A sheet metal processing plant includes a conveyor defining a receiving surface for a workpiece and a conveying direction in a conveying plane and being embodied for conveying the workpiece, the workpiece having a bottom side and a top side, and a turning unit embodied for turning the workpiece received on the receiving surface from the bottom side to the top side. The turning unit includes a manipulator embodied to lift the bottom side of the workpiece off the receiving surface, to perform a turning operation of the workpiece and to place the top side of the workpiece on the receiving surface of the conveyor.

A press brake assembly including a crane system and press brake machine for processing a workpiece. The crane system having a workpiece handling mechanism configured to pick and store the workpiece. The crane system allows the crane to move along a plane via longitudinal and lateral rails. The crane also includes multiple swivel points to allow mobility to handle workpieces efficiently. The control system of the press brake machine may control the crane, allowing a single control system to control the press brake assembly.

A rotary slide moves blanks cyclically from stage to stage of a cutting and processing tool. Work pieces are transferred in and out of the tool, without moving the slide in and out of the tool. The slide has a plurality of transfer openings and a discharge opening. Individual processing stages, including a discharge stage, are designed as separate components that support one another. The stages are arranged about a rotating axis of the slide. The transfer openings and the discharge opening lie in a circular path that coincides with circular paths of active elements of the cutting stage, the processing stages and the discharge stage. The openings have a distance from one another that is identical to the distance of the active elements in the circular paths.

A rotary slide moves blanks cyclically from stage to stage of a cutting and processing tool. Work pieces are transferred in and out of the tool, without moving the slide in and out of the tool. The slide has a plurality of transfer openings and a discharge opening. Individual processing stages, including a discharge stage, are designed as separate components that support one another. The stages are arranged about a rotating axis of the slide. The transfer openings and the discharge opening lie in a circular path that coincides with circular paths of active elements of the cutting stage, the processing stages and the discharge stage. The openings have a distance from one another that is identical to the distance of the active elements in the circular paths.

A flexible installation for producing at least two types of coins. In particular, the different coin types have a different number of round blank parts and/or have round blank parts made of different materials. The type and number of work steps necessary to produce the coins of the coin type in question differ between the different coin types. The installation has a number of stations, in which a round blank part is supplied and/or output and/or processed and/or measured and/or tested. At least one transporting device acts to transport the at least one round blank part between the stations. Preferably, two transporting devices are present, which can be controlled independently of each other and cooperate via a transfer station for the at least one round blank part. A control device controls the at least one transporting device and the stations depending on the coin type to be produced.

A flexible installation for producing at least two types of coins. In particular, the different coin types have a different number of round blank parts and/or have round blank parts made of different materials. The type and number of work steps necessary to produce the coins of the coin type in question differ between the different coin types. The installation has a number of stations, in which a round blank part is supplied and/or output and/or processed and/or measured and/or tested. At least one transporting device acts to transport the at least one round blank part between the stations. Preferably, two transporting devices are present, which can be controlled independently of each other and cooperate via a transfer station for the at least one round blank part. A control device controls the at least one transporting device and the stations depending on the coin type to be produced.

A transfer machine for cold plastic deformation and/or chip removal of at least one tubular profile is provided. The transfer machine has a base, a mounting table, a rotary table, and a plurality of electromechanical work units installed on the mounting table. Each electromechanical work unit has a first advance group having a first advance motor, a first advance recirculating ball screw, a first advance nut and a first tubular stem. The first advance recirculating ball screw is moved by the first advance motor. The first advance nut is engaged by the first advance recirculating ball screw. The first tubular stem, defining advancement and/or positioning of a first tool holder element, is engaged to and made integral with the first advance nut.

A transfer machine for cold plastic deformation and/or chip removal of at least one tubular profile is provided. The transfer machine has a base, a mounting table, a rotary table, and a plurality of electromechanical work units installed on the mounting table. Each electromechanical work unit has a first advance group having a first advance motor, a first advance recirculating ball screw, a first advance nut and a first tubular stem. The first advance recirculating ball screw is moved by the first advance motor. The first advance nut is engaged by the first advance recirculating ball screw. The first tubular stem, defining advancement and/or positioning of a first tool holder element, is engaged to and made integral with the first advance nut.

The underlying invention relates in particular to a production module for a production line which is modularly populatable with production modules. In embodiments, provision is made whereby the production module comprises at least one manipulator unit with which a workpiece or a workpiece component is, during the production process, transferable between a deposit position and a production position in the production space of a production module which, for the execution of a production step, is positioned directly downstream in a production direction (R) along the production line.

A press brake assembly including a crane system and press brake machine for processing a workpiece. The crane system having a workpiece handling mechanism configured to pick and store the workpiece. The crane system allows the crane to move along a plane via longitudinal and lateral rails. The crane also includes multiple swivel points to allow mobility to handle workpieces efficiently. The control system of the press brake machine may control the crane, allowing a single control system to control the press brake assembly.