The disclosure relates to an assembly and/or processing machine, comprising a working chamber for the assembly and/or processing of at least one component, at least one transport device for transporting the at least one component into the working chamber, a protective housing which is at least partially movable and which serves for temporarily shielding the working chamber during the assembly and/or processing of the at least one component in the working chamber, wherein the protective housing comprises at least one viewing window which, when the protective housing is closed, makes it possible to observe the assembly and/or processing of the at least one component in the working chamber, and at least one operating and display unit.
Such assembly and/or processing machines are known. For example, DE 202012001579 U1 presents a processing machine in the form of a cleaning installation for shafts, in the case of which an operating panel fastened to a movable arm serves as control unit. A manually controlled handling system is described as a transport device for introducing the component to be cleaned or processed.
Furthermore, assembly and/or processing machines are also known in the case of which separate side cabinets or units are provided into which operating and display units for the assembly and/or processing machine are integrated.
In order for a component to be fed to different assembly and/or processing machines in succession, it is increasingly the case that said assembly and/or processing machines are linked together. Here, such linking-together commonly encompasses a situation in which transport devices feed the component to the different assembly and/or processing machines in succession, wherein, with regard to the time required for the transport and the space requirement of the assembly and/or processing machines linked together to form a production line, as compact an arrangement as possible is preferred. Here, the assembly and/or processing machines are arranged spatially as close together as possible, and thus the transport paths are kept short. Here, the known operating and display units often prove to be disruptive, because they either have their own space requirement or, in the case of the assembly and/or processing machines being linked together, they prove to be difficult to integrate into the overall concept of a production line.
It is therefore an object of the disclosure to provide an assembly and/or processing machine having an operating and display unit, which can be integrated in an optimum manner into a production line. It is furthermore an object of the disclosure to specify a production line and a production installation having such assembly and/or processing machines and having a reduced space requirement.
For the assembly and/or processing machine, comprising a working chamber for the assembly and/or processing of at least one component, at least one transport device for transporting the at least one component into the working chamber, a protective housing which is at least partially movable and which serves for temporarily shielding the working chamber during the assembly and/or processing of the at least one component in the working chamber, wherein the protective housing comprises at least one viewing window which, when the protective housing is closed, makes it possible to observe the assembly and/or processing of the at least one component in the working chamber, and at least one operating and display unit, the object is achieved in that the at least one operating and display unit is arranged on a movable part of the protective housing and is movable together therewith.
Such an arrangement of an operating and display unit is particularly advantageous because said operating and display unit does not require its own space and does not pose an obstruction in the linking-together of multiple assembly and/or processing machines. Here, an integration of the operating and display unit into the protective housing, in particular into a movable part of the protective housing, is not trivial, because the operating and display unit must move together with the movable part, and at the same time the full functionality of the protective housing, which ensures the safety of the operating personnel, and also of the operating and display unit must be ensured during continuous operation.
Here, it may be preferable if the at least one operating and display unit is fully functional not only when the protective housing is closed but also when the protective housing is open. This makes it easier to perform installation and setup work, and also maintenance and repair work. A high level of flexibility of the assembly and/or processing machine is realized, whereby even small batch sizes can be produced economically.
In particular, the movable part of the protective housing, on which the operating and display unit is arranged, may be pivotable and/or displaceable. Such a pivoting, displacement or displacement and pivoting movement can be realized in a particularly space-saving manner.
If the assembly and/or processing machine is a processing machine, it is preferably designed to perform deformation, cutting, joining, coating or material alteration on the component. Washing, dust removal, demagnetization and the like are however also to be regarded in the context of the present disclosure as processing of the at least one component.
Here, the processing machine preferably comprises at least one of the following units: a grinding machine, a honing machine, a milling machine, a turning machine, a lapping machine, a drilling machine, a punching unit, a press unit, a heat treatment unit, a cleaning unit, a drying unit, a demagnetization unit.
An assembly and/or processing machine preferably furthermore comprises at least one automatic feed unit and/or at least one automatic packing unit and/or at least one automatic measurement and regulation unit.
