Apparatus and method for the manufacture of bristle goods

Abstract

Device (1) for the production of bristle goods (2), in particular brushes, brooms and / or paintbrushes, comprising at least two stations (3, 4) and a transport device (5) with which the bristle goods bodies (6) and / or bristle goods (2) to be processed can be moved from station to station, wherein the transport device (5) has at least two independent transport levels (7, 8) in which bristle goods bodies (6) and / or bristle goods (2) can be supplied to the stations (3, 4) for processing and / or handling, characterized in that at least one station (3, 4), namely a processing station (3), has at least one movably guided processing unit (13) which is adjustable to processing positions assigned in the transport levels (7, 8) in order to be able to process bristle goods (2) and / or bristle goods bodies (6) at each of the transport levels (7, 8).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a device and a method for producing bristle goods, in particular brushes, brooms and / or paintbrushes.

[0002] Such devices and methods are already known in practice in various embodiments.

[0003] The documents DE 37 18 811 C1 and DD 297 314 A5 each disclose a method for producing bristle products consisting of plastic bristle carriers and bristles. On a first movement path, the bristles are gripped in an arrangement and number corresponding to the bristle configuration at successive stations by means of moving clamping devices, optionally melted at the end facing the bristle carrier, and optionally shaped. On a second movement path, the bristle carriers are melted at least partially at their bristle-receiving side by means of moving holders at successive stations and optionally provided with bristle receiving holes. Finally, the bristles and bristle carriers, which are cycled from station to station, are brought together in a soft-plastic state.The object of the invention is to provide a device and a method for producing bristle products which promote the most efficient production of bristle products.

[0004] To achieve this object, a device having the features of the independent claim directed to such a device is initially proposed. To achieve this object, a device for producing bristle products, in particular brushes, brooms, and / or paintbrushes, is thus proposed, which device has at least two stations and a transport device with which the bristle products to be processed can be moved from station to station. According to the invention, the transport device has at least two independent transport planes in which the bristle products can be fed to the stations of the device for processing and / or handling.

[0005] The feeding of bristle product bodies and / or bristle products in one transport plane can take place independently of the feeding of bristle product bodies and / or bristle products in at least one other transport plane.

[0006] Since the supply of the bristle products and / or bristle bodies is distributed across at least two different transport levels of the transport device, it is possible to compensate for or bridge different process times at the individual stations of the device. While the supply of bristle products and / or bristle bodies at one of the transport levels may be interrupted due to extended processing, the supply of bristle products and / or bristle bodies can be carried out via at least one other transport level of the transport device, and production can continue. This effectively reduces or even completely eliminates downtimes at the individual stations of the device.

[0007] The device can be designed as a carousel machine. Here, the transport levels can each form a closed transport path. Along the transport path, bristle products and / or bristle product bodies can be fed to the stations of the device independently of the feed on the transport path of the other transport level. Preferably, the transport paths of the transport levels are circular. This enables the provision of a device for producing bristle products with a small footprint. The stations of the device can be evenly distributed around a center of the device, around which the transport paths run.

[0008] The transport device can have at least one transport holder for at least one brush body and / or one brush article on each transport plane. The transport holders can be configured to hold the brush bodies and / or brush articles in a tensioned manner. The brush articles and / or brush articles can be fed to the stations of the device using the transport holders.

[0009] In one embodiment, the transport holders of the individual transport levels can be moved independently of transport holders in another transport level.

[0010] In one embodiment of the device, the transport device has a number of transport holders in each transport plane that corresponds to the number of stations of the device. This configuration of the device is particularly advantageous when the processing and / or handling steps performed at the individual stations are of comparable length.

[0011] If individual processing steps require longer processing times than others, the number of transport holders per transport level can be adjusted, in particular reduced. This makes it possible for the number of transport holders to be one or two fewer than the number of stations, in particular the number of processing stations of the device. In one embodiment of the device, a number of transport holders is provided per transport level that corresponds to only half the number of stations, in particular the number of processing stations of the device.

[0012] At least some of the feed movements that may be required during the processing of the bristle bodies or the bristle products can be performed by transport holders. For this purpose, it may be advantageous if at least one transport holder is movable in several axes, for example, in at least three axes, particularly when the transport holder is arranged in a processing position at a station.

