Methods for manufacturing brushes and brush manufacturing machines

Abstract

A method for manufacturing brushes (15), wherein bristle carriers (3), in particular brush bodies, are fed on transport units (6) of a transport device (4) in a timed manner along a closed transport path (5) to evenly distributed and equidistant stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) for handling and / or processing, wherein the bristle carriers (3) with the transport units (6) are moved with a transport step size between the stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) that are successive in the processing cycle, which corresponds to a multiple or multiple of a station distance between two stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) that are immediately adjacent along the transport path (5), such that the bristle carriers (3) with the transport units (6) are moved on their way between two stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) that are successive in the processing cycle at at least one The station (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) will be moved past without stopping at it.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a method for manufacturing brushes, wherein bristle carriers, in particular brush bodies, are fed onto transport units of a transport device in a timed manner along a closed transport path to evenly distributed and equidistant stations for handling and / or processing.

[0002] Furthermore, the invention also relates to a brush manufacturing machine with a plurality of stations for handling and processing bristle carriers, in particular brush bodies, and a transport device for transporting the bristle carriers between the stations.

[0003] Such processes and brush manufacturing machines are known in various embodiments from the prior art. These systems also employ transport devices, often referred to as transport chain systems, which typically have an even number of transport units, each capable of holding at least one bristle carrier. After each processing cycle, these transport units are moved to the next station to perform the next processing step on the bristle carrier mounted on the transport unit.

[0004] German patent application DE 100 36 297 B4 discloses a brush manufacturing machine with an injection molding machine for producing brushes or brush bodies and at least one associated post-processing device, wherein at least one conveying device for transporting brushes or brush bodies is arranged between the post-processing device(s) and the injection molding machine.

[0005] The conveyor system comprises at least one guide track and conveying elements guided along it. The guide track is designed with a continuous guide path adapted to the respective location of the individual processing stations. The conveying elements can be positioned independently of one another. Along the guide track, at least one branch to a buffer section and one return path are arranged, each with controllable switches.

[0006] German patent application DE 692 10 213 T2 discloses a toothbrush manufacturing machine in which pairs of brush bodies are transported between a number of processing stations while held on individual pallets that are detachably connected to a common conveyor of the closed loop chain type. Particularly when the bristle carriers are to be processed or handled at a large number of individual stations and only a relatively small amount of space is available for the brush manufacturing machine, the individual stations may be arranged relatively close to one another. Since the transport units must be moved to the next station after each processing cycle, it is necessary to accelerate the transport units as quickly as possible and then immediately decelerate them again so that they can be stopped at the next station for processing.Due to the comparatively high acceleration forces and the associated changes between positive and negative acceleration, high mechanical loads can occur, especially on the transport devices of these brush manufacturing machines, which should be avoided.

[0007] The object of the invention is therefore to provide a method and a brush manufacturing machine of the type mentioned above, with which the mechanical loads, in particular on the transport device, can be reduced.

[0008] This problem is solved by the method for manufacturing brushes using the means and features of the independent claim directed to the method for manufacturing brushes.In particular, a method for manufacturing brushes is proposed to solve this problem, wherein bristle carriers, especially brush bodies, are fed onto transport units of a transport device in a timed manner along a closed transport path to uniformly distributed and equidistant stations for handling and / or processing, wherein the bristle carriers with the transport units are moved with a transport step size between the stations that follow each other in the processing cycle, which corresponds to a multiple or multiple of a station distance between two stations immediately adjacent along the transport path, so that the bristle carriers with the transport units are moved past at least one station on their way between two stations that follow each other in the processing cycle without stopping at it.In this process, two stations that follow each other in the processing cycle are not arranged directly adjacent to each other on the transport track.

[0009] The distance between two stations immediately adjacent to each other along the transport route, which in the context of the claimed technical teaching is also referred to as station spacing, corresponds to the length of a transport route between these two stations.

[0010] In the context of the claimed technical teaching, transport step size is understood to mean the number of station distances covered in a transport step between two successive processing steps of a processing cycle with respect to a transport unit or a bristle carrier.

[0011] If three station distances are covered between two consecutive processing steps in a processing cycle, the transport step size takes on the value three.

