US 2008/0172858 A1Published application

Mechanical system for processing workpieces

AssigneeTRUMPF Sachsen GmbH

InventorsFriedrich Kilian, Harry Thonig, Thomas Poike

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Abstract

A mechanical system is provided for processing workpieces, especially metal sheets. The system has a storage side with a workpiece store, a processing side with a plurality of mechanical processing units, and a mechanical feeding device which is provided between the storage side and the processing side. The feeding device comprises a plurality of feeding units, with different feeding units of the feeding devices being associated with different processing units. The feeding units are configured to pick up work pieces at the storage side and deliver them at the processing side to the respectively associated processing unit(s). In addition or as an alternative, the feeding units may pick up workpieces at the processing side from the respectively associated processing unit(s) and deliver the workpieces at the storage side.

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Dependent claims

A mechanical system for processing workpieces, the system comprising:

a storage side, comprising a workpiece store with a plurality of storage units,
a processing side, comprising a plurality of mechanical processing units,
a mechanical feeding device, provided between the storage side and the processing side, which comprises a plurality of feeding units configured to move workpieces between the storage side and the processing side,
system modules, each system module comprising, in association with each other, one or more of the storage units of the workpiece store, one or more of the processing units of the processing side, and one or more of the feeding units of the feeding device, wherein the feeding units of the system modules are provided between associated storage units and processing units and are configured to move the workpieces between the storage side and the processing side of the relevant system module, and
a transfer device, disposed between the feeding units or storage units of different system modules, the transfer device being configured to transfer the workpieces to and/or from the feeding units and/or the storage units of the different system modules.

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