Loading device for a press

US4352627A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• L. Schuler GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Franz Schneider · Göppingen, DE
• Rolf Ruhl · Rechberghausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 1979
• Grant date: Oct 5, 1982
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H5/10
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In loading a press, it is desirable to provide a loading device which can be driven independently of the main driving means of the press and which causes a minimum of surface damage to the blanks being loaded into the press. To achieve this, gripper elements are provided which are coupled to adjustable drive systems controlled by a numerical control unit. The gripper elements are capable of motion in at least two planes perpendicular to each other to remove devices from the stack and carry them along a preselected path into a tool chamber of the press.