Method for producing bearing components by means of a production line, production line and production system

US10695885B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Schnabel · Shanghai, CN
• Benno Sterzinger · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
• Detlef Scholtz · Haßfurt, DE
• Martin Lutz · Untertheres, DE
• Thomas Schmitt · Forchheim, DE
• André Kuckuk · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Werner Heuer · Vallendar, DE
• Klaus Pichl · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Daniel Seubold · Marktgraitz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B24B55/06
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing one or more bearing components along a production line, comprising honing the bearing components along the production line, cleaning the bearing components along the production line, grinding the bearing components along the production line, and transporting the bearing components along the production line utilizing one or more transport units.