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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Trumpf Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co. Kg., Pasching, AT;
Gerhard Angerer, Altenberg, AT;
Klemens Freudenthaler, Linz, AT;
Florian Hausmann, Traun, AT;
Matthias Hoerl, Linz, AT;
Nenad Kovjenic, Linz, AT;
Florian Maier, Leonding, AT;
Michael Schernhammer, Leonding, AT;
Verena Steininger, Linz, AT;
Helmut Theis, Pfarrkirchen, AT;
TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG, Pasching, AT;
Abstract
A method transports and/or handles components, in particular sheet metal parts, and a production plant includes a manipulator arrangement having a first manipulator arm and at least one second manipulator, wherein the first manipulator and the at least one second manipulator are designed to pick up, transport, hold and/or deposit a component, at least one processing device for carrying out processing steps on the component, wherein the component is transferred from the first manipulator to the at least one second manipulator after a first processing cycle at a predetermined re-gripping time, the re-gripping time being between the first processing cycle and at least one second processing cycle, wherein the component at least in portions rests on the processing device during the re-gripping time and is supported in a load-dissipating manner solely by the processing device.