Apparatus for processing flat parts and method
AssigneeAtlantic Zeiser GmbH
InventorKurt Greinwald
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Abstract
An apparatus for processing flat parts, in particular plastic substrates, preferably plastic cards, having a store containing the parts to be processed, at least one processing device defining a processing section and a transport device for transporting the parts over the processing section is characterized in that, before the processing device, a feed device extending over a feed section is provided, and in that the feed device comprises aligning means for aligning the parts over the feed section. A suitable method has appropriate method steps.
Claims19
Apparatus for processing flat parts, the apparatus comprising:
- a store containing the parts to be processed;
- at least one processing device defining a processing section;
- a feed section connected upstream of said processing device so that parts are positioned over said feed section before being transferred to the processing device;
- a feed device positioned over at least a region of said feed section, said feed device comprising a feed table having a conveyor system running thereon, said conveyor system defining a conveyor surface spaced apart from the surface of said feed table, and wherein said feed table comprises a plurality of openings formed in said feed section for taking in air and thus for attracting the parts by suction onto said conveyor surface, and wherein said conveyor system comprises a plurality of tapes spaced apart from one another and arranged in parallel, wherein said tapes run around said feed table;
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- a transport device for transporting the parts over said processing section,
- wherein said feed device comprises an aligning system for aligning the parts over said region of said feed section prior to the parts being transported by the transport device to said processing device.
Method for processing flat parts, the method comprising:
- storing the parts to be processed;
- aligning the parts;
- processing the parts via at least one processing device that defines a processing section;
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- transporting the parts over the processing section,
- wherein the parts are aligned before being processed by the processing device and said alignment step is carried out over a feed section by an aligning system, the aligning system comprises a feed device positioned over at least a region of the feed section, the feed device comprising a feed table having a conveyor system running thereon, the conveyor system defining a conveyor surface spaced apart from the surface of the feed table, and wherein the feed table comprises a plurality of openings formed in the feed section for taking in air and thus for attracting the parts by suction onto the conveyor surface, and wherein the conveyor system comprises a plurality of tapes spaced apart from one another and arranged in parallel, wherein the tapes run around the feed table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.