Patent ID: 9302394
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B23Q,B25J

Claim Text:
1. A positioning device in gantry-type construction, comprising: two parallel linear guides having integrated linear drives, each linear guide supporting a first carriage in a manner allowing movement in a first direction; a cross bar joined to the two first carriages and which, with the aid of an integrated linear drive, supports a second carriage in a manner allowing movement in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a toolholder guidable on the second carriage in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction, the toolholder adapted to hold a tool for processing a workpiece located in a plane defined by the first direction and the second direction, the tool being located next to the cross bar and offset in the first direction; and a force frame, located above the tool in the third direction, adapted to transfer a process force acting on the tool to the first carriages.