Patent · US Expired

Flexible manufacturing unit

US4711016A · kind A · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Werner und Kolb Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Henning Genschow · Vienenburg, DE
Uwe Heisel · Berlin, DE
Joachim Schuster · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 1983
Grant date	Dec 8, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T483/1788
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a flexible manufacturing unit with at least two machine tools (1,2) and a transport device (9) movable in rectangular coordinates having receptacles for carriers (8) holding workpieces and for the tools (6). The invention consists in that the transport device (9) is numerically controlled, that the tools (6) are individually transportable between a tool buffer store (29) and the machine tools (1,2) and that tool magazines (5) integrated with the machine tools are provided, which tool magazines are also accessible for tool exchange during the working period of the machine tools (1,2). In this way, a rapid method of operation is possible which is independent of the cycle and permits free selection.

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