Transport device for workpieces in a press

US5582061A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mueller Weingarten AG · DE

Inventors

• Erich Harsch · Ochsenhausen, DE
• Rainer Reichenbach · Schlier, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 10, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B21D43/05
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport device for transporting workpieces through machining stations, especially of a multiple-die press, is proposed, in which the supporting or gripper rails can perform a 2-axial and/or 3-axial motion in the longitudinal direction of the press, in the vertical direction and in the transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction of the press. For the performance of the lifting motion and of the transversely directed closing/opening motion of the supporting or gripper rails, a separate transport unit is provided, which supports the supporting or gripper rails using a transversely displaceable lifting column.