Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools

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B23Q7/00Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools

B23Q7/001Lateral transport of long workpieces B23Q7/002Screw or rotary spiral conveyors B23Q7/003Cyclically moving conveyors B23Q7/005Lifting devices B23Q7/006Ejectors B23Q7/007Flying working devices B23Q7/008Catching devices B23Q7/02by means of drums or rotating tables or discs B23Q7/03by means of endless chain conveyors B23Q7/035on which work holders are fixed B23Q7/04by means of grippers B23Q7/041step by step B23Q7/042for the axial transport of long workpieces B23Q7/043Construction of the grippers B23Q7/045using a tool holder as a work-transporting gripper B23Q7/046Handling workpieces or tools B23Q7/047the gripper supporting the workpiece during machining B23Q7/048Multiple gripper units B23Q7/05by means of roller-ways B23Q7/055some of the rollers being driven B23Q7/06by means of pushers B23Q7/08by means of slides or chutes B23Q7/10by means of magazines B23Q7/103for flat material B23Q7/106with means to deliver a certain quantity B23Q7/12Sorting arrangements B23Q7/14co-ordinated in production lines B23Q7/1405with a series disposition of similar working devices B23Q7/141with a series disposition of different working devices and with the axial transport for long workpieces of which a plurality of final products are made B23Q7/1415with a series disposition of working devices not corresponding with the sequence of the working B23Q7/1421with a parallel disposition of working devices B23Q7/1426with work holders not rigidly fixed to the transport devices B23Q7/1431Work holder changers B23Q7/1436using self-propelled work holders B23Q7/1442using carts carrying work holders B23Q7/1447using endless conveyors B23Q7/1452comprising load-supporting surfaces B23Q7/1457comprising an impeller or a series of impellers B23Q7/1463using rotary driving means B23Q7/1468comprising rollers or cogwheels, or pinions or the like B23Q7/1473comprising screw conveyors B23Q7/1478using a conveyor comprising cyclically-moving means B23Q7/1484with carrier means B23Q7/1489with impeller means B23Q7/1494using grippers B23Q7/16Loading work on to conveyors Arranging work on conveyors B23Q7/165Turning devices B23Q7/18Orientating work on conveyors