EP3856477A1

EP3856477A1 - Device for providing edge strips, and edging system having a device of this type

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Publication number: EP3856477A1
Application number: EP20761171.6A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Lars CULEMANN; Tim Kottkamp; Simon KRÖKER; Hendrik GERDWILKER; Timo HEIDENREICH; Stefan Hüsener; Rene PETKER; Björn STUKE
Original assignee: IMA Schelling Deutschland GmbH
Current assignee: IMA Schelling Deutschland GmbH
Priority date: 2019-08-21
Filing date: 2020-08-18
Publication date: 2021-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-18
Also published as: EP3856477B1; EP3856477C0; CN113853283B; US20220193944A1; BR112021017237A2; PL3856477T3; CA3139517A1; CN113853283A; DE102019122413A1; WO2021032753A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for providing edge strips (4), which device comprises a storing unit (3) having individual storage places (7), which are designed to be at least indirectly loaded with edge strips (4), in particular edge strips that each form an edge roll at least in some parts. The storing unit (3) is linearly movably arranged in or on a base frame (2).

Description

DEVICE FOR THE PROVISION OF EDGEBANDS AND EDGEING SYSTEM WITH SUCH A DEVICE

Technical area

The invention relates to a device for providing edgebands according to the preamble of claim 1 and to an edging system with such a device with the features of claim 15. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a use of the device or the edging system according to the features of claim 19 .

State of the art

Boards made of wood or wood substitute materials for the furniture industry usually have at least one at least partially coated top surface before they are processed. The types of these coatings range from paintwork to cladding with layers of real wood veneer or plastic. In addition to the respective optics, the surfaces coated in this way have increased resistance to mechanical influences and liquids. The narrow edges of these panels are usually coated afterwards, for example after they have been cut to size. As part of the so-called edging, a suitable edging tape is attached to the narrow sides of the panel, at least in sections. Their bond with the plate is usually based on adhesion or a micro-form fit through local melting.

In an industrial setting, wood-based panels are edged using an edging system in which the edgebands are attached using at least one edging machine in a continuous process. Usually the edge tapes are rolled up as edge rolls in order to be able to safely transport and store long lengths in the most compact way possible. For the simplest possible handling, these can also be arranged within a cassette and, if necessary, can be unwound from it. Due to the variety of colors and decors as well as the thickness (thickness) of the panels to be edged, the different edgebands often have to be exchanged for the appropriate variant.

From EP 1 346 805 A2 a device for providing edgebands is known which comprises a tower-like storage unit. The storage unit has individual storage spaces that are designed for at least indirect loading with edge bands. The storage spaces are located one above the other with respect to a vertical.

In the specific embodiment, a storage space of the storage unit serves as a fixed exchange location position which corresponds to a storage table arranged on the outside of the storage unit and at the same height. From the storage table, a cassette equipped with an edge roller can be doggedly introduced into the changing position. This cassette is then sorted into another storage location within the storage unit by a handling device arranged on the opposite side of the storage unit. Conversely, a cassette to be exchanged is first pulled out of its storage location within the storage unit by means of the handling device and transferred to the exchange location position, from where it is again doggedly removed and placed on the storage table, for example to insert a new edging roll. An edging machine is supplied with edgebands via the handling device of the front direction, which removes the required cassette from the storage unit and transfers it to the edging machine.

In particular, changing between different edge bands or the cassettes containing them is sometimes complex. The reason for this is the always necessary interposition of the handling device, which is necessary both for the distribution of the edgebands within the storage unit and for the supply of the edging machine with the edgebands required in each case. In addition to extensive maintenance, the movements of the handling device to be coordinated require a correspondingly high expenditure of time and control.

The invention

The present invention is therefore based on the object of further developing a generic device and an edging system equipped therewith in such a way that edgebands can be provided more economically overall.

