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US 9,669,502 B2Granted
Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for components
AssigneeKUKA Systems GmbH
InventorsJohann Hesse, Thomas Kollmar, Bruno Emerich, Roland Heck, Paul Geistdörfer, Thomas Ziegler
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Abstract
A manufacturing apparatus (2) for components (3), which has at least one movable loading station (20) designed as a tool magazine (13) and having reception points (39) with different tools (4, 5, 6, 7) for different component types A-I. The loading station (20) is connected to one or more machining stations (20, 22′) at which at least one machining device (23) and at least one handling device (24) for handling and releasing the components (3) from the tool (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) are arranged. The selected Figure is FIG. 5.
Claims33
A manufacturing apparatus for components, the apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable loading, station comprising a tool magazine, said loading station comprising a plurality of reception points with a plurality of different tools for different types of components, said rotatable loading station comprising at least one machining station or machining point to and from which said rotatable loading station is configured to rotate said tools;
- a loading means for at least providing one or more of said components to said rotatable loading station, said loading means being arranged adjacent to a periphery of said rotatable loading station, wherein said loading means is located at a position outside of said rotatable loading, station;
- a handling means for at least removing said one or more of said components from said rotatable loading station, each of said loading means and said handling means being rotatable about at least two rotational axes, said handling means being separate from said loading means and said handling means being operated independently of said loading means, said handling means being arranged adjacent to said periphery of said rotatable loading station, wherein said handling means is located at another position outside of said rotatable loading station, said handling means being located at a spaced location from said loading means;
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- a machining means associated with said at least one machining station or machining point for machining one or more said components while said one or more components are on said rotatable loading station and are located at the at least one machining station or machining point, said handling means being arranged adjacent to said machining means and being configured to at least remove said one or more components from the at least one machining station or machining point.
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A manufacturing apparatus for components, the apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable loading station comprising a first tool and a second tool, said first tool and said second tool each receiving at least one component, said rotatable loading station comprising at least one machining station or machining point to and from which said rotatable loading station is configured to rotate said first tool and said second tool;
- a loading robot located adjacent to said rotatable loading station at a spaced location from said rotatable loading station, wherein one or more of said first tool and said second tool receive said at least one component via said loading robot, said loading robot being associated with a first portion of said rotatable loading station to define a loading area of said rotatable loading station;
- a handling robot arranged adjacent to said rotatable loading station, wherein said at least one component is removed from one or more of said first tool and said second tool via said handling robot;
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- a machining robot, said handling robot and said machining robot being associated with a second portion of said rotatable loading station to define a machining and handling section of said rotatable loading station, wherein said handling robot and said loading robot are associated with different areas of said rotatable loading, station at a same given instance, said handling robot being operated independently of said loading robot, said machining robot machining one or more of said components while said one or more components are on said rotatable loading station and are located at the at least one machining station or machining point, said handling robot being arranged adjacent to said machining robot and being configured to remove said one or more components from the at least one machining station or machining point, said second portion of said rotatable loading station being located at a spaced location from said first portion of said rotatable loading station.
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