Processing equipment and methods for processing structures

Abstract

In order to provide a processing facility for processing workpieces that is simply constructed and flexibly usable, it is proposed that the processing facility has a number of processing areas each with one or more processing stations for carrying out one or more processing steps and one or more temporary storage devices for temporarily storing the workpieces between the carrying out of two processing steps.

Claims

[Claim 1] Processing equipment (100) for processing workpieces, wherein the processing equipment (100) is as follows: - Multiple processing areas (104), each having one or more processing stations (106) for performing one or more processing steps; and - One or more temporary storage devices (118) for temporarily storing the workpiece between two processing steps, It has, Processing equipment (100) wherein one or more storage gates of the temporary storage device (118) form, have, or are adjacent to one or more transfer stations (128), and the one or more transfer stations (128) can transfer the workpiece from a transfer facility based on a first type of transfer facility to a transfer facility of a different second type of transfer facility. [Claim 2] The processing equipment (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the one or more temporary storage devices (118) are arranged between the two processing areas (104). [Claim 3] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the processing equipment (100) has a plurality of processing planes (108) arranged at various height levels, the processing stations (106) of the processing area (104) are arranged on the processing planes, and one or more temporary storage devices (118) are connected to each other such that the plurality of processing planes (108) are connected such that, that is, a workpiece on one of the processing planes (108) can be loaded into one or more temporary storage devices, and a workpiece on another of the processing planes (108) can be loaded from one or more temporary storage devices (118). [Claim 4] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each of the one or more temporary storage devices (108) has a plurality of loading gates (124) and / or a plurality of unloading gates (126). [Claim 5] Two or more of the loading gates (124) are arranged on different processing planes (108) of the processing equipment (100), and / or Two or more of the loading gates (126) are arranged on different processing planes (108) of the processing equipment (100). The processing equipment (100) according to feature 4. [Claim 6] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the processing equipment (100) has a plurality of processing planes (108) arranged at various height levels, the processing stations (106) of the processing area (104) are arranged on the processing planes, and one or more loading gates (124) and / or unloading gates (126) of the one or more temporary storage devices (118) are arranged on one or more of the processing planes (108). [Claim 7] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that each of the one or more temporary storage devices (118) has a storage and transfer device (122) for transferring the workpieces within each temporary storage device (118). [Claim 8] The processing equipment (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that at one or more transfer stations (128), the workpiece can be transferred from the area transfer equipment (114) of the processing equipment (100) to the storage transfer equipment (122) and / or from the storage transfer equipment (122) to the area transfer equipment (114). [Claim 9] The processing equipment (100) according to claim 8, characterized in that the workpiece can be accommodated on the storage and transfer equipment (122) using a workpiece storage device, the workpiece storage device can selectively transfer the workpiece from the storage and transfer equipment (122) to the area transfer equipment (114) according to the type of adjacent area transfer equipment (114), or remain inside the respective temporary storage devices (118). [Claim 10] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the storage and transfer equipment (122) is used to transfer a workpiece storage device that does not contain a workpiece, instead of or in addition to transferring a workpiece. [Claim 11] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that one or more of the temporary storage devices (118) are used to temporarily store workpieces in various processing progress states. [Claim 12] The processing equipment (100) according to claim 11, characterized in that one or more of the temporary storage devices (118) each have multiple loading gates (124), and works in various processing progress states at the loading gates can be loaded into the temporary storage devices (118). [Claim 13] The processing equipment (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the processing equipment (100) has a plurality of temporary storage devices (118), and workpieces in the same processing progress state can be selectively loaded into one or more of these temporary storage devices (118). [Claim 14] A method for processing a workpiece, wherein the method is as follows: - Processing the workpiece in multiple processing stations (106); - The process involves temporarily storing the workpiece in one or more temporary storage devices (118) between the execution of two processing steps. One or more storage gates of the temporary storage device (118) form, have, or are adjacent to one or more transfer stations (128), and the one or more transfer stations (128) can transfer the workpiece from a transfer facility based on a first type of transfer facility to a transfer facility of a different second type of transfer facility. A method for processing workpieces. [Claim 15] The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the workpiece is loaded into the same temporary storage device (118) multiple times. [Claim 16] The method according to any one of claims 14 or 15, characterized in that the workpiece can be loaded into and unloaded from one or more temporary storage devices (118) on different processing planes (108) on which the processing station (106) is located. [Claim 17] The method according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that the workpiece is loaded into one or more temporary storage devices (118) while maintaining its orientation, transported inside the one or more temporary storage devices (118) while maintaining its orientation, and / or unloaded from the one or more temporary storage devices (118) while maintaining its orientation.

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