Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Hartwig Sprung

Roland Staggl

Eberhard Becker

Manfred Stober

Manfred Stoeber

Franz Schulte

Ronald Staggl

A two-dimensional mounting structure for an industrial robot or robot manipulator on a carriage with a lifting post and a manipulator connected to the post, the mounting structure includes longitudinal rail carriers, transverse connectors and a movable rail, carriages are connected to the movable rail which runs on the longitudinal carriers, the carriage for the robot runs on the movable rail; the improvement includes essentially similarly constructed end elements, first ones of the end elements connecting the ends of the longitudinal carriers to ends of the transverse connectors, others of the end elements connecting respective two ends of the movable rail to carriage means by means of which the transverse rail carrier runs on the longitudinal carrier; each end element comprises a basic configuration that includes two flat plates and a shaft in the bores with aligned bores, a connecting plate interconnecting the two plates from which they extend in downward direction, for connection to a transverse connector or a carriage, a lateral bar extending upright from said connecting plate parallel to an axis of the aligned bores for connection to the front end of a longitudinal rail carrier or a movable rail.

Guiding a robot in an array

A robot gantry has longitudinal beams supported by support elements. To fasten the longitudinal beams to the supports, the latter have brackets with binding post holes for binding screws. To make possible the adjustment of the brackets housing the beams, the walls of the supports have holes, which are large enough that the binding screws can move in them by the amount required for adjustment. To adjust the brackets, L-shaped adjusting devices are fastened to the supports by screws. The L-leg of the adjustment apparatus has in the power portion horizontal and vertical holes with nuts for set screws. In the upper portion of the L-leg the adjustment device has a vertical slot for a pendulum set screw which can move in the slot. The pendulum set screw is protected by a nut from unintentional falling out, and extends with its threaded portion into a threaded hole in the bracket.

Robot conveyor system

A connection assembly for connecting guide rails to the flange of a load carrying member includes clamping elements and bolt members in-connection with the T-shaped groove of the flange of the load carrying member and the guide rails for securing the guide rails to the flange. The flange includes flange parts inwhich each further includes clamping surfaces separated by an indent which is not in abutment with the respective guide rails when the clamping surfaces are in engagement with the respective guide rail. The connection assembly further includes holding rails associating with the flange parts, the clamping elements and bolt members in a manner to sandwich the guide rails between the holding rails and the flange parts.

Carrier section including flange member for connection to a guide rail

The invention relates to a robot arm with a work arm connected to it, a connector moved by motors for tools, workpieces, workpiece grippers or gripper change systems, whereby the motors are located at the end of the work arm opposite the connector, and are connected by output connections with gear wheels mounted in a swiveling axis of a swiveling head of the connector. To make such a robot arm flexible, and moreover to guarantee that the work arm is rigid, it is proposed that the axes (D,E,P) of rotation of the elements (work arm 2, swiveling head 23, connector 3) intersect at a common intersection point (A).

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Hartwig Sprung