EP 0850710 B1 20011004 - Flexible multiple axle transfer
Title (en)
Flexible multiple axle transfer
Title (de)
Flexibler Mehrachstransfer
Title (fr)
Transfert multiaxial flexible
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 19654474 A 19961227
- US 77070996 A 19961219
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0850710A1] The transfer unit (41) is intended for workpieces to be transported along a predetermined route, in particular, along several successive workstations. It includes a cross beam (46) provided with a holding device (47) for holding and releasing work-pieces, a carrier mechanism (50) for the cross beam enabling the holding device to be moved along a predetermined transfer curve (K), and a drive system which can move the cross beam (46) in at least two mutually independent directions (T, V). Such a system incorporates two independently controllable drive units (61, 62). The unit is improved by the following facts: a) carrier mechanism (50) is made up of link mechanisms (50a, 50b) located between the drive system and the cross beam (46); b) the cross beam (46) at one end is held by the linkage mechanism (50a) which determines the position of this end in two specified directions (T, V); c) the cross beam at the other end is held by the linkage mechanism (50b) which analogously determines the position of that end in these two directions, as well as in a further direction oriented perpendicular to the former two. Also claimed is a corresponding multistation installation (in particular, a press for sheet-metal work) which is improved by the presence of at least one transfer unit (41).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B21D 43/05 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B21D 43/05 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES FR GB IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0850710 A1 19980701; EP 0850710 B1 20011004; DE 19654474 A1 19980702; DE 59704780 D1 20011108; ES 2164981 T3 20020301; US 5899108 A 19990504
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 97122034 A 19971215; DE 19654474 A 19961227; DE 59704780 T 19971215; ES 97122034 T 19971215; US 77070996 A 19961219