[0013] In one embodiment of the device, it is provided that several transport holders of a transport level are movable independently of one another along a transport path of the transport level. In this embodiment of the device, there is no rigid link between the transport holders of a transport level. Rather, the transport holders can be moved independently of one another along the transport path of their transport level from station to station. In this way, it is possible to move one transport holder to a subsequent station while another transport holder is still at a station, for example, because this station requires a longer process time to carry out the processing steps provided at it.

[0014] In one embodiment of the device, a rigid linking of the transport holders of a transport level is provided. This arrangement is particularly suitable when the processing or handling steps at the individual stations of the device are similar or even identical in duration.

[0015] In one embodiment of the device, the transport levels each have at least one transport guide along which the transport holders can be moved. The transport guides can define a transport path for the respective transport level. A guide rail, for example, can serve as the transport guide.

[0016] In one embodiment of the device, the transport planes each have at least one rack for the transport holders. The transport holders can then be moved along the racks within their transport planes by means of a transport drive designed as a gear drive.

[0017] According to the invention, at least one station is a processing station and has at least one processing unit. According to the invention, the processing unit of the at least one station is movably guided at the station and can be moved into different processing positions. Each of the transport levels can be assigned at least one of the different processing positions. Thus, bristle articles and / or bristle articles bodies can be processed at each of the transport levels. In this way, it is possible to move such a processing unit between the transport levels and to process bristle articles bodies and / or bristle articles at each of the transport levels. This increases the flexibility of the device.In addition, only one processing unit needs to be kept available at the at least one processing station, which can be assigned to the individual transport levels of the transport device as required in order to process bristle products and / or bristle product bodies there.

[0018] At least one station, in particular a processing station, can have a guide along which at least one processing unit can be moved into the processing positions assigned to the transport planes. The guide can be a linear guide. The guide can specify a direction of movement for the processing units that is oriented transversely or perpendicularly to the transport direction specified by the transport device of the device.

[0019] At least one transport holder can be movably mounted along a movement axis oriented transversely or perpendicularly to the transport direction specified by the transport device. The movement axis of the transport holder can also be aligned parallel to a movement axis of a movable processing unit of a station of the device. In this way, it is possible to move the transport holder in a synchronized manner with the movement of a processing unit, if necessary, and / or to position the brush body and / or the brush products during processing relative to a processing unit.

[0020] The device may comprise a drilling station, a tamping station, a finishing station and / or a handling station as a station.

[0021] At a drilling station, bundle receiving holes can be created in bristle bodies held ready on the transport holders. In a stuffing station, the bundle receiving holes can be stuffed with bristle bundles. In a finishing station, the bristle bodies and / or the bristle bundles can be finished. A grinding station and / or a milling station can be provided as a finishing station. At a handling station, it is possible to load the transport holders of the device with bristle bodies and / or to remove finished bristle products from the device and, for example, to transfer them to a downstream process step. At the handling station, a handling robot with a corresponding handling gripper can be provided, for example.

[0022] The device can comprise a drilling unit, a tamping unit, and / or a finishing unit, such as a milling unit and / or a grinding unit, as a processing unit. The device can comprise at least one transport drive, for example a gear drive, for at least one transport holder and / or at least one positioning drive for at least one transport holder and / or at least one positioning drive for a processing unit of the device.

[0023] The transport drive makes it possible to move the at least one transport holder from station to station along the transport path of its transport plane. A positioning drive makes it possible to position the at least one transport holder, for example, transversely to the transport direction specified by the transport device and / or along its multiple axes of movement.

[0024] With the aid of a positioning drive associated with at least one processing unit of the device, the processing unit can be moved into processing positions on the at least two transport planes of the device. Furthermore, this positioning drive can also be used to position the processing unit relative to a transport holder during the processing of a brush body and / or a brush article.

[0025] The device can further comprise at least one control unit configured to control functional units of the device. The control unit can, for example, be configured to control the transport device and / or the stations and their processing units. The control unit can further be configured to control the previously mentioned positioning drives of the device and / or the transport drive of the transport device.

