US 12,384,042 B2
Method for equipping a mounting plate with equipping components of a switchgear and/or control system
Andreas Michael Bächler, Haiger (DE)
Assigned to RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG, Herborn (DE)
Appl. No. 17/637,928
Filed by RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG, Herborn (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100468
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037297, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 123 245.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281116 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1697 (2013.01) [B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); H05K 13/046 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for equipping a mounting plate with equipping components of a switchgear and/or control system, the method comprising the steps:
reading planning data of the switchgear and/or control system by an automatic equipping machine, which has an equipping robot;
extracting position data of at least one of the equipping components to be mounted on the mounting plate and/or at least one machining position of the mounting plate from the planning data;
detecting a spatial orientation and/or a position of the mounting plate with an image processing system of the equipping robot;
assigning the position data to at least one position on the mounting plate; and
executing at least one machining step and one equipping step linked to the position on the mounting plate via the planning data at the position on the mounting plate with the equipping robot,
wherein the detecting comprises detecting an orientation and/or a position of at least one borehole, at least one borehole pattern, or at least one breakout in the mounting plate and comparing at least one of the detected spatial orientation and/or position detected thereby with a target specification extracted from the planning data to determine if the detected orientation and/or position is correct;
wherein the machining step is performed by machining at least one new borehole, at least one new borehole pattern, or at least one new breakout into the mounting plate with the equipping robot that matches the target specification; and
wherein the equipping step is performed by equipping the mounting plate with the at least one equipping component.