[0012] The transport step size thus corresponds to the number n of stations skipped in a transport step between two consecutive processing steps of a processing cycle, plus one. The following relationship also applies: TSW = n + 1, where TSW represents the transport step size and n represents the number of stations skipped in a transport step. In the previous example, three station distances are covered, skipping two stations. Therefore, the transport step size is TSW = 2 + 1 = 3.

[0013] The inventive method allows the track on which the transport units must move between successive stations in the processing cycle to be lengthened in such a way that an immediate transition from positive to negative acceleration, which can represent a load peak, is avoided. In this way, the transport units can be moved more smoothly between the stations of the brush manufacturing machine, and the mechanical stress on the transport device is reduced.

[0014] It is particularly preferred if each transport unit, in the manner described above, visits each of the stations required to complete a processing cycle at least once and, after the processing cycle is completed, returns to the same station where the processing cycle began by inserting bristle carriers. This station can then function as an insertion and removal station.

[0015] Particularly smooth operation of the transport units along the track can be achieved if they move in sync between stations. To this end, it can be advantageous to move the transport units coupled together along the track. It is conceivable that the transport units can be mechanically coupled to one another. Then, the mechanically coupled transport units can be driven by a central drive. Chains, connecting rods, or even connecting rails between the transport units can be used as coupling elements, for example.

[0016] However, it is also conceivable to electronically couple the transport units to each other. In this case, the transport units could each be equipped with their own drive and moved electronically, preferably in sync, along the transport track between the stations.

[0017] Smooth running of the transport units along the transport track and a correspondingly lower load on the bristle carriers arranged on the transport units can be achieved if the transport units are moved along the transport track with a constant transport step width.

[0018] To select the previously described transport step size, in which at least one station is skipped by the transport units on the path between two consecutive stations in the processing cycle, and each required station is reached at least once, it can be advantageous if the bristle carriers are processed and / or handled at an odd total number of stations. It is also possible for the bristle carriers to be processed or handled by a total number of stations that corresponds to a prime number.If the total number of stations from which the bristle carriers are processed or handled corresponds to a prime number, then it is possible for the transport units to be moved along the transport track with a transport step size of n, i.e., skipping n - 1 stations, and to return to their starting position or starting station, from which they began their circuit, within n revolutions around the closed transport track. Here, n is an integer, but not equal to the total number of stations. Furthermore, the number n is relatively prime to the number or prime number that corresponds to the total number of existing stations. The starting station can be the previously mentioned loading and unloading station.

[0019] This has the advantage that the transport step size can be changed to make the movement of the transport units along the transport track even smoother, while still ensuring that every single station required for complete processing of the bristle carriers is reached, even with a correspondingly higher number of cycles. This is achieved in such a way that the same starting point is always reached after a complete processing cycle, in which all required stations have been visited once by a transport unit, and the processing cycle can then be completed.

[0020] In this system, the transport units can begin their circuit around the conveyor track at a designated starting station and, after visiting all stations required to complete a processing cycle exactly once, return to this starting station. The starting station, which is also the end station of a processing cycle, could be, for example, a combined loading and unloading station where bristle carriers, particularly brush bodies, are loaded into the brush manufacturing machine and unloaded after processing is complete. To complete a processing cycle, the transport units complete more than one circuit around the conveyor track until they reach their starting position or starting station again.

[0021] It can also be stipulated that an odd number of transport units are moved along the transport track. It is also possible that a prime number of transport units is moved along the transport track. For example, it is possible to move 23 transport units along a transport track. However, it is also conceivable that the number of transport units moved along the transport track corresponds to the number of stations.

[0022] For example, 23 stations can be evenly distributed and equidistant from each other along the transport track, while 23 transport units, on each of which at least one bristle carrier can be arranged, in particular mounted, for processing, are moved along the transport track between the 23 stations.

[0023] The total number of stations at which the bristle carriers are processed, and the transport step size, measured in the number of station distances covered in one transport step, may preferably be coprime or relatively prime.

[0024] The term "coprime" or "relative prime" means that for any two natural numbers, there is no natural number other than 1 that divides both of them. In other words, two natural numbers are coprime if they have no common prime factor. To prove coprimality, one can, for example, determine the greatest common divisor of the two numbers. The two numbers are coprime if and only if 1 is their greatest common divisor.

