Abstract:
For optimizing the transfer and reception of glass substrate plates to and from a receiving station, such as a transfer mechanism for the glass substrate plates to a process station or a storage cassette unit, the invention provides an apparatus for transferring and accepting glass substrate plates with a double fork gripper having two superimposed, individual fork grippers, which is characterized in that the fork grippers are movable relative to one another perpendicular to their extension planes. For optimizing a method for accepting and transferring glass substrate plates from and to a receiving station, such as a feed unit or a storage cassette, according to the invention this is characterized in that a double fork gripper with two superimposed individual fork grippers movable relative to one another and perpendicular to their extension planes are inserted simultaneously therewith into the receiving station with at least two depositing planes and by relative movement of the individual fork grippers perpendicular to their extension planes transfers a glass substrate plate to the receiving station and receives another plate from the receiving station.
Abstract:
A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially bode parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at least one rotation or turning station (5), which has at least two work stations (6, 7) for carrying out different operations simultaneously. The turning station (5) has at least two multiaxially movable turning units (8, 9) arranged next to one another with said gripping tools (11, 12, 13). The working areas (10) intersect each other at the work stations (6, 7).