This object is achieved according to the invention in a device for providing edgebands with the features according to claim 1. Furthermore, this object is achieved by an edging system with the features of claim 15. Advantageous configurations are the subject matter of the dependent subclaims 2 to 14 and 16 to 18.

It is proposed that the device should comprise a base frame, the actual storage unit now being arranged in or on this base frame so that it can be linearly displaced. In other words, the inventive In the direction of its base frame, it can stand up on a substrate and / or be attached to another component, while the storage unit designed to accommodate edge bands can be linearly displaced relative to the base frame.

The advantage that is directly derived from this is that the design according to the invention does not require any rearrangement of edge bands or cassettes within the storage unit, since the edge band required in each case, regardless of its arrangement in one of the storage locations, is solely due to the linear mobility the storage unit can be moved into the required level opposite an edging machine. In this way, the handling device required for the previously required distribution of edge bands within the storage unit can be dispensed with. In addition, there is no longer any need to transfer the respective edgeband to an edging machine, since this can now be fed directly from the storage unit, in that the storage space containing the edgeband required can first be positioned, for example, opposite an edgeband feeder of the edging machine .

According to a particularly preferred development of the basic concept of the invention, at least one storage space of the storage unit can be designed in such a way that it can accommodate at least one edge band. In other words, this storage space can be designed in such a way that a loose edge band, in particular in the form thereof which is at least partially wound up to form an edge roll, can be arranged or deposited therein. As an alternative or in addition to this, at least one of the storage spaces can be designed to receive a cassette which at least partially contains the edge band. The storage unit has two opposite sides, and the design of its storage spaces can advantageously be adapted to the shape of the edge bands to be received. Thus, at least one of the storage spaces can have at least one floor element that extends at least partially between the sides of the storage unit. This can be designed, for example, in such a way that an edge band can be placed directly on this base element or at least partially supported on it. As an alternative or in addition to this, at least one of the storage locations can have at least one support element arranged in the area of each side of the storage unit. The support elements can be designed, for example, in such a way that a cassette containing an edge band can be placed on these support elements or at least partially supported on them.

In this context, the invention provides, according to a preferred further development, that the base element and / or at least one support element of at least one storage space can be mounted on the storage unit in a linearly displaceable manner. By correspondingly displacing the floor element and / or support element which can be displaced in this way, in particular the height of the associated storage space available for receiving an edge band or a cassette containing the edge band can be adapted to the height required in each case. Specifically, an adaptation to edge bands having different widths or heights of their cassettes can thus be carried out. As a result, the respective storage space can be adapted with as little play as possible in relation to the edge band to be picked up. Such a possible adaptation of the number of storage spaces is also conceivable, which can be increased by one or even several spaces, for example, by adapting them to correspondingly thin edge bands. According to a particularly preferred development of the invention, the storage unit or each storage space of the storage unit can be equipped with at least one reading module. In an advantageous manner, this can be a so-called contactless reading module which can then receive transmitted data in a correspondingly wireless manner. In any case, the reading module is set up to correspond with at least one transmission module of an edge band or a cassette containing the edge band. For this purpose, for example, an RFID chip can be arranged in or on an edge band or its cassette, which chip transmits the data stored in it to the reader module via a corresponding external stimulus. In this way, required information about the edge band to be arranged in one of the storage locations can be transmitted to the device, which information can then be used to control the storage unit. The information can contain, for example, information about the width and the decoration or the color of the respective edge band. In this way, it is possible, for example, for the device and / or a control system controlling it to be more or less aware of the edge strips held in the storage unit and their respective storage space, so that the respectively requested or required edge strip can be made available .