[0025] If the total number of stations at which the bristle carriers are processed and the transport step size are coprime or relatively prime, it is possible to move the transport units along the transport path with the selected transport step size between the stations in such a way that the transport units only reach their starting position again when each of the existing stations has been reached or approached by the transport units at least once and the processing cycle has been completed.

[0026] The smooth running of transport units on their way between two consecutive stations in the processing cycle, but not directly adjacent to each other along the transport path, can be facilitated if the transport units are moved at a constant speed, at least temporarily. In this case, the transport step size covered by the transport units between two consecutive processing or handling steps and / or stations in the processing cycle can correspond to at least two, three, four, or more times the station distance between two directly adjacent stations.

[0027] If the transport step size corresponds to twice the station distance between two immediately adjacent stations, one station is skipped. If the transport step size corresponds to three times the station distance between two immediately adjacent, equidistant stations, two stations are always skipped with one transport step size.

[0028] The bristle carriers can be fitted with bristle bundles made of conventional bristle filaments at at least one station. Conventional bristle filaments are defined as those with a cross-section that is essentially constant along their longitudinal extent. At at least one other station, the bristle carriers can be fitted with bristle bundles made of pointed bristle filaments. Pointed bristle filaments can be, for example, chemically pointed or mechanically pointed.

[0029] The bristle bundles made of conventional bristle filaments can be sheared off at one station and, if necessary, ground at another station.

[0030] The bristle carriers can be placed onto the transport units at a station. This station can define the aforementioned starting position or starting station of the transport units on their journey along the transport track. The bristle carriers can also be removed from the transport units at the same station. In this case, this station can be a so-called loading and unloading station.

[0031] The problem defined at the outset is also solved by a brush manufacturing machine with the means and features of the independent claim directed to the brush manufacturing machine. In particular, to solve this problem, a brush manufacturing machine is proposed which has a plurality of stations for handling and processing bristle carriers, in particular brush bodies, and is provided with a transport device for transporting the bristle carriers between the stations, wherein the stations are arranged equidistantly and uniformly distributed along a closed, circumferential transport track of the transport device, and wherein the transport device has a plurality of transport units movable along the transport track between the stations, on each of which at least one bristle carrier can be arranged.

[0032] The transport units can be coupled to one another. This can be done mechanically and / or electronically. For example, transport chains, connecting rails, or connecting rods can be used for mechanical coupling of the transport units. The transport track can be formed by a continuous guide rail along which the transport units can move. Particularly with mechanical coupling of the transport units, a central drive can be used to set the mechanically coupled transport units in motion.

[0033] The brush-making machine can have an odd total number of stations. The brush-making machine can have a total number of stations that equals a prime number.

[0034] Furthermore, it is possible for the brush manufacturing machine to have an odd number of transport units. It is also possible for the brush manufacturing machine to have a number of transport units that corresponds to a prime number. In order to assign a transport unit to each station in every processing step and avoid idle time, it is advantageous if the number of transport units matches the total number of stations. This way, a transport unit can be arranged at each station in each processing cycle to ensure that at least one bristle carrier can be processed and / or handled at each station.

[0035] The brush manufacturing machine can have at least one station configured as a tucking station for tucking conventional bristle filaments. Conventional bristle filaments are defined as those with a cross-section that is essentially constant along their length. The brush manufacturing machine can also have at least one station configured as a tucking station for tucking pointed bristle filaments.

[0036] The brush manufacturing machine can also include at least one shearing station, one grinding station, one loading station, and / or one loading / unloading station as one of its stations. According to the invention, the brush manufacturing machine is configured to carry out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

[0037] Of course, stations other than those explicitly mentioned above can also be used on the brush manufacturing machine. It is conceivable that additional shearing or grinding stations, cleaning stations, embossing or marking stations, or other stations could be arranged along the transport path.

[0038] As an improvement in the field of brush manufacturing, a method for producing brushes is proposed in which bristle carriers are fed on transport units along a closed transport path to evenly distributed and equidistant stations for handling and / or processing. It is provided that the bristle carriers, along with the transport units, are moved past at least one station on their way between two successive stations in the processing cycle without stopping. Preferably, the transport units complete the processing cycle, particularly with a constant transport step size, at the same station where they began the processing cycle. This station is preferably a loading and unloading station where the bristle carriers are placed onto the transport units and, after processing, removed from them again.