[0026] To achieve this objective, a method for producing bristle products is also proposed, which comprises the means and features of the independent claim directed to such a method. To achieve this objective, a method for producing bristle products is proposed, in particular, wherein a processing unit of the device is moved from a starting position on an initial transport plane of transport planes of the device to a target position on a target transport plane of the transport planes of the device in order to process a bristle product body and / or a bristle product arranged on a transport holder of the target transport plane.

[0027] The feeding of bristle products and / or bristle product bodies can take place in each of the individual transport levels independently of a feeding in another of the transport levels. The method can be carried out using a device according to one of the claims directed to a device for producing bristle products.

[0028] In this way, it is possible to process bristle goods bodies and / or bristle goods with one processing unit optionally at different transport levels.

[0029] In one embodiment of the method, it is provided that the transport holder of the target transport plane and the processing unit are moved in a synchronized manner on their way to the target position, wherein the processing unit processes a bristle article body arranged on the transport holder and / or a bristle article arranged on the transport holder during the synchronized movement.

[0030] In this way, it is possible to minimize waiting or downtimes that occur during the transfer of the processing unit from the starting transport level to the target transport level by having the processing unit, at least during part of its transfer movement, accompany the transport holder of the target transport level in a synchronized movement when changing from the starting transport level to the target position. This allows the processing of a brush body arranged on the transport holder and / or a brush article arranged on the transport holder to begin even before the target position is reached.

[0031] This effectively minimizes the travel time during which no processing of a bristle product and / or a bristle product body clamped to the transport holder can take place.

[0032] In one embodiment of the method, the synchronized movement of the transport holder and the processing unit into their target position is oriented transversely, in particular at right angles, to a transport direction of the device's transport device. This orientation of the movements relative to the transport direction specified by the device's transport device is particularly suitable for devices whose transport planes are arranged vertically one above the other.

[0033] Directions of the synchronized movement of the transport holder and the movement of the processing unit to the target position are preferably oriented parallel to each other.

[0034] The transport holder can be moved into a receiving position located adjacent to the initial transport plane. The transport holder can be moved into a receiving position located in a plane, in particular a horizontal plane, between the initial transport plane and the target position, or in a plane, in particular a horizontal plane, in which the target position of the processing unit also lies.

[0035] In one embodiment of the method, the transport holder is moved into the receiving position before the processing unit reaches the target position. The transport holder can be moved in synchronization with the processing unit into a plane, in particular a horizontal plane, in which the target position lies. The movements of the transport holder and the processing unit can be synchronized with each other.

[0036] The direction of movement of the transport holder to the receiving position may be opposite to the direction of movement of the processing unit to the target position.

[0037] By positioning the transport holder in the receiving position, the transport holder can already meet the processing unit a certain distance on its way to the target position in order to minimize the distance that the processing unit has to cover alone without the transport holder and within which processing of a bristle carrier clamped to the transport holder or of a bristle product clamped to the transport holder cannot take place.

[0038] As soon as the processing unit has left the initial transport plane and entered an area at the target transport plane, the synchronized movement of the transport holder can take place, starting from the receiving position to a plane, in particular a horizontal plane, in which the target position lies. Preferably, the processing of the brush body and / or the brushes already begins at the transport holder.

[0039] The invention is described in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment, but is not limited to this exemplary embodiment. Further exemplary embodiments result from the combination of the features of individual or multiple claims with each other and / or by combining individual or multiple features of the exemplary embodiment. They show: Fig. 1 a perspective view of an apparatus for producing bristle goods, the apparatus comprising three processing stations and one handling station and a transport device with two independent transport levels in which bristle goods bodies can be moved independently of one another from station to station by means of transport holders, Fig. 2 a view of the Fig. 1 shown device consists of a compared to Fig. 1 perspective rotated by 90 degrees with a view of a stuffing station of the device, Fig. 3 a perspective view of the Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, for illustrating a movement of processing units in processing positions assigned to a lower of the two transport levels, Fig. 4 a view of the Fig. 3 shown device from the perspective according to Fig. 2, Fig. 5 a perspective view of the Fig. 1 to 4, wherein the transport holders of the lower transport level are arranged in receiving positions adjacent to the upper transport level from which the processing units are delivered, Fig. 6 a view of the Fig. 5 shown device from the perspective according to the Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, Fig. 7 a perspective view of the Fig. 1 to 6, wherein the transport holders and the processing units of the lower transport level have reached target positions on the lower transport level by a synchronized movement, and Fig. 8 a view of the Fig. 7 shown device from the perspective according to the Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 6.