In one embodiment of the assembly and/or processing machine, the at least one transport device comprises at least one conveyor belt which is designed for transporting the at least one component in a horizontal plane into the working chamber and out of the working chamber in a transport direction. In this way, automatic loading and unloading of the assembly and/or processing machine is made possible, and the linking-together thereof in the transport direction of the component is assisted.
Here, one and the same assembly and/or processing machine allows transport through it in particular both from the right to the left and in the opposite direction. This is advantageous in particular if multiple assembly and/or processing machines are arranged with their operating and display units pointing toward one another in parallel production lines, because the same material flow direction is possible in the production lines.
Here, the movable part of the protective housing is preferably displaceable together with the operating and display unit parallel to a longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt. This means that the space in front of the assembly and/or processing machine is kept free at all times, and means that said space can at all times be utilized for operating personnel and forklift truck traffic.
The operating and display unit is preferably arranged at the height of the working chamber. Here, in particular, an arrangement is selected in which an operating person standing in front of the assembly and/or processing machine can comfortably read and operate the operating and display unit. For this purpose, an arrangement of the operating and display unit (in relation to the center thereof) at a height in the range from approximately 1.5 to 1.7 m, in particular in the region of 1.6 m, has proven expedient.
For a production line comprising at least two linked-together assembly and/or processing machines according to the disclosure, the object is furthermore achieved in that the operating and display units of the linked-together assembly and/or processing machines are arranged in a vertical plane, in that a first transport device of a first assembly and/or processing machine comprises a first conveyor belt, in that a second transport device of a second assembly and/or processing machine comprises a second conveyor belt, and in that the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt join one another and are designed for transporting the at least one component in a horizontal plane.
The uniform orientation of the operating and display units of all of the assembly and/or processing machines, and the direct transfer, by conveyor belts, of the component for processing from one assembly and/or processing machine to the next assembly and/or processing machine which is linked together therewith, makes it possible to realize a production line with an extremely small space requirement and, at the same time, particularly straightforward operability even by a single operating person. In this way, the throughput time of the component through the production line, and also the costs for the operating personnel, are minimized. Furthermore, the investment costs for the linking-together process itself are reduced. Fault elimination in a production line constructed in this way is simplified, and the technical availability of said production line is significantly increased.
Furthermore, for a production installation comprising at least two production lines according to the disclosure and at least one operating aisle, the object is achieved in that in each case one production line is arranged on each side of each operating aisle, wherein first operating and display units, arranged in a vertical first plane, of a first production line and further operating and display units, arranged in a vertical further plane, of a second production line are arranged so as to point toward one another.
By such an arrangement of the production lines, a further reduction in personnel costs can be achieved, because a single operating person in one operating aisle can simultaneously monitor two production lines. Here, an “operating aisle” is to be understood to mean an elongate free space or walkway or travel path between the production lines.
Here, each operating aisle preferably has a width in the range from 0.75 to 1.5 m, in particular of 1.2 m. Here, the width denotes the spacing between the two mutually oppositely situated production lines.
The protective housing 4a, 4b comprises a viewing window 5 which, when the protective housing 4a, 4b is closed, makes it possible to observe the assembly and/or processing of the components in the working chamber 2. Furthermore, an operating and display unit 6 is provided which is arranged on one of the movable parts of the protective housing 4a, 4b and is movable together therewith.
Here, it is possible for any desired number of assembly and/or processing machines to be linked together and for different and/or identical assembly and/or processing machines to be provided in a single production line. Also, it is not necessary for both production lines which can be operated from the operating aisle to be of identical form as viewed in the transport direction of the components, or for identical or similar components to be processed by the two production lines. If multiple operating aisles are provided, these are preferably oriented parallel, wherein, for example, two production installations as per
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10 2015 215 625.7 | Aug 2015 | DE | national |
This application is the U.S. National Phase of PCT Appln. No. PCT/DE2016/200359 filed Aug. 4, 2016, which claims priority to DE 102015215625.7 filed Aug. 17, 2015, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein.
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PCT/DE2016/200359 | 8/4/2016 | WO | 00 |