公开(公告)号：US06745454B1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-08

申请号：US10061009

申请日：2002-01-30

申请人： Jeffrey Boyd Grimshaw ,  Aaron Thomas Russick ,  Daniel D. Minor ,  Tom Duane Rabe ,  John Richard Snyder ,  Larry Richard Erdman ,  Steven Mark Sunday ,  Tracy William Erickson ,  Steven Ronald Erdman ,  Gary David Mason

发明人： Jeffrey Boyd Grimshaw ,  Aaron Thomas Russick ,  Daniel D. Minor ,  Tom Duane Rabe ,  John Richard Snyder ,  Larry Richard Erdman ,  Steven Mark Sunday ,  Tracy William Erickson ,  Steven Ronald Erdman ,  Gary David Mason

IPC分类号： B23Q4100

CPC分类号： B23Q41/00 ,  Y10T29/5124 ,  Y10T29/5136 ,  Y10T29/5196

摘要： A flexible manufacturing line and manufacturing process employs an overhead gantry system to transfer fixtured workpieces between machining stations served by the gantry system. The machining stations include CNC machines, turret cells, and/or dedicated machines which receive the fixtured workpieces through top-entry openings. The invention provides flexibility and adaptability to variation, improved maintenance of reference position on the fixture during manufacture, improved accessibility to machining stations during operation, and increased safety.

摘要翻译： 灵活的生产线和制造工艺采用架空龙门架系统，在龙门架系统所服务的加工台之间转移固定的工件。 加工站包括数控机床，转塔单元和/或专用机器，其通过顶部入口接收固定的工件。 本发明提供了灵活性和变化的适应性，改进了制造期间固定装置上的参考位置的维护，改善了操作期间对加工台的可访问性以及增加的安全性。

公开(公告)号：US06644640B1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-11

申请号：US10060703

申请日：2002-01-30

申请人： Aaron Thomas Russick ,  Steven Mark Sunday ,  Larry Richard Erdman ,  Jeffrey Boyd Grimshaw ,  Daniel D. Minor

发明人： Aaron Thomas Russick ,  Steven Mark Sunday ,  Larry Richard Erdman ,  Jeffrey Boyd Grimshaw ,  Daniel D. Minor

IPC分类号： B23Q108

CPC分类号： B23Q16/04 ,  B23Q3/15553 ,  B23Q7/1494

摘要： A flexible manufacturing line and manufacturing process employs an overhead gantry system to transfer fixtured workpieces between machining stations served by the gantry system. The manufacturing system includes a fixturing system including a transfer unit specially configured for quick connection and quick disconnection from a machining table. An accurate placement of the transfer unit is achieved using a combination of locating features.

摘要翻译： 灵活的生产线和制造过程采用架空龙门架系统，在龙门架系统所服务的加工台之间转移固定的工件。 该制造系统包括一个夹紧系统，该夹具系统包括专门设计用于快速连接和从加工台快速断开的转移单元。 使用定位特征的组合来实现传送单元的精确放置。