Sorting method, sorting device, and arrangement with sorting device
AssigneeTRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsNikola Bursac, Tim Gottschalk, Harald Mathias, Magnus Deiss
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Abstract
A sorting method automatically sorts workpieces produced in a flatbed machine tool according to a scheduled sorting process by a sorting device. The method includes: providing at least one piece of process information created as a result of manufacturing of the workpieces; analyzing the at least one piece of process information, such that it is determined whether there is a sorting disruption; and upon determining that there is the sorting disruption, automatically modifying the sorting process.
Claims16
A sorting method for automatically sorting workpieces produced in a flatbed machine tool according to a scheduled sorting process by a sorting device, the method comprising:
- providing at least one piece of process information created as a result of manufacturing of the workpieces;
- analyzing the at least one piece of process information, such that it is determined whether there is a sorting disruption;
- and
- upon determining that there is the sorting disruption, automatically modifying the sorting process.
A sorting device for automatically sorting workpieces produced in a flatbed machine tool according to a scheduled sorting process, the sorting device comprising:
- a gripper configured to grip the workpieces;
- and
- a controller configured to control the gripper;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- determine whether a sorting disruption has occurred by evaluating a provided piece of process information;
- and
- automatically modifying the sorting process based upon determining that sorting disruption has occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.