Patent ID: 7469460
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A base framework for a manipulating apparatus which can be constructed in a modular manner, in particular for an automation cell which is designed for being combined with at least one machine tool, comprising a front wall, a rear wall and side walls which enclose a control space for a control device, a process platform being set up above the control space, the front wall having at least one mechanical interface for fixing a supply module which serves to supply workpieces, wherein the at least one mechanical interface of the front wall is located on the front side of the front wall, and the rear wall having a top rear-wall part which projects beyond the process platform and, on its front side pointing towards the process platform, has a first plurality of mechanical interfaces forte locally variable fixing of a process module for manipulating and/or processing supplied workpieces, the top rear-wall part also having an opening which is arranged above the process platform, and the top rear-wall part being designed as a frame, on the front side of which an interface panel is fixed which has the first plurality of mechanical interfaces.