generating includes applying the layer using the at least one layering unit and selectively irradiating the layer using the at least one irradiation unit for generatively assembling the layer.
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