[0040] All figures show a device, designated as a whole by 1, for producing bristle articles 2, namely brushes, brooms, and / or paintbrushes. The device 1 has a total of four stations, three of which are processing stations 3 and one of which is a handling station 4.

[0041] The device 1 comprises a transport device 5, with which the bristle articles 6 and / or bristle articles 2 to be processed can be moved from station to station 3, 4. The transport device 5 is designed as a transport carousel and comprises two independent transport levels 7 and 8, in which the bristle articles 6 and / or bristle articles 2 can be fed to stations 3 and 4 of the device 1 for processing and / or handling.

[0042] Due to the transport device 5 being designed as a transport carousel, the device 1 can be referred to as a carousel machine. The transport levels 7 and 8 are arranged vertically one above the other and each have a closed transport path 9 along which the bristle articles 2 or bristle articles 6 can be moved from station to station 3, 4. In the device 1 shown in the figures, the transport paths 9 of the two transport levels 7 and 8 are circular.

[0043] The upper transport level is designated 7, the lower transport level 8. The two transport tracks 9 of transport levels 7 and 8 run around the central axis of the transport device 5, around which the bristle articles 2 or bristle articles bodies 6 can be transported from station to station 3, 4.

[0044] The transport device 5 has four transport holders 10 in each transport plane 7 and 8, each for a bristle body 6 or a bristle article 2. Using the transport holders 10, the bristle bodies 6 and bristle articles 2 can be moved along the transport paths 9 within the individual transport planes 7 and 8 between the stations 3 and 4 of the device 1. Each transport plane 7 and 8 thus has a number of transport holders 10 that corresponds to the number of stations 3 and 4 of the device 1.

[0045] Each of the transport holders 10 can be moved along multiple axes, in the embodiment of the device 1 shown in the figures, along three axes. In this way, the bristle articles 2 or bristle articles 6 clamped to the transport holders 10 can be positioned accordingly for processing at the processing stations 3.

[0046] In the device 1 shown in the figures, the transport holders 10 of each of the two transport planes 7 and 8 can be moved independently of one another along the respective transport path 9 of the transport plane 7, 8. In an embodiment of the device 1 not shown in the figures, the transport holders 10 are rigidly linked to one another within a transport plane.

[0047] The transport levels 7 and 8 each have two transport guides 11 and a rack 12 for the transport holders 10. The two transport guides 11 are designed as transport rails into which the transport holders 10 are suspended. The transport guides 11 define the transport path 9 of the respective transport level 7, 8. The racks 12 of the two transport levels 7 and 8 serve to drive the individual transport holders 10. In the illustrated embodiment of the device 1, a gear drive 30 serves as the transport drive 26 of the transport device 5. The transport holders 10 can be moved along the respective rack 12 from station to station 3, 4 of the device 1 via the gear drive 30.

[0048] Each of the processing stations 3 has a processing unit 13 that can be adjusted to different processing positions assigned to the transport levels 7 and 8. In this way, it is possible to move the processing units 13 of the processing stations 3 back and forth between the transport levels 7 and 8 in order to process the bristle articles 6 or bristle articles 2 held ready at the transport levels 7 and 8.

[0049] In order to be able to move the processing units 13 of the processing stations 3 between the transport planes 7 and 8, the processing stations 3 each have a guide 14, namely a linear guide, along which the respective processing unit 13 can be moved into the processing positions assigned to the transport planes 7 and 8. The guides 14 each specify a direction of movement that is oriented transversely, namely at right angles to the transport direction defined by the transport tracks 9 of the transport device 5.

[0050] The transport holders 10 arranged on the two transport planes 7 and 8 can also be moved along a movement axis 15 oriented transversely to the transport direction of the transport device 5. In this way, positioning movements can be performed with the transport holders 10 during the processing of bristle articles 2 or bristle articles 6, and synchronized movements can also be performed with the processing units 13 of the processing stations 4 of the device 1.

[0051] As processing stations 3, the device has a drilling station 16, a stuffing station 17, a finishing station 18 and a handling station 19.

