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Flexible transporting apparatus for presses

US6968725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mueller Weingarten AG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2001
Grant date	Nov 29, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21D43/05
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention proposes a transporting apparatus for transporting single or double workpieces through processing stations of presses, in which apparatus up to 9 degrees of freedom are integrated in the transporting system. Necessary changes in position for, for example, feeding into dies can take place directly by way of the transporting apparatus. It is possible to dispense with intermediate set-down locations or orienting stations.

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