EDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

Abstract

An edge processing system has at least one edge processing machine to which an edge magazine is attached and at least one primary cassette reserve arranged in the spatial vicinity of the edge magazine of the edge processing machine. The primary cassette reserve has a plurality of receptacle slots in which cassettes can be or are received, each containing an edge band. The edge processing system further comprises at least one secondary cassette reserve, which is different from the primary cassette reserve and which is arranged spatially separate from the primary cassette reserve.

Claims

1. An processing system having at least one edge processing machine (1, 40) to which an edge magazine (10) is attached and at least one primary cassette reserve (2) arranged in the spatial vicinity to the edge magazine (10) of the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40), which has a plurality of receptacle slots (21, 22), in which at least one cassette (6) can be or are received, each containing an edge band (5), wherein the edge processing system further comprises at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) different from the at least one primary cassette reserve (2), which is arranged spatially separate from the at least one primary cassette reserve (2).

2. The edge processing system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one automated manipulation device (7).

3. The edge processing system according to claim claim 2, wherein the at least one automated manipulation device (7) is designed to: i) transfer the at least one cassette (6) from the at least one primary cassette reserve to the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) and/or from the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) to the at least one primary cassette reserve; and/or ii) supply an edge band (5), which is in the at least one cassette (6) located in the at least one primary cassette reserve (2) at a receiving location (21, 22), to the edge magazine (10) of the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40) or/and to pull said band out of the edge magazine (10) into the at least one cassette (6); and/or iii) place the at least one cassette (6) on a cassette transport device (32; 34), which is designed in particular as a cassette transport carriage or remove it from the cassette transport device.

4. The edge processing system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) is arranged in at least one position selected from the group consisting of: on the floor adjacent to the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40); above the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40); and/or below the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40); and/or within the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40); placed as an edge storage away from the at least one edge processing machine (1, 40).

5. The edge processing system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) comprises a reserve control device (48) which is designed to i) remove the at least one cassette (6) in the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) from a storage space (41, 42, 81, 82) thereof; and/or ii) deposit the at least one cassette (6) in the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) in the storage space (41, 42, 81, 82) thereof; and/or iii) transfer the at least one cassette (6) to a supply or return device (9) and/or to remove it therefrom; and/or the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) can be loaded directly from a transport device (32; 34).

6. The edge processing system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) has a supply or return device (9) by means of which the at least one cassette (6) transferred from the at least one primary cassette reserve (2) can be received by the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) and/or the at least one cassette (6) intended for transfer from the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) to the at least one primary cassette reserve (2).

7. (canceled)

8. The edge processing system according to claim 6, wherein the supply or return device (9) comprises a buffer for the temporary storage of the at least one (6) outside the at least one primary edge reserve (2) and the at least one secondary edge reserve (4, 8, 50), or that it is connected to the at least one primary edge reserve (2) and the at least one secondary edge reserve (4, 8, 50).

9. The edge processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a central edge storage (30) which is logistically connected to the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50), preferably to two of the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50), and/or to the at least one primary cassette reserve (2) via transport devices (31, 33).

10. The edge processing system according to claim 9, wherein the transport devices (31, 33) comprise transport means (32, 34) which are designed to transport the at least one cassette (6) in the central edge storage (30) from the central edge storage (30) to the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) and/or the at least one cassette (6) from the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) and/or the at least one primary cassette reserve (2) to the central edge storage (30).

11. The edge processing system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one primary cassette reserve (2) and/or the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) and/or the central edge storage (30) and/or at least one automated manipulation device (7) are designed to receive and/or process and/or handle edge band rolls without the at least one cassette (6).

12. The edge processing system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) comprises a reserve control device (48) which is designed to i) remove the at least one cassette (6) in the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) from a storage space (41, 42, 81, 82) thereof; and/or ii) deposit the at least one cassette (6) in the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) in the storage space (41, 42, 81, 82) thereof; and/or iii) transfer the at least one cassette (6) to a supply or return device (9) and/or to remove it therefrom; and/or the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) can be loaded directly from a transport device (32; 34).

13. The edge processing system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one automated manipulation device (7) is designed to load the at least one cassette (6) directly into the reserve control device (48) of the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50) and that the at least one cassette (6) can be removed directly from the at least one secondary cassette reserve (4, 8, 50).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] The invention will be explained in more detail below with the help of exemplary embodiments.

[0027] FIG. 1 shows part of an edge processing system according to the invention.

[0028] FIG. 2 shows a system according to the invention with a secondary cassette reserve provided.

[0029] FIG. 3 shows an edge processing system with a secondary cassette reserve, which is arranged above the edge processing machine.

