Transfer arrangement and method

US7287950B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHULER PRESSEN GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Karl Thudium · Lorch, DE
• Andreas Lauke · Gruibingen, DE
• Gerd Jager · Ilmenau, DE
• Hans Hofele · Göppingen, DE
• Andreas Dangelmayr · Ottenbach, DE
• Martin Schmeink · Salach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2007
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S414/13
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a transfer arrangement and method for transferring a workpiece between first and second spaced locations along a guide rail with a carriage movably supported on the guide rail, a transfer arm is pivotally supported on the carriage and carries at its free end a workpiece holder which is accelerated by the carriage with the arm essentially stretched out in the movement direction out of, and decelerated into, the end positions, and, in an intermediate position, the carriage movement is slowed down or even reversed while the workpiece holder is moved along by a pivot movement of the arm.