US 12,070,828 B2
Cell and method for operating a cell of at least two linked horizontal machining centers
Werner Zell, Eberhardzell (DE)
Assigned to BAVIUS TECHNOLOGIE GMBH, Baienfurt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/753,734
Filed by BAVIUS TECHNOLOGIE GMBH, Baienfurt (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072339
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/047838, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 213 872.1 (DE), filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339750 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 7/00 (2006.01); B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 7/005 (2013.01) [B23Q 7/1421 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B65G 1/06 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0267 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cell with at least two linked horizontal machining centers, each of which has two swivel arms on a front side for manipulating and changing pallets carrying workpieces on their set-up sides, which pallets being transported to and from a support can be conveyed into and out of the front side of a respective horizontal machining center, wherein each horizontal machining center of the cell is attributed, vis-à-vis the front side, at least one multi-story pallet rack staggered vis-à-vis the support in a conveying direction parallel to the front side and in which one story is a pallet flow path configured to transport each pallet to and from the support, the pallet flow path extending in the conveying direction, and wherein at least one rack storage and retrieval device with a lifting function is movable relative to the pallet rack and transversely to the conveying direction, at least between the pallet racks of the at least two linked horizontal machining centers of the cell.