It is conceivable that the reading module itself or an additional component contains a transmission unit, which in turn can transmit information to the transmission module of the respective edgeband, which can then be written to, for example. In this way, for example, information about the remaining length of the edging can be stored in its transmission module, so that such edgebands are always used which have a remaining length required for the upcoming edging. Particularly with a view to preferably automated control of the device, it is considered to be particularly advantageous if the device has a drive by means of which the storage unit can correspondingly automatically be displaced relative to the base frame. As an alternative or in addition to this, the storage unit can also be moved manually relative to the base frame of the device. A device, which is rather simple in its expansion stage, may require the manual relocation of its storage unit, while its higher expansion stage provides a correspondingly controlled drive. In principle, a device equipped with such a drive can also enable its storage unit to be moved manually in order to facilitate maintenance work and / or, for example, to ensure that the device can be used by manual handling even if the drive is defective can.

The device according to the invention can have an interface which can be coupled to at least one further component or machine. The interface can in principle enable a mechanical and / or data-transmitting coupling. This provides, for example, simple integration into existing system structures and their operational processes, since signals available from the existing system or its control can be transmitted to the device via the interface and / or signals from the device to the existing system or its control can be passed on.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the device can have at least one drive unit via which an edge band can be actively driven at least in sections. This means that a free end of the edgeband is for example, it can be relocated from its arrangement within the storage unit and possibly also beyond it. In this way, the drive unit can at least transfer the edgeband from its storage location to an edging machine. The tracking of the edge band into the edging machine can also take place entirely via the drive unit or at least be supported by it. In the specific embodiment, an active rotation of the wound edgeband and / or at least one friction wheel would be conceivable, for example, which has circumferential contact with the edgeband and drives or unwinds it at least in sections by rotation. In principle, the drive unit can interact with an edge band that is at least partially arranged within a cassette or with an edge band that is present without such a cassette.

The device can preferably have at least one braking unit by means of which an edge band can be braked and / or fixed in relation to its mobility. Both its controlled drive and its uncontrolled movement behavior are seen as the mobility of the edgeband, which is due in particular to tensions within its material, which can / can result from the rolled-up state and / or temperature fluctuations. Of course, this also includes all other influences that cause the edgeband to move, such as vibrations. The braking unit is designed in such a way that it at least brakes the movement of the edge band, which occurs, for example, by pulling on a section of the edge band. The braking unit can preferably fix the edge band in such a way that control over its free end is always ensured. This can counteract the independent retraction or displacement of the free end of the edge band by being held in place by the brake unit. The braking unit can in principle interact with an edge band that is at least partially arranged within a cassette or with an edge band that is not present.

The invention provides that the device can have a cutting arrangement by means of which a section of an edge band can be severed if necessary. For example, only one edgeband section can be transferred to an edging machine, the length of which is cut off by the cutting arrangement and corresponds to the length to be processed. The cutting arrangement can in principle interact with an edge band that is at least partially arranged within a cassette or with one without such an edge band.

In the context of the invention it is conceivable that the device extends either vertically or horizontally in its intended arrangement. Their storage unit can accordingly be linearly displaceable relative to the base frame, parallel to a vertical or parallel to a horizontal. Depending on the application, this results in advantageous options for using the available installation space.

Since the number of storage spaces of the storage unit that can be displaced vertically in relation to a vertical orientation is already limited by the respective ceiling height, this can be increased accordingly by a horizontal orientation of the storage unit. In particular, the height of the edge feed on an edging machine limits the maximum possible height of the storage unit for direct unwinding of an edgeband from its storage space, since its uppermost storage space is in the plane of the edging. supply must lie. As a result, the maximum number of possible storage locations results from the space available below this level. Any recesses in the subsurface naturally allow greater heights for the storage unit, since in its maximally lowered position it would then be able to be displaced at least in sections into such a recess.

The advantage of a vertical orientation of the device lies in the fact that the edgebands held in it can generally run into an edging machine without rotating about their longitudinal axis. The decisive factor here is their orientation in relation to their cross-section, which runs parallel to the wood-based panels that are usually processed horizontally. In contrast, a horizontal orientation of the device requires a 90 ° rotation of an edge band around its longitudinal axis in order to align this edge band, which is then lying within the suspension unit, parallel to the narrow edges of a wood-based panel in relation to its cross-section. In particular, the rotation of an edgeband around its longitudinal direction can stress its structure. On the other hand, the horizontal orientation of the device allows a greater length of its storage unit, so that it accordingly provides more storage spaces for edgebands. The more advantageous orientation of the device is to be selected by the competent person in each individual case on the basis of the criteria mentioned.

