Patent ID: 7841274

Claim:
A transfer press ( 1 ) particularly for the manufacture of vehicle body parts comprising: at least one press ( 2 ) with at least one press stage ( 23 ); at least one multi-station press ( 3 ), which includes at least two press stages ( 24 , 25 ) arranged at a predetermined distance (a) from one another; the press stages ( 23 ) of the press ( 2 ) being arranged at a distance (b) from the subsequent press stage ( 24 ) of the multi-station press ( 3 ) which is a non-integral multiple of the press stage distance (a) between the press stages of the multi-station press ( 3 ); a transport arrangement ( 28 ) extending through all the press stages ( 23 - 27 ) of the press ( 2 ) and of the multi-station press ( 3 ) in a transfer direction (T) and which includes workpiece gripper means ( 30 - 36 ) for gripping workpieces and moving them concurrently by steps (S) of the same length, and a deposit stage ( 37 ) arranged between the press ( 2 ) and the multi-station press ( 3 ) which is controllably movable in the transfer direction (T) in order to compensate for deviations between the distance (b) between the adjacent press stages ( 23 , 24 ) of the press ( 2 ) and the multi-station press ( 3 ) and the transfer steps (S) of the transfer arrangement ( 28 ); the deposit stage ( 37 ) comprises a support ( 38 ) on which the workpiece can be deposited and a drive arrangement ( 39 ) for moving the support ( 38 ); and, the drive arrangement ( 39 ) is adapted to move the support ( 38 ) linearly in the transport direction.