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Patent No.:

US 9199296 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2011

Sheet metal processing systems and related devices and methods

Applicant:

Marcus Busch, Dresden, DE;

Inventor:

Marcus Busch, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

TRUMPF Sachsen GmbH, Neukirch, DE;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Erica E Cadugan

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B23Q 3/155 (2006.01); B21D 37/04 (2006.01); B21D 43/00 (2006.01); B21D 37/14 (2006.01); B23Q 15/24 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B21D 37/14 (2013.01); B21D 43/003 (2013.01); B23Q 15/24 (2013.01); Y10T 483/10 (2015.01); Y10T 483/13 (2015.01); Y10T 483/16 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1729 (2015.01); Y10T 483/1731 (2015.01);

Abstract

In some aspects, a sheet metal processing system includes a machine tool with a processing station at which metal sheets can be processed by a processing tool, a tool carrier for receiving a processing tool, a transfer device by which the processing tool can be moved to or from the tool carrier, and a tool change apparatus which, due to a controlled positioning movement, can be arranged in a tool change position. The processing tool is exchangeable between the tool carrier and the transfer device by the tool change apparatus. The positioning movement is controllable on the basis of a position of the transfer device and/or a position of the tool carrier.

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