Patent ID: 7210326
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
1. A work transfer apparatus for transferring a work within a press or between presses, said work transfer apparatus comprising: at least one lift beam which is provided in parallel with a work transfer direction and which is movable up and down, and which is provided substantially centrally in a work transfer path and outside of a press working area; at least one carrier provided at each of the at least one lift beam, and which is movable along a longitudinal direction of the at least one lift beam; a guide provided on each carrier; a sub-carrier which is provided along the guide and which is movable in a carrier moving direction; a linear motor which moves the sub-carrier in the carrier moving direction; and a work holding unit which is provided at each sub-carrier and which is capable of holding the work; wherein the guide protrudes from an end portion of the lift beam in the carrier moving direction, when the carrier is moved up to substantially the end portion of the lift beam in the longitudinal direction of the lift beam.