US 12,214,466 B2
Unloading station for a metal-cutting machine and metal-cutting machine for cutting tubular or bar-shaped workpieces
Florian Jarsch, Ditzingen (DE)
Assigned to TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG, Ditzingen (DE)
Filed by TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN SE + CO. KG, Ditzingen (DE)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,808.
Application 18/318,808 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/082223, filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 130 607.5 (DE), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286093 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B23Q 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 7/1447 (2013.01) [B23Q 7/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unloading station for a metal-cutting station for cutting tubular or bar-shaped workpieces, the unloading station comprising:
an unloading installation configured to receive processed workpieces following processing in the metal-cutting station;
a discharging installation for selectively discharging the processed workpieces from said unloading installation; and
at least one workpiece support configured to receive the at least one processed workpiece to be transferred from said unloading installation;
said discharging installation including a longitudinal conveyor installation that extends between said unloading installation and said at least one workpiece support and that is configured to convey processed workpieces in a longitudinal direction towards a discharge of the processed workpieces for delivery at an end of said longitudinal conveyor installation; and
said discharging installation including a workpiece turnout configured to enable the processed workpiece delivered from said unloading installation to be selectively transferred into said longitudinal conveyor installation or onto said at least one workpiece support along a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.