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Apparatus for the automated production of glass assemblies and corresponding method

US12365615B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Carsten Enderwitz · Hartha, DE
Roland Zilly · Thalheim/Erzgebirge, DE
Jens Voigtländer · Waldkirch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 12, 2023
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N27/4167
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for the automated production of glass assemblies includes: a turning machine with at least two spindles, which are rotatable about a common axis of rotation and which each have a workpiece holder, wherein the workpiece holders are arranged opposite one another; one or more gas burners or lasers fixed on a first tool carriage which is movable in parallel and/or perpendicularly to the axis of rotation; one or more drives for driving a rotational movement of the spindles and a movement of the first tool carriage; a pressure module including a pump device at least one working cylinder for applying a pressure to an inner tube and/or to a space between the inner tube and an outer tube; and a control unit configured to control the burners or lasers, one or more drives, the first tool carriage and the pressure module.

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