[0052] The drilling station 16 has a drilling unit 20 as the processing unit 13. A stuffing unit 21 is provided at the stuffing station 17 as the processing unit 13. A milling unit or a grinding unit is provided as the finishing unit 22 of the finishing station 18, with which the bristle bundles stuffed into the bristle body 6 with the aid of the stuffing unit 21 can be shortened and / or ground.

[0053] The handling station 19 has a handling gripper 23, with which the bristle articles 6 can be picked up from a feeder 24 and placed into the transport holders 10 of the transport device 5. The handling gripper 23 of the handling station 19 also serves to remove finished bristle articles 2, which are returned to the handling station 19 with the transport holders 10 after final processing at the finishing station 18, and to place them on a storage unit 25 for a subsequent handling and / or processing step.

[0054] By means of the transport drive 26, the transport holders 10 can be moved along the transport tracks 9 within the transport planes 7 and 8 from station to station 3, 4. In the drilling station 16, the bristle bodies 6 held ready on the transport holders 10 are provided with bundle receiving holes. This is done using the drilling unit 20 of the drilling station 16. In the subsequent stuffing station 17, bristle bundles are stuffed into the created bundle receiving holes using the stuffing unit 21.

[0055] In the downstream finishing station 18, the finishing of the bristle articles 2 takes place, for example by grinding and / or shortening the bristle bundles.

[0056] By means of a positioning drive 27, the transport holders 10 can be positioned along the three axes mentioned above at the respective processing station 3 or at the handling station 4, 19. Using the positioning drive 27, it is also possible to move the transport holders 10 transversely along the movement axis 15, namely at right angles to the transport path 9 of the respective transport planes 7 and 8.

[0057] The processing stations 3 also each have a positioning drive 28. With the positioning drives 28, the processing units 13, 20, 21 and 22 of the device 1 can be positioned along the guide 14. This is done, on the one hand, to process the bristle articles 2 and bristle articles bodies 6 held ready for processing at the transport levels 7 and 8, and on the other hand, to move the processing units 13 back and forth between the transport levels 7 and 8 when processing of bristle articles bodies 6 or bristle articles 2 is to be transferred from one transport level 7, 8 to the other transport level 7, 8.

[0058] The aforementioned functional units of the device 1 can be controlled by means of a control unit 29 of the device 1. The control unit 29 is thus configured to control the transport device 5, the stations 3, 4, 16, 17, 18, 19, the processing units 13, 20, 21, 22, as well as the handling gripper 23, the transport drive 26, namely the gear drive 30, and the positioning drives 27 and 28. The feed 24 and storage 25 of the device 1 can also be controlled using the control unit 29.

[0059] The device 1 explained above is designed to carry out the method for producing bristle goods 2 explained below.

[0060] In this case, a processing unit 13, 20, 21, 22 is moved from a starting position on an initial transport plane, for example on the upper transport plane 7 of the two transport planes 7 and 8 of the device 1, into a target position 31 on a target transport plane, for example on the lower transport plane 8 of the two transport planes 7, 8 of the device 1, in order to process a bristle product body 6 and / or a bristle product 2 which is arranged on a transport holder 10 of the target transport plane 7, 8.

[0061] The transport holder 10 of the target transport plane 8 is moved synchronized with the movement of the processing unit 13 into its target position 31. During this synchronized movement of the transport holder 10, the bristle article body 6 or the bristle article 2 arranged on the transport holder 10 is already being processed by means of the processing unit 13, 20, 21, 22. A comparison of the Fig. 1, Fig. 3, Fig. 5 and Fig. 7 or 2, Fig. 4, Fig. 6 and Fig. 8 makes this clear.

[0062] Fig. 1 shows, for example, how the drilling unit 20 of the drilling station 16 processes a bristle product body 6, which is held ready on a transport holder 10 of the upper transport level 7. Meanwhile, a transport holder 10 of the lower transport level 8 with a still unprocessed bristle product body 6 is moved to the drilling station 16.

[0063] A comparison of the Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 illustrates that the transport holder 10 of the upper transport level 7 is already moved in the direction of the lower transport level 8 during the processing of the brush body 6 held ready in the upper transport level 7, synchronized with the drilling unit 20. This occurs by displacing the transport holder 10 along the movement axis 15 of the transport holder 10 of the upper transport level 7 in the direction of the lower transport level 8.