[0030] FIG. 4 shows an edge processing system in which two edge processing machines are indirectly supplied with edge strips from a central edge storage.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0031] The detail in FIG. 1 shows an edge processing machine 1 in which the edge bands 5 are fed to the edge magazine 10, 11 which is part of the machine. For this purpose, the operator 3 removes the edge bands 5 from cassettes 6, which are arranged in the primary cassette reserve 2. The primary cassette reserve 2 has a number of receptacle slots 21, 22 into which the cassettes 6 are placed. In the example shown, two elements (one is conceivable as well) of a primary cassette reserve 2 are shown, which are arranged around the edge magazine 10, 11. In the system shown, the operator 3 must also, in addition to the task described above, load the primary cassette reserve 2 and remove the cassettes 6 that are no longer needed.

[0032] The embodiment of the edge processing system according to the invention shown in FIG. 2 was supplemented on the one hand by a manipulation device 7, which is placed within reach of the at least one element of the primary cassette reserve 2, and on the other hand by a secondary cassette reserve 4, which is arranged behind the primary cassette reserve 2 when viewed from the direction of the edge processing machine 1. The manipulation device 7 shown here takes over the tasks of feeding the edge bands 5 from the cassettes 6 stored in the primary cassette reserve 2 to the edge magazine 10, 11, loading the receptacle slots 21, 22 with cassettes 6 from the secondary cassette reserve 4 and transporting cassettes 6 that are no longer immediately required from the primary cassette reserve 2 to the storage spaces 41, 42 of the secondary cassette reserve 4. With such an edge processing system, a direct supply of the edge processing machine 1 with edge bands 5 is ensured by means of an automatic manipulation device 7. The task of the operator is to fill the secondary cassette reserve 4 with appropriate cassettes 6 or to remove cassettes 6 that are no longer needed. The secondary cassette reserve 4 shown here is highly limited by the number of storage spaces 41, 42.

[0033] FIG. 3 shows an edge processing system with a larger secondary cassette reserve 4, 8. The secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 shown in FIG. 3 is arranged above and, viewed from the direction of the manipulation device 7, behind the edge processing machine 1. With such an arrangement, it is difficult, if not impossible, for the manipulation device 7 to directly access the cassettes 6 in the storage spaces 41, 42, 81, 82. The secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 is therefore equipped with a supply or return device 9 from which the manipulation device 7 can remove cassettes 6 and place them in the primary cassette reserve 2 or deposit cassettes 6 from the primary cassette reserve 2 that are no longer needed for storage in the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8. On the secondary cassette reserve side 4, 8, the supply or return device 9 is provided with a supply control device 48. The reserve control device 48 moves along the arrangement of the storage spaces 41, 42 and 81, 82 of the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 in the direction X. The reserve control device 48 removes the requested cassette 6 from the corresponding storage space 41, 42, 81, 82 of the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 and transfers it to the supply and return device 9. For the return, the reserve control device 48 removes the cassettes 6 supplied by the manipulation device 7 from the supply or return device 9 and places them on one of the storage spaces 41, 42, 81, 82 of the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8.

[0034] In the exemplary embodiment shown, the supply or return device 9 is designed such that it can accommodate a plurality of cassettes both during the supply and during the return. The supply control device 48 can thus store a plurality of cassettes 6 in the supply or return device 9 and is not dependent on the manipulation device 7 for removing the cassettes directly. At the same time, the manipulation device 7 can deposit a plurality of cassettes 6 which is to be returned to the supply or return device 9 before the reserve control device 48 supplies it to the supply or return device 9 for storage in the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8. With this buffer, which is provided by the supply or return device 9, the manipulation device 7 and the reserve control device 48 can act somewhat more independently from each other.

[0035] In this embodiment shown in FIG. 3, it is the responsibility of the operator 3 to maintain the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 by loading cassettes 6 from the central edge storage 30 (not shown here) into the same and removing cassettes 6 that are no longer required indirectly from the secondary cassette storage 4, 8. The size of such a secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 can have the size and perform the task of a decentralized edge storage.

[0036] FIG. 4 schematically shows a further embodiment of the edge processing system according to the invention from a top view. A system as described with respect to FIG. 3 is shown in the lower right part of FIG. 4. In this embodiment, the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 is connected to the central edge storage 30 by means of a transport device 33. The transport device 33 is provided with a cassette transport device 34 which conveys cassettes 6 from the central edge storage 30 to the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 and/or returns cassettes 6 from the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8 back to the central edge storage 30. The only remaining task of the operator 3 is to monitor the functionality of the components of the edge processing system. A further transport device 31 with a corresponding cassette transport device 32 is shown schematically. It supplies or disposes of a further secondary cassette reserve 50. The secondary cassette reserve 50 supplies a further edge processing machine 40 with a corresponding primary cassette reserve as described above. The central edge storage 30 can also supply more than two edge processing machines 1, 40.

[0037] It is furthermore possible to arrange the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8, 50 differently from the edge processing machines 1, 40. It is thus entirely possible to arrange the secondary cassette reserve 4, 8, 50 transversely to the orientation shown. This would make it possible, for example, to supply more than one edge processing machine 1, 40 from a secondary cassette reserve 4, 8, 50.