Patent ID: 11945666
Assignee: TRUMPF MASCHINEN AUSTRIA GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A manufacturing device having a manufacturing cell for processing workpieces, with a laterally circumferential safety partition forming a boundary of the manufacturing cell,
wherein a lock is formed in the safety partition for performing a loading operation of the workpieces, and
wherein a first light barrier arrangement with a first transmitter and with a first receiver assigned to the first transmitter is formed at an opening of the lock, and with a driverless conveying means with a load receiving means for conveying the workpieces,
wherein for performing the loading operation, a second light barrier arrangement and a third light barrier arrangement are formed between the conveying means and the lock, so that the load receiving means and the workpieces are laterally bounded on opposite sides by the second light barrier arrangement and by the third light barrier arrangement, and
wherein the second light barrier arrangement comprises a second transmitter, which is fastened to the conveying means, and a second receiver, which is fastened to the lock, and
wherein the third light barrier arrangement comprises a third transmitter, which is fastened to the lock, and a third receiver, which is fastened to the conveying means; and
wherein the lock comprises a lock controller, wherein the lock controller is designed to activate the first light barrier arrangement in front of the lock in a program-controlled manner if the lock controller registers an interruption of the second light barrier arrangement or the third light barrier arrangement.