According to a preferred development, the device can comprise at least one manipulator. This manipulator can be, for example, a multi-axis robot arm and / or a storage and retrieval unit (SRM). The manipulator is arranged and set up in such a way that it can space of the storage unit reached. In this way, the manipulator can be used to equip the storage locations with edge bands and to empty them by removing the edge bands from the storage locations as required. It goes without saying that this is independent of whether the respective edge bands are present as such or are at least partially arranged within a cassette. The manipulator enables more extensive automation of the device compared to a dog-like loading and removal of the edgebands.

In connection with the at least one manipulator, it is provided that the device according to the invention can also have a storage device. The storage arrangement is used for the local provision of edge bands or cassettes containing edge bands. With the help of the manipulator, these can then be removed individually or at least in pairs from the storage arrangement and transferred to the storage facility of the device. In this way, the storage spaces of the storage unit can be individually equipped with edge bands from the storage arrangement. Conversely, the storage arrangement is used for the local provision of edge tapes or cassettes containing edge tapes, which can be removed from the storage device individually or at least in pairs by the manipulator in order to then be transferred to the storage arrangement.

The combination of memory arrangement and manipulator allows the number of edge bands that can be kept locally to be increased accordingly, which enables shorter reaction times and / or a greater selection of mutually different edge bands.

According to a further expansion stage of the device according to the invention based on the presence of a manipulator In addition, a transfer device can be provided by means of which further edgebands held in a nearby machine store can be accessed. Edge bands located in the machine store can be removed individually or at least in pairs by the transfer device and transferred to the manipulator, which can then be transferred to the storage arrangement and / or the storage unit. Conversely, edgebands located in the storage arrangement and / or the storage unit can be removed individually or at least in pairs by the manipulator and passed on to the transfer device, from where they can be transferred back to the machine store.

The device according to the invention that has now been presented enables edgebands to be provided in an extremely economical manner overall. In particular, the linear displaceability of the storage unit that can be equipped with edging strips makes the decisive contribution to depositing an edging strip in one of the free storage locations in a quasi-disordered manner. If necessary, this can be brought into the required level opposite an edging machine by simply relocating the entire storage unit in order to be able to access the edging tape located therein. A previous, in particular mechanical, sorting of the edge bands is therefore no longer necessary. This is based on the knowledge of data about the edgebands held in the storage unit, which result from the communication between the device and the respective edgeband or the cassette containing the edgeband, which is possible at least in one direction. The edgeband currently required can always be positioned in the edge feed plane of the edging machine via a corresponding control in order to run into the edging machine. Through further expansion stages, such as at least one manipulator and a storage device for Edge bands, the efficiency of the device can be further increased by increasing its reserve capacity.

Furthermore, the invention is directed to an edging system which comprises an edging machine and at least one device described above. The device is arranged in the area of the edging machine in such a way that at least one edge band that can be arranged in the device can be fed to the edging machine at least in sections. The at least section-wise feeding of an edge band takes place directly from the storage unit of the device. The advantages resulting from this have already been explained in more detail in connection with the device according to the invention, so that in order to avoid repetitions, reference is made at this point to the previous statements.

According to a preferred further development of the edging system, the storage spaces of the device that can be at least indirectly equipped with one edging band can be arranged by linear displacement of the storage unit relative to the base frame in the plane of an edge feed of the edging machine. In other words, the edgeband required in each case is brought into the edge feed plane of the edging machine by linear displacement of the entire storage unit, so that it runs directly out of the storage unit into the edge feed.

