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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Hans Hofele, Göppingen, DE;
Andreas Dangelmayr, Ottenbach, DE;
Jürgen Eltze, Göppingen, DE;
Karl Thudium, Wäschenbeuren, DE;
Schuler Pressen GmbH & Co., Goeppingen, DE;
Abstract
A positioning system ( ), particularly for transporting and positioning workpieces, has a drive and force generating transmission device ( ) by means of which a carrier device ( ) can be moved and positioned. At least one force generating device ( ) is connected to the drive and force transmission device ( ), which force generating device ( ) feeds into the drive and transmission system of the drive and force transmission device ( ), an additional force used for compensating the weight of the drive and force transmission device and its moved parts and possibly of a workpiece, to the extent that this force manifests itself at the drives of the drive and force transmission device ( ).