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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Fidia S.p.a., San Mauro Torinese (Turin), IT;
Giuseppe Morfino, Pino Torinese, IT;
Giacomo Bene, Santa Colomba di Bientina, IT;
FIDIA S.P.A., San Mauro Torinese, IT;
Abstract
The pallet changing system comprises a pallet deposition and pick-up station and a pallet loading and unloading station, horizontally spaced from one another along a first horizontal direction (A-A), as well as a pallet handling unit. The pallet handling unit includes: horizontal guide means extending along the first horizontal direction (A-A) between the pallet deposition and pick-up station and the pallet loading and unloading station; a pair of motorized uprights, which are jointly movable in a controlled manner in the first horizontal direction (A-A) between the pallet deposition and pick-up station and the pallet loading and unloading station, each upright being provided with a respective motorized lifting carriage vertically movable in a controlled manner, each lifting carriage being provided with a pair of gripping devices which are horizontally spaced from one another and selectively or jointly controllable to engage a corresponding end of a pallet (P) so as to allow rotation of the pallet (P) about a first horizontal axis; a pair of motorized auxiliary carriages, which are jointly movable in the first horizontal direction (A-A) between the pallet deposition and pick-up station and the pallet loading and unloading station, and are provided each with a gripping device arranged to engage a corresponding end of the pallet (P) facing the pallet deposition and pick-up station, so as to allow rotation of the pallet (P) about the first horizontal axis; and a motorized transporting carriage which is arranged to transport, in a vertical attitude, the pallet (P) with the workpiece (WP) connected thereto, and is movable between the pallet loading and unloading station and a working area (SW) of the machine tool (MT) in a second horizontal direction (B-B) forming an angle with respect to the first horizontal direction (A-A).