[0039] The following drawing describes one embodiment of the invention in more detail. It shows, in a highly schematic representation: Fig. 1 a highly schematic top view of a brush manufacturing machine according to the invention with a total of seven individual stations, a transport device with a total of seven transport units circulating on a closed transport track and a central drive that drives the mechanically coupled transport units, as well as Fig. 2 the in Fig. 1 Detail marked with circle K in enlarged view.

[0040] The Fig. Figure 1 shows a brush manufacturing machine, designated as a whole by 1, with seven stations 2 for handling and processing bristle carriers 3. In the exemplary embodiment, the bristle carriers 3 are brush bodies to be stuffed with bristle bundles 3a.

[0041] The brush manufacturing machine 1 also has a transport device 4 for transporting the bristle carriers 3 between the stations 2. The individual stations 2 are equidistant from each other, i.e., with a constant distance between them, and are evenly distributed along a closed, circulating transport track 5 of the transport device 4, which is composed of individual guide rails. The transport device 4 also has a plurality, here a total of seven, of transport units 5 that can be moved along the transport track 4 between the stations 2. One bristle carrier 3 can be arranged on each of the transport units 5. The transport units 5 are set in motion by a central drive 4a of the transport device 4.

[0042] The transport units 5 are mechanically coupled to one another. For this purpose, the transport units 5 are connected to each other by connecting rails 7. The brush manufacturing machine 1 has a total odd number of stations 2. Furthermore, the total number of stations 2, which is seven in this case, is a prime number.

[0043] Brush manufacturing machine 1 also has an odd number of transport units 6, namely a total of seven transport units. Thus, the number of transport units also corresponds to a prime number and, moreover, matches the total number of stations 2.

[0044] Brush manufacturing machine 1 has a total of two stations 2, which are configured as filling stations 8 for filling conventional bristle filaments 9. Brush manufacturing machine 1 also has two stations 2, which are configured as filling stations 10 for filling pointed bristle filaments 11. The difference between the pointed bristle filaments 11 and the conventional bristle filaments 9 can be clearly seen in the Fig. The enlarged detail shown in Figure 2 reveals that the pointed bristle filaments 11 are those whose cross-section tapers in the direction of their longitudinal extension. Conventional bristle filaments 9 are those in which their cross-section remains essentially constant along the length of the bristle filaments.

[0045] In addition to the stations 2 described above, the brush manufacturing machine 1 also has at least one shearing station 12 and one grinding station 13 for processing conventional bristle filaments 11. Station 2, designated with reference numeral 14, is a loading and unloading station where bristle carriers 3 can be placed onto transport units 6. This loading and unloading station 14 thus represents both the starting and ending point of a processing cycle. After the transport units 6 have visited each of the other stations 2 once, they return to loading and unloading station 14 with the finished bristle carrier 3 at the end of a processing cycle, where the bristle carriers 3 can then be removed.

[0046] Brush manufacturing machine 1 is set up to carry out the procedure described below.

[0047] For the production of brushes 15, it is provided that the bristle carriers 3 are fed onto transport units 6 of the transport device 4, in a timed sequence, along the closed transport path 5 to evenly distributed and equidistant stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 for handling and / or processing. The bristle carriers 3 are moved by the transport units 6 with a transport step size between the successive stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 in the processing cycle that corresponds to a multiple of the station distance between any two stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 that are immediately adjacent along the transport path 5. This is such that the bristle carriers 3 with the transport units 6 are moved past at least one station 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 on their way between two successive stations in the processing cycle without being stopped at it.

[0048] The transport units 6 are moved in sync along the transport track 5 between stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14. The transport units 6 are mechanically coupled to each other and are moved with a constant transport step size, which in this case corresponds to twice the station distance between any two stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 that are directly adjacent to each other along the transport track 5.

[0049] The transport units 6 begin their circuit around the transport track 5 at station 2, which serves as the starting station and was previously described as the loading / unloading station 14. After the transport units 6 have reached all stations 2, 8, 10, 12, and 13 required to complete a processing cycle exactly once, they end their circuit again at station 14, which also serves as the starting station.

