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Workpiece handling systems and related devices and methods

US9028198B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Ralf Schopf · Ditzingen, DE
Andreas Kettner-Reich · Stuttgart, DE
Simon Reinwald · Calw, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2012
Grant date	May 12, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB23K2101/06
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In some aspects, an unloading device for a pipe processing system includes a depositing carriage having a depositing surface for depositing a pipe during and/or after a pipe processing operation, the depositing carriage being configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the pipe, and a supporting carriage having a supporting member for the pipe, the supporting member having a wall for radially supporting the pipe, and the supporting carriage being configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the pipe, where the depositing surface of the depositing carriage and/or the supporting member of the supporting carriage is configured to move in at least one other direction in addition to the longitudinal direction of the pipe so that the depositing carriage and the supporting carriage can be at least partially moved past each other along the longitudinal direction of the pipe.

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