[0064] Fig. 3 illustrates that the drilling unit 20 is moved further along the guide 14 in the direction of the lower transport plane 8 after the bristle product body 6 has been processed on the upper transport plane 7.

[0065] In the meantime, the transport holder 10 of the lower transport level 8 located at the drilling station 16, with the brush body 6 to be processed next, has already been moved to a receiving position 32 adjacent to the upper transport level 7. This occurs by a movement of the transport holder 10 of the lower transport level 8 along its movement axis 15, oriented in the direction of the exit transport level 7.

[0066] A distance that the processing unit 13, namely the drilling unit 20, has to cover on its way from the starting transport level 7 to the target transport level 8 without the possibility of processing a bristle product body 6 that is held ready at the target transport level 8, is minimized in this way. Fig. 5 illustrates that the drilling unit 20 can therefore start processing the next bristle body 6 comparatively early.

[0067] The Fig. 2, Fig. 4, Fig. 6 and Fig. 8 shows that the processing of the bristle articles 6 at the stuffing station 17 is carried out in a similar manner. The finishing of the bristle articles 2 is also carried out in a similar manner at the finishing station 18.

[0068] The synchronized movement of the respective transport holder 10 and the movement of the processing unit 13 assigned to it takes place transversely, namely at right angles to a transport direction which is predetermined by the transport device 5 through the transport paths 9 of the two transport planes 7 and 8.

[0069] The transport holders 10 are moved to their receiving positions 32 before the processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21 are moved to their target positions 31 at the boring station 16 and the stuffing station 17. The movements of the transport holders 10 to their receiving positions 32 are opposite to the movements of the processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21 to their target positions 31. The transport holders 10 are moved from their receiving positions 32, synchronized with the movements of the processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21, together with them, into horizontal planes in which the target positions 31 of the processing unit 13 are located.

[0070] By means of the movements of the transport holders 10 into the receiving positions 32, the distances to be covered by the processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21, within which no processing of bristle articles 6 or bristle articles 2 can take place, are minimized beforehand.

[0071] Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 show transport holders 10 of the lower transport level 8 already in their receiving positions 32. The receiving positions 32 of the transport holders 10 are adjacent to the output transport level 7 and arranged in horizontal planes which lie between the output transport level 7 and the target positions 31 of the respective processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21 on the target transport level 8. The Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 shows the processing units 13,20 and 13,21 in their target positions 31.

[0072] In Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, the transport holders 10 are still arranged in their respective receiving position 32. The processing units 13, 20 ( Fig. 5) or 13.21 ( Fig. 6) have then reached a position which is already in the area of ​​the lower transport level 8.

[0073] The movements of the transport holders 10 into their receiving positions 32 take place in the direction of the output transport plane 7 and, as already explained above, are opposite to the movements of the processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21 into their target positions 31.

[0074] Based on the Fig. 5 and 6, respectively, the processing units 13, 20 and 13, 21 are moved into their positions shown in the Fig. 7 and 8 respectively. Together with the respective processing unit 13, 20 and 13, 21, the transport holders 10 are moved from their Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 shown receiving positions 32 synchronized with the respective processing unit 13, 20 or 13, 21. During this synchronized movement, a processing of a bristle product body 6 clamped on the respective transport holder 10 can already take place with the corresponding processing unit 13, 20 or 13, 21, before the target positions 31 according to the Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are reached. List of reference symbols 1 device 2 Bristle goods 3 station, namely processing station 4 station, namely handling station 5 Transport device 6 Bristle goods bodies 7 upper transport level 8 lower transport level 9 Transport track 10 transport holders 11 Transport guidance 12 rack 13 processing unit 14 lead for 13 15 movement axis of 10 16 drilling station 17 Tamping station 18 finishing stations 19 Handling station 20 drilling units 21 Tamping unit 22 Finishing unit 23 handling grippers 24 Feed 25 filing 26 Transport drive 27 Positioning drive for 10 28 Positioning drive for 13 29 Control unit 30 gear drive 31 Target position 32 Reception position

