公开(公告)号：US3796163A

公开(公告)日：1974-03-12

申请号：US3796163D

申请日：1972-07-12

申请人： KEARNEY & TRECKER CORP

发明人： SEDGWICK R ,  SCHLUGE J ,  MEYER R ,  SCHALK F

IPC分类号： B23Q41/06 ,  G05B19/418 ,  B61L25/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/4189 ,  B23Q41/06 ,  G05B2219/31002 ,  G05B2219/31268 ,  Y02P80/114 ,  Y02P90/28 ,  Y02P90/285

摘要： A manufacturing system having one or more loading and unloading stations and a plurality of spaced apart numerically controlled machine tools, the operation of which is effected by direct computer control. The manufacturing system includes a workpiece supply system comprising a closed loop trackway on which one or more cars are supported for guided movement to the various stations. The car carries a pallet on which a work holding fixture with a workpiece is secured, and transports the pallet to a computer selected machine station. At the selected station the pallet is automatically removed from the car and placed on a multiple positionable table which serves as a workpiece receiving and storage device from which a desired next workpiece to be supplied to the machine tool is automatically selected and transferred thereto by computer control. The computer automatically directs an empty car to the unloading side of the machine tool to receive a pallet work a workpiece that a work operation has been performed on and then by computer direction returns to the unload station where the pallet is removed or the car will be directed to advance the workpiece to a different machine tool.

摘要翻译： 具有一个或多个加载和卸载站以及多个间隔开的数控机床的制造系统，其操作通过直接的计算机控制来实现。 该制造系统包括工件供应系统，该工件供应系统包括一个闭合的轨道，一个或多个轿厢被支撑在该闭合轨道上，以引导移动到各个站。 该车载有一个托盘，其上固定有工件的工件固定夹具，并将托盘运送到计算机选定的机器站。 在选定的车站，托盘自动从汽车上取下并放置在作为工件接收和存储装置的多重定位台上，通过计算机控制自动选择要供应给机床的所需下一个工件 。 计算机自动将空车引导到机床的卸载侧，以接收托盘作业，进行工作操作的工件，然后通过计算机方向返回卸载站，或卸下托盘 旨在将工件推进到不同的机床。