[0050] The bristle carriers 3 are processed and / or handled at an odd total number of stations 2. As previously explained, there are a total of seven stations 2, so the bristle carriers 3 are processed or handled by a total number of stations 2 that corresponds to a prime number.

[0051] As previously stated, an odd number, namely seven, of transport units 6 are moved along the transport track 5. Thus, the number of transport units 6 moved along the transport track 5 corresponds to a prime number. Furthermore, the number of transport units 6 matches the total number of stations 2 where the bristle carriers 3 are processed and / or handled.

[0052] The total number of stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and the transport step size, measured as the number of station distances traveled between two stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and two processing steps, are relatively prime or coprime. In the present case, there are a total of seven stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, and the transport step size is two. The transport step size corresponds to the number of station distances traveled by a transport unit 6 between two consecutive processing or handling steps in the processing cycle and between two consecutive stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 in the processing cycle that are not directly adjacent to each other on the transport track 5.

[0053] The transport units 6 are moved at a constant speed, at least temporarily, on their way between two consecutive stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 in the processing cycle. The transport step distance covered by the transport units 6 between two consecutive stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 in the processing cycle corresponds here to twice the station distance between two immediately adjacent stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14.

[0054] The bristle carriers 3 are stuffed at station 8 with bristle bundles 3a made of conventional bristle filaments 9, i.e., those having a substantially constant cross-section along their longitudinal extent. At stations 10, the bristle carriers 3 are provided with bristle bundles 3a made of pointed bristle filaments 11.

[0055] At the loading / unloading station designated 14, the bristle carriers 3 are placed onto the transport units 6. The bristle carriers 3 are then removed from the transport units 6 at the same station 14, thus completing the processing cycle. In one processing cycle, the individual stations 2 are visited by the transport units 6 in the following sequence: First, the transport units 6 arrive at the loading / unloading station 14, where they are loaded with bristle carriers 3. They then skip station 13 and proceed to the first stuffing station 8, where the bristle carriers 3 are fitted with bristle bundles 3a made of conventional bristle filaments 9. Afterward, the transport units 5 skip station 10 and stop again at the second stuffing station 8. Once the bristle carriers 3 have been fitted with further bristle bundles 3a made of conventional bristle filaments 9, the transport units 6 move on to the shearing station 12. Before reaching the grinding station 13, where the bristle bundles 3a made of conventional bristle filaments 9 are ground, they pass the loading / unloading station 14 without stopping, completing one circuit of the transport track 5.In subsequent transport steps, the two stations 10 are reached, where the bristle carriers 3 are stuffed with bristle bundles 3a made of pointed bristle filaments 11. Afterwards, the brushes 15 are finished and, together with the transport units 6, are moved back to the insertion / removal station 14, where the brushes 15 are removed from the brush manufacturing machine 1 and the processing cycle is completed. At this point, the transport units 6 have completed two circuits of the transport track 5. Then a new processing cycle begins, with a new bristle carrier 3 being placed onto the now-vacant transport unit 6.

[0056] As an improvement in the field of brush manufacturing, among other things, the following method for producing brushes 15 is proposed, wherein bristle carriers 3 are fed on transport units 6 along a closed transport path 5 to evenly distributed and equidistant stations 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 for handling and / or processing. It is provided that the bristle carriers 3, along with the transport units 6, are moved past at least one station 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 on their way between two successive stations in the processing cycle, without stopping at that station. The transport units 6 preferably end the processing cycle at the same station 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 at which they started the processing cycle, maintaining a constant transport step size. This station 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 is preferably an insertion / removal station 14. Reference symbol list 1 brush manufacturing machine 2 stations 3 bristle carriers 3a Bristle bundle 4 Transport device 4a Drive of 4 5 Transport track 6 transport units 7 Connecting rail 8 filling stations 9 Conventional bristle filaments 10 filling stations 11 pointed filaments 12 Shear station 13 grinding station 14 Insertion and removal stations 15 brushes

