US 2023/0264308 A1Published application

Central tool storage device

AssigneeDeckel Maho Pfronten GmbH

InventorsRobert JUNG, Michael TRENKLE

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a central tool storage device WL with a tool storage S, containing a plurality of wheel magazines S3 positioned one behind the other, a movable manipulator S12 as well as a provisioning station S4 provided with a movable provisioning bar S4 and a mobile transport unit E, which, for providing tools W for a machine tool WM spaced apart, removes a tool W from the wheel magazines with the aid of the manipulator S12 and transfers it via the provisioning bar S4 to the provisioning station S2 of the mobile transport unit E to transport it to the respective machine tool WM without a guide or track, and which, for storing tools W received from at least one machine tool WM, transfers the tool W via the mobile transport unit E to the provisioning bar S4 of the provisioning station S2 and removes it from the provisioning bar S2 with the aid of the manipulator S12 and adds it to a wheel magazine S3 of the tool storage S.

Claims17

Dependent claims

Central tool storage device configured for tool provisioning for a plurality of machine tools, comprising:

a tool storage for storing tools, the tool storage having at least two wheel magazines arranged vertically and one behind the other, and the each of the wheel magazines has tool holding locations for holding tools;
at least one mobile transport unit configured for transporting the tool from the central tool storage device to the machine tool and back,
at least one movable manipulator for removing and returning tools from the wheel magazines, and
at least one provisioning station for providing tools for the tool storage (S) and the mobile transport unit, wherein
for providing tools from the tool storage for a machine tool, the central tool storage device is configured such that the manipulator removes at least one tool and transfers it to the provisioning station, and the mobile transport unit removes the tool, which has been transferred by the manipulator, from the provisioning station, and wherein
for storing tools in the tool storage, the central tool storage device is configured such that the mobile transport unit transfers at least one tool to the provisioning station and the manipulator removes the transferred tool from the provisioning station and adds it to the tool storage.

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Facts

Application: 18/024,026Filed 16 Sep 2021
Priority: DE 10 2020 211 672.517 Sep 2020
Published: 24 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B23Q 3/15539
Storage devices; Drive mechanisms therefor: plural magazines, e.g. involving tool transfer from one magazine to another
B23Q 7/046
By means of grippers: handling workpieces or tools
B23Q 2003/15528
Storage devices; Drive mechanisms therefor: the storage device including means to project tools therefrom, e.g. for transferring them
B23Q
Details, components, or accessories for machine tools

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