Claims

[1] Device (1) for producing bristle articles (2), in particular brushes, brooms and / or paintbrushes, with at least two stations (3, 4) and a transport device (5) with which bristle articles (6) and / or bristle articles (2) to be processed can be moved from station to station, wherein the transport device (5) has at least two mutually independent transport levels (7, 8) in which bristle articles (6) and / or bristle articles (2) can be fed to the stations (3, 4) for processing and / or handling, characterized by that at least one station (3, 4), namely a processing station (3), has at least one movably guided processing unit (13) which can be adjusted to processing positions assigned to the transport planes (7, 8) in order to be able to process bristle articles (2) and / or bristle articles bodies (6) on each of the transport planes (7, 8). [2] Device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the device (1) is designed as a carousel machine and / or wherein the transport planes (7, 8) each have a closed transport path (9), in particular wherein the transport path (9) is circular. [3] Device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the transport device (5) has at least one transport holder (10) for at least one bristle article body (6) and / or at least one bristle article (2) in each transport plane (7, 8), preferably wherein the transport device (5) has a number of transport holders (10) in each transport plane (7, 8) which corresponds to the number of stations (3, 4) of the device (1). [4] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one transport holder (10) is movable in several axes, preferably in at least three axes. [5] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a plurality of transport holders (10) of a transport plane (7, 8) are movable independently of one another along a transport path (9) of the transport plane (7, 8) and / or wherein a plurality of transport holders (10) of a transport plane (7, 8) are rigidly linked to one another. [6] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the transport planes (7, 8) each have at least one transport guide (11) and / or at least one rack (12) for the transport holders (10) and / or wherein the device (1), in particular at least one transport holder (10), has a transport drive (26), in particular a gear drive (30). [7] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one station (3, 4), in particular a processing station (3), has a guide (14) along which at least one processing unit (13) can be moved into the processing positions assigned to the transport planes (7, 8). [8] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one transport holder (10) is movably mounted along a movement axis (15) which is oriented transversely or at right angles to a transport direction of the transport device (5) and / or parallel to a movement of a processing unit (13) of a station (3, 4) of the device (1) between the processing positions assigned to the different transport planes (7, 8). [9] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the device (1) has as station (3,4) a drilling station (16), a stuffing station (17), a finishing station (18) and / or a handling station (19). [10] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the device (1) has as processing unit (13) a drilling unit (20), a stuffing unit (21), a finishing unit (22), in particular a milling unit and / or a grinding unit. [11] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims with at least one positioning drive (27) for at least one transport holder (10) and / or with at least one positioning drive (28) for a processing unit (13, 20, 21, 22) of the device (1). [12] Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one control unit (29) which is configured to control functional units of the device (1), in particular to control the transport device (5) and / or the stations (3, 4). [13] Method for producing bristle articles (2), in particular using a device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a processing unit (13) of the device (1) is moved from a starting position on an initial transport plane (7, 8) of at least two transport planes (7, 8) of the device (1) into a target position (31) on a target transport plane (7, 8) of the transport planes (7, 8) of the device (1) in order to process a bristle article body (6) and / or a bristle article (2) which is arranged on a transport holder (10) of the target transport plane (7, 8). [14] Method according to the preceding claim, wherein the transport holder (10) of the target transport plane (7, 8) and the processing unit (13) are moved synchronously with each other on their way to their target position (31), wherein the processing unit (13) processes the bristle body (6) and / or the bristle (2) during the synchronized movement. [15] Method according to the preceding claim, wherein the movement of the transport holder (10) and the movement of the processing unit (13) into its target position (31) are aligned transversely to a transport direction of the transport device (5) of the device (1). [16] Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the transport holder (10) is moved into a receiving position (32) which is arranged adjacent to the output transport plane (7, 8) and / or which is arranged in a plane, in particular in a horizontal plane, between the output transport plane (7, 8) and the target position (31) of the processing unit (13). [17] Method according to the preceding claim, wherein the transport holder (10) is moved into the receiving position (32) before the processing unit (13) reaches the target position (31) and / or before the transport holder (10) is moved synchronously with the processing unit (13) into a plane, in particular into a horizontal plane, in which the target position (31) of the processing unit (13) lies. [18] Method according to one of the two preceding claims, wherein the movement of the transport holder (10) into the receiving position (32) takes place in the direction of the output transport plane (7, 8) and / or wherein the movement of the transport holder (10) into the receiving position (32) is opposite to the movement of the processing unit (13) into the target position (31).

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