US 12,128,470 B2
Production system, production module, method for operating and setting up a production line, and method for producing a workpiece
Lothar Bauersachs, Weidhausen (DE)
Assigned to LANGENSTEIN & SCHEMANN GMBH, Coburg (DE)
Appl. No. 16/970,057
Filed by Langenstein & Schemann GmbH, Coburg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/053691
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/158650, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 103 330.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0162483 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. B21D 43/02 (2006.01); B21D 43/05 (2006.01); B21D 43/13 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B30B 1/32 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 43/026 (2013.01) [B21D 43/057 (2013.01); B21D 43/13 (2013.01); B23P 21/004 (2013.01); B23Q 7/1405 (2013.01); B30B 1/32 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 2219/15006 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2228 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2621 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A production module, designed for executing at least one production step in a method for producing a workpiece, and configured for integration into a modular production system with multiple production modules which are arranged successively in relation to one another along a production line, and which have production spaces for forming a production channel running along the production line, comprising:
a frame; and
at least one manipulator unit;
wherein:
the manipulator unit comprises, upstream or downstream of the production module in the direction of the production line, a deposit system with at least one deposit unit for depositing a workpiece or a workpiece component;
the deposit system is configured such that a workpiece or a workpiece component is, during the production process, transferable between a deposit position of the deposit unit and a production position in the production space of a production module; and
for the execution of a production step, the production module is positioned directly downstream in a production direction (R) along the production line;
the deposit system comprises a linear guide rail and at least one displacement carriage;
the linear guide rail is attached to a side of the frame that is oriented in the direction of the production line, and runs perpendicular to a production direction (R) along the production line; and
the at least one displacement carriage is
positioned upstream or downstream of the frame in the production direction along the production line; and
is coupled to the linear guide rail with corresponding linear drives to be moveable along the linear guide rail perpendicularly to the production direction (R) along the production line.