Patent ID: 11856961
Assignee: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 26:
27. A method for the moving-along tool positioning of linearly conveyed articles, comprising the steps:
conveying the articles by means of a plurality of receiving elements adapted to hold the articles in a conveying direction along a conveying line on which there is arranged a processing station having at least one processing tool adapted to process the articles, by means of a conveyor device forming the conveying line; wherein the processing station has a positioning unit adapted to position the at least one processing tool, wherein the positioning unit is formed by a longitudinal slide, which is slidable in the conveying direction relative to a carrier element, and a transverse slide, which is arranged on the longitudinal slide so as to be slidable transverse to the conveying direction;
driving the longitudinal slide in an oscillating manner such that the longitudinal slide on the one hand, in a work cycle, moves along synchronously with the receiving elements in the conveying direction from a starting position into an end position and on the other hand, in a return cycle, moves contrary to the conveying direction from the end position back into the starting position;
moving the transverse slide during the work cycle transverse to the conveying direction towards the receiving elements from a standby position into a working position and from the working position back into the standby position by means of at least one guiding element which engages into a stationarily arranged link guide; and
guiding the transverse slide without deflection during the return cycle transverse to the conveying direction by means of the link guide.