Patent ID: 9550307
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B21D,B26D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A Method of processing and discharging workpieces from planar material, the method comprising: cutting a first workpiece from the planar material with a processing device in a processing region of a processing machine, while the planar material is supported on a workpiece support, leaving a residual connection between the first workpiece and adjacent planar material; positioning a discharge device in a receiving position in which a first of multiple holding elements of the discharge device is positioned to receive the first workpiece; holding the first workpiece with the first holding element in the receiving position; with the first workpiece held, severing the residual connection to separate the first workpiece from the adjacent planar material; moving the discharge device from the receiving position to a waiting position outside and adjacent the processing region while the first workpiece is held; cutting a further workpiece from the planar material with the processing device, while the planar material is supported on the workpiece support, leaving a further residual connection between the further workpiece and the adjacent planar material; moving the discharge device from the waiting position to a receiving position for the further workpiece; holding the further workpiece with another of the holding elements of the discharge device in the receiving position for the further workpiece; with the further workpiece held, severing the further residual connection to separate the further workpiece from the adjacent planar material; and then moving the discharge device to an unloading station and unloading the first and further workpieces from the discharge device.