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Positioning workpieces by clamping devices

US10016865B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Bernd Linder · Gammertingen, DE
Torsten Popp · Weiler an der Zaber, DE
Bernd Gaiser · Sigmaringen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 8, 2014
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49998
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for positioning workpieces for processing. In one aspect, a clamping device includes two clamping elements and a servo drive provided for the clamping elements. The servo drive is operable to first move at least one of the clamping elements toward the other of the clamping elements such that the clamping elements are transferred into a clamping start position in which the clamping elements are positioned on opposite sides of a workpiece arranged therebetween and in which the clamping elements do not apply a force to the workpiece or apply a force to the workpiece that is smaller than a clamping force, and subsequently urge the clamping elements toward one another from the clamping start position to an operational state, in which the clamping elements apply the clamping force to the workpiece.

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