Claims

[1] A method for manufacturing brushes (15), wherein bristle carriers (3), in particular brush bodies, are fed on transport units (6) of a transport device (4) in a timed manner along a closed transport path (5) to evenly distributed and equidistant stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) for handling and / or processing, wherein the bristle carriers (3) with the transport units (6) are moved with a transport step size between the stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) that are successive in the processing cycle, which corresponds to a multiple or multiple of a station distance between two stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) that are immediately adjacent along the transport path (5), such that the bristle carriers (3) with the transport units (6) on their way between two stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) that are successive in the processing cycle be moved past at least one station (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) without stopping at it. [2] Method according to claim 1, characterized by , that the transport units (6) are moved in sync along the transport track (5) between the stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) and / or that the transport units (6), in particular mechanically and / or electronically, are coupled and moved along the transport track (5) and / or that the transport units (6) are moved with a constant transport step size. [3] Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by , that the transport units (6) begin their circuit around the transport track (5) at a station (2) acting as a starting station and, after having reached all the remaining stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13) required to complete a processing cycle exactly once, end their circuit again at the station (14) acting as a starting station, in particular wherein the transport units (6) circle the transport track (5) more than once in order to complete a processing cycle. [4] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by , that the bristle carriers (3) are processed and / or handled at an odd total number of stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) and / or that the bristle carriers (3) are processed or handled by a total number of stations (2) that corresponds to a prime number. [5] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by , that an odd number of transport units (6) is moved along the transport track (5) and / or that a number of transport units (6) is moved along the transport track (5) that corresponds to a prime number, and / or that a number of transport units (6) that are moved along the transport track (5) corresponds to the number of stations (2). [6] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by, that the total number of stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) at which the bristle carriers (3) are processed or handled, and the transport step size measured in a number of station distances traveled in one transport step are coprime or relatively prime. [7] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by , that the transport units (6) are moved at least temporarily at a constant speed on their way between two successive stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) in the processing cycle. [8] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by, that the transport step size traveled by the transport units (6) between two successive processing and / or handling steps and / or stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14) in the processing cycle is at least double, triple, quadruple or multiple the station distance between two immediately adjacent stations (2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14). [9] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized by , that the bristle carriers (3) are provided, in particular stuffed, at at least one station (8) with bristle bundles (3a) made of conventional bristle filaments (9), in particular having a cross-section that is essentially constant along their longitudinal extent, and at at least another station (10) with bristle bundles (3a) made of pointed bristle filaments (11). [10] Method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized by, that the bristle carriers (3) are placed on the transport units (6) at a station (14), in particular wherein the bristle carriers (3) are removed from the transport units (6) at the same station (14). [11] Brush manufacturing machine (1) with a plurality of stations (2) for handling and processing bristle carriers (3), in particular brush bodies, and a transport device (4) for transporting the bristle carriers (3) between the stations (2), wherein the stations (2) are arranged equidistantly and evenly distributed on a closed circulating transport track (5) of the transport device (4), and wherein the transport device (4) has a plurality of transport units (6) movable along the transport track (5) between the stations (2), on each of which at least one bristle carrier (3) can be arranged, and wherein the brush manufacturing machine (1) is configured to carry out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. [12] Brush manufacturing machine (1) according to claim 11, characterized by , that the transport units (6) are coupled to each other, in particular mechanically and / or electronically. [13] Brush manufacturing machine (1) according to claim 11 or 12, characterized by , that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has an odd total number of stations (2) and / or that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has a total number of stations (2) that corresponds to a prime number. [14] Brush manufacturing machine (1) according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized by , that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has an odd number of transport units (6) and / or that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has a number of transport units (6) that corresponds to a prime number, and / or that the number of transport units (6) corresponds to the total number of stations (2). [15] Brush manufacturing machine (1) according to any one of claims 11 to 14, characterized by , that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has at least one station (2) which is set up as a stuffing station (8) for stuffing conventional bristle filaments (9), and / or that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has at least one station (2) which is set up as a stuffing station (10) for stuffing pointed bristle filaments (11). [16] Brush manufacturing machine (1) according to any one of claims 11 to 15, characterized by , that the brush manufacturing machine (1) has as one of the stations (2) at least a shearing station (12), a grinding station (13), an insertion station and / or an insertion / removal station (14).

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