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Multi-axis robot with drive, tool head and flexible pipeline guidance

A multi-axis robot and driver technology, applied in manufacturing tools, cable arrangement between relatively moving parts, chucks, etc., can solve the problems of pipeline robot collision, pipeline winding robot, no given and other problems

Inactive Publication Date: 2021-07-16
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
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[0004] The following problems may arise here: for example, the pipeline may restrict the movement of the robot because the pipeline may wrap around the robot during certain movements
On the other hand, the problem may arise that the pipeline may collide with the object to be processed or other objects or with the robot itself
DE 102006002637 A1 does not give any solution for actively preventing collisions or actively preventing robot movement limitations when using drag chains

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[0025] figure 1 Shown is a multi-axis robot 1, preferably fixed to the ground, with a tool head 2 fastened on a robot flange (not shown), which in an embodiment is configured as a spray ink print head. Alternatively, the tool head 2 can also be designed as a tool head for treating printed ink by means of radiation (for example a UV radiation dryer or an IR radiation dryer). Yet alternatively, the tool head may also be a combination of an inkjet print head and a radiation dryer. Finally, alternatively or additionally, the tool head can also have further components (for example plasma nozzles for cleaning the surface to be printed before applying the printed image).

[0026] The robot 1 has a plurality of robot axes (six robot axes A1 to A6 in the example shown), wherein each robot axis is assigned a separate drive. Robots of this type are often referred to as rotary-joint robots or also as industrial robots, and allow free positioning and orientation of the tool head in spac...

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The invention relates to a multi-axis robot (1) with a drive (A1‑A6), a tool head (2) and an energy chain (3) for guiding a flexible pipeline (4) along at least a part of the robot up to the tool head, Therein, the tool-near end (3a) of the energy chain is moved by an auxiliary system (5) having at least one drive (6) different from the robot drive for moving said end. The invention is achieved in an advantageous manner, for example by preventing the tool-near end of the energy chain from colliding with the object to be processed or other objects in the vicinity of the robot and in this way enabling a disturbance-free processing of the object surface, in particular using an inkjet printing head printing.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a multi-axis robot with a drive, a tool head and an energy chain for guiding a flexible pipeline. [0002] The present invention is in the technical field of machining object surfaces, which may have any curvature. The invention is especially directed to the printing of such surfaces. Background technique [0003] As disclosed in DE 102012006371 A1, when machining arbitrarily curved object surfaces (especially printing such surfaces) by means of robot-guided tool heads (in particular inkjet printing heads), it is often required to supply the tool head via lines, for example electrically , these lines are directed to the moving tool head. Such pipelines can be guided along a robot (as disclosed in DE 20 2011 004 786 U1) and can be laid here in drag chains (as disclosed in DE 20305677 U1). [0004] Problems may arise here: for example, the pipeline may restrict the movement of the robot because the pipeline may wrap around the...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B25J19/00
CPCB25J19/0025B25J9/0084B25J11/0075B25J19/026B41J2/175B41J3/4073B41J11/0021H02G11/00B25J15/0019B25J19/02B25J9/0087B25J9/1669B41J2/01B66C11/00
Inventor C·格宾S·迈尔
Owner HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG