Patent ID: 8714066
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B23K,B26D,B26F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a plate-shaped material during a separation process, the apparatus comprising: a separating device that is movable, during the separation process, in a first axial direction that is transverse to a second axial direction that the plate-shaped material is conveyed in during the separation process; a first transport table operable to transport the plate-shaped material and having a first contact surface; and a second transport table operable to transport the plate-shaped material and having a second contact surface, wherein the first contact surface and the second contact surface are spaced apart by a gap along which the separating device is movable, wherein the first transport table comprises a holding device that is operable to suspend the plate-shaped material from the first transport table in a fixed manner relative to the first contact surface, such that the plate-shaped material is movable with the first contact surface, and the second transport table comprises a holding device that is operable to suspend the plate-shaped material from the second transport table in a fixed manner relative to the second contact surface, such that the plate-shaped material is movable with the second contact surface, wherein the holding devices and the first and second transport tables are disposed above the plate-shaped material, and wherein the first and second transport tables are configured to support the plate-shaped material while a cutting beam of the separating device passes through the gap between the first and second contact surfaces and impinges on a first surface of the plate-shaped material that faces toward the first and second contact surfaces during the separation process.