Unloading processed sheet metal workpieces from a support
US9623531B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23Q7/06
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Workpieces are unloaded from a workpiece support of a sheet metal workpiece processing apparatus by positioning a blank sheet metal workpiece over a processed workpiece supported on a workpiece support, with the blank workpiece releasably held by a workpiece loader, activating a workpiece fixing device to engage an edge of the processed workpiece, and performing a relative sweeping movement between the workpiece fixing device and the workpiece support whereby the engaged processed workpiece is prevented from remaining on the workpiece support and is thereby unloaded. The workpiece fixing device is moved relative to the processed workpiece while the blank sheet metal workpiece is positioned over the processed workpiece.
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