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Workpiece processing plant

US8114001B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

8Claims

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Assignee

MAG IAS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Horn · Klagenfurt, AT
Moshe Israel Meidar · Bereah, US
Thomas Bayha · Markgröningen, DE
Ralf Haug · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 2008
Grant date	Feb 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T483/17
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A workpiece processing plant comprises several machine tools which are arranged in opposite rows. The rows define a free space between each other. A loading and unloading device is provided which comprises a girder above the machine tools and above the free space. Rails are provided on the upper side of the girder. A loading and unloading unit configured as a multiple-axis robot is displaceable along the rails, the loading and unloading unit comprising several arms which are articulated to one another.

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