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US 2012/0257950 A1Published application
Production system
AssigneeLiebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
InventorsThomas Mattern, Herbert Guggemos, Markus Zolitsch
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a production system having at least one machine tool and at least one pallet handling system for the automatic loading of at least one machine tool. The at least one pallet handling system has a storage unit associated with at least one machine tool and having one or more shelf modules. The storage unit additionally includes at least one rotatable storage tower.
Claims19
A production system comprising:
- at least one machine tool;
- and
- at least one pallet handling system for the automatic loading of the at least one machine tool with workpieces, wherein the at least one pallet handling system includes a storage unit which is associated with the at least one machine tool and which includes one or more shelf modules, wherein the storage unit additionally includes at least one rotatable storage tower.
A production system comprising:
- a first machine tool;
- a first lift module arranged at an access end of the first machine tool, the first lift module including a first carrier frame which is arranged fixedly on a first turntable having a first vertical axis of rotation;
- a second machine tool;
- a second lift module arranged at an access end of the second machine tool, the second lift module including a second carrier frame which is arranged fixedly on a second turntable having a second vertical axis of rotation;
- and
- a storage tower arranged between the first and second lift modules, the storage tower including a turntable which is rotatable about a vertically standing axis of rotation with respect to a base plate, a first and second vertical axes equidistant to the vertically standing axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.