The manipulator can advantageously have at least one vertical axis of rotation. As an alternative or in addition to this, the manipulator can have at least one vertical lifting axis. The manipulator can be rotated accordingly via the vertical axis of rotation. Via the vertical lifting axis, the manipulator is able to move an edge band or a cassette containing the edge band between different heights. moving. For example, the removal from a first level can take place while the delivery takes place at a second level that deviates from the first level.

The invention provides that at least two storage arrangements can be arranged in the area of the manipulator. In particular, via the vertical axis of rotation of the manipulator, it is always possible to align it so that an edge band or a cassette containing the edge band can be removed from one of the storage arrangements or transferred to it.

The use of the device according to the invention and / or the edging system according to the invention is of course not only reduced to the edging of wood-based panels. The edges of panels made of any material can be edged, for example those of solid wood panels. In the context of the invention, when an edgeband is mentioned, its presence is always meant without or with a cassette containing it, regardless of whether this is explicitly mentioned or not.

Ultimately, the present invention is directed to a use of the device according to the invention or the edging system according to the invention. When using the device or the edging system containing this device, it is provided that the respective edging tape that can be provided via this is in principle removed from a cassette which at least partially contains it. In other words, the storage unit of the device is for this purpose equipped with at least one cassette containing an edge tape roll, from which the edge tape located therein is removed as required. Said cassette is taken up by one of the storage spaces of the storage unit of the device. men. Compared to the handling of open edgebands rolled up to form edgeband rolls, their respective arrangement in a cassette offers easier handling overall.

Way of carrying out the invention

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

Show it:

1 shows a device according to the invention in a perspective representation,

FIG. 2 shows the device from FIG. 1 in its arrangement in front of an edging machine in a top view,

3 shows the device from FIG. 1 in an extended expansion stage in an otherwise unchanged representation,

FIG. 4 shows the expansion stage from FIG. 3 in one of these expanded expansion stages in an otherwise unchanged representation,

FIG. 5 shows the expansion stage from FIG. 4 in one of this expansion stage, which has been further expanded compared to this, in an otherwise unchanged representation,

FIG. 6 shows two arrangements of FIG. 4 located next to one another as a further expansion stage in an otherwise unchanged representation, FIG. 7 shows two arrangements of FIG. 5 located next to one another as a further expansion stage in an otherwise unchanged representation,

8 shows the device according to the invention from FIG. 1 in a first alternative embodiment in an otherwise identical manner of representation rotated by 90 °, and FIG

9 shows the device according to the invention from FIG. 1 in a second alternative embodiment in an otherwise identical manner of representation.

Fig. 1 shows a device 1 according to the invention in a perspective representation. The device 1 comprises a base frame 2, which in the present case has frames with rectangular tubes connected to one another essentially at right angles. The embodiment shown here is an example and represents only one possible embodiment for the base frame 2. Between two sides 2a, 2b of the base gesture 2 - having frames that are spaced apart from one another - a storage unit 3 is arranged, which accommodates edging tapes 4 serves. In the present case, the structure of the storage unit 3 is the same as that of the basic gesture 2, since this also has a frame with rectangular tubes connected to one another essentially at right angles.

Due to the correspondingly smaller design of the storage unit 3 in comparison to the base frame 2, the storage unit 3 in the embodiment shown here by way of example can be accommodated within the internal dimensions of the base frame 2, the storage unit 3 with its opposite sides 3a, 3b is guided linearly displaceable on the sides 2a, 2b of the base frame 2. In contrast, the storage unit 3 is parallel to its Sides 3a, 3b extending length shorter than the base frame 2, so that it can be displaced with a corresponding stroke length a relative to the base frame 2 within this. For this purpose, rails 5 are arranged on the base frame 2 in a suitable manner. As can be seen by way of example in FIG. 1, one of these rails 5 can be arranged on one of the opposing inner surfaces of the frames extending between the two sides 2a, 2b of the basic gesture 2, so that each of the sides 2a, 2b respectively has two such rails 5. Areas of the storage unit 3 that correspond to these rails 5 (and are not shown in more detail here) ultimately enable its linear mobility with respect to the base frame 2. The storage unit 3 is preferably linearly displaced by a drive that cannot be seen here; it can of course be done manually as an alternative or in addition to this.

Looking at the storage unit 3, it becomes clear that it has a large number of support elements 6a, 6b arranged on its two sides 3a, 3b. In the present case, the support elements 6a, 6b are designed like rails, each extending perpendicular to the length of the storage unit 3 on the two sides 2a, 2b of the base frame 2. The support elements 6a, 6b can be seen here on the inner surfaces of the rectangular tubes of the frames located on each side 3a, 3b of the storage unit 3. The support elements 6a, 6b can be mounted on the sides 3a, 3b of the storage unit 3 so as to be linearly displaceable in relation to their lateral spacing from one another, in a manner that is not shown in detail.

The support elements 6a, 6b subdivide the interior of the storage unit 3 into individual storage spaces 7, with two support elements 6a, 6b opposite each other in relation to the two sides 3a, 3b of the storage unit 3 Define a storage location 7. The storage spaces 7 defined in this way serve to accommodate the edge bands 4, which in the present case are each arranged at least in sections rolled up to form an edge roll within a cassette 4a. The cassettes 4a have side faces corresponding to the support elements 6a, 6b, which enable them to be pushed into and pulled out of the storage unit 3 accordingly. Alternatively and not shown in more detail, the individual storage spaces 7 can also be defined by floor elements which then extend at least partially between the sides 3 a, 3 b of the storage unit 3.

The base elements can be connected to the storage unit 3 in a fixed or displaceable manner, so that they enable it to be pulled out of the storage unit 3 in the sense of a drawer. In contrast to the equipping of the storage unit 3 with cassettes 4a contained in edge bands 4, the base elements enable edge bands 4 to be received directly by, for example, depositing them on the base elements. Of course, the base elements can also be combined with the support elements 6a, 6b which accommodate the cassettes 4a. It is also conceivable that the support elements 6a, 6b serve to support floor elements, so that in this way also edge strips 4 can be arranged directly in the storage unit 3. Furthermore, what was said above with regard to the support elements 6a, 6b can also apply to these floor elements, concerning their possible change in distance from one another through a displaceable connection to the storage unit 3.

The device 1 or the storage unit 3 can have a drive unit (not shown in more detail) via which an edge band 4 can be actively driven at least in sections if required. The drive unit can either directly interact with the respective edge band 4 or with a cassette 4a containing the edge band 4. Furthermore, the device 1 or the storage unit 3 can have a braking unit, likewise not shown in detail, by means of which an edge band 4 can be braked and / or fixed with respect to its mobility. The braking unit can interact either directly with the respective edge band 4 or with a cassette 4a containing the edge band 4. The device 1 or the storage unit 3 can also have a cutting arrangement, likewise not shown in detail, by means of which a section of an edge band 4 can be separated. The cutting arrangement can interact either directly with the respective edge band 4 or with a cassette 4a containing the edge band 4. Depending on the configuration, the drive unit or brake unit or cutting arrangement can also be at least part of a cassette 4, which can be controlled via a corresponding control of the device 1 or the storage unit 3. A division in two would also be conceivable in that the cassettes 4a comprise the corresponding mechanical parts of the drive unit or brake unit or cutting arrangement, while the device 1 or the storage unit 3 have the corresponding drive for this, which can then be coupled to them.

In principle, the device 1 can be aligned in such a way that its storage unit 3 - as can be seen in FIG. 1 - can be linearly displaced parallel to a vertical Z relative to the base frame 2. In contrast, the device 1 can of course also be used in an orientation rotated by 90 °, so that its storage unit 3 can be linearly displaced parallel to a horizontal X relative to the base frame 2. FIG. 2 shows the top view of an edging system 8 which comprises an edging machine 9 and the device 1 explained in more detail above. Apparently, the device 1 is located directly in front of the edging machine 9 in relation to a distance direction Y running at right angles to the horizontal X and to the vertical Z. As a result, the device 1 is arranged in the area of the edging machine 8 in such a way that one of the edgebands 4 arranged in the device 1 is led directly out of the storage unit 3 of the device 1 into the edging machine 9. The position of the device 1 is selected so that the edge band 4 runs directly into an edge feed 9a of the edging machine 9, through which it is used in a manner not shown for edging panels, in particular wood-based panels. Previously, the storage space 7 of the device 1 equipped with the desired edge band 4 was arranged in the plane of the edge feed 9a by linearly displacing its storage unit 3 by a movement parallel to the vertical Z in the present case.

Due to the almost direct entry of an edge band 4 into the edge feed 9a of the edging machine 9, the otherwise exposed section of an edge band 4 between the device 1 and the edging machine 9 is reduced to a minimum, which leads to significantly reduced tensions within the course of the edge band 4. In addition, the direct feeding of the edgeband 4 into the edging machine 9 eliminates any threading effort and the adjustment work required here.

Depending on the requirement, the edging system 8 can be designed in such a way that the device 1 can be displaced relative to the edging machine 9, which, in relation to the representation of FIG. 2, is parallel to its displacement in and opposite Direction to the horizontal X and / or to the distance direction Y means. For example, the device can be displaceable relative to the device 1 in a parallel direction running opposite to the spacing direction Y, in order to be able to carry out any maintenance work. Here, for example, free access to the edge feed 9a is made possible. Of course, this displaceability can also be used to move the device 1, for example, if necessary between two edging machines 9 spaced parallel to one another, in order to be able to provide the edging tape 4 required in each case on one or the other edging machine 9.

FIGS. 3 to 7 each show expanded expansion stages of the device 1, by means of which its performance with regard to the provision of edge bands 4 can be increased.

3 shows a first expanded expansion stage in which the device 1 is combined with a manipulator 10. An exemplary embodiment of the manipulator 10 as a storage and retrieval unit (SRM) is shown, which has a linear displaceability running parallel to the lifting direction of the device 1. Specifically, the manipulator 10 has for this purpose a lifting unit 10b which is mounted in a frame 10a so as to be linearly movable and which can accommodate at least one edge band 4 or a cassette 4a equipped with an edge band 4. The manipulator 10 is used to equip the device 1 with edge bands 4 or with cassettes 4a each containing an edge band 4, and to empty the device 1. In this expansion stage, the manipulator 10 can be equipped manually. The manipulator 10 can be moved synchronously with the device 1 by means of a corresponding coupling. This coupling can take place mechanically and / or in terms of control technology. Via a corresponding control of the manipulator 10 it is possible to equip and unload the device 1 even during operation.

FIG. 4 shows a further expansion stage of the device 1 which, compared to the expansion stage from FIG. 3, is now additionally combined with a memory arrangement 11. The storage arrangement 11 is in the present case like a shelving system with lateral support elements 11a in the form of rails, as already explained above for device 1, which has a plurality of superimposed slots 11b for edge bands 4 or cassettes 4a containing one edge band 4 each. With the aid of the manipulator 10, edgebands 4 that can be stored in the storage arrangement 11 can now be removed from the storage arrangement 11 individually or at least in pairs and transferred to the device 1, the storage spaces 7 of their storage unit 3 being appropriately equipped. The linearly displaceable lifting unit 10b of the manipulator 10 is for this purpose moved into the required plane of the storage arrangement 11, where it removes an edge band 4 or the cassette 4a containing the edge band 4 from the respective slot 11b. Then, if necessary, the lifting unit 10b of the manipulator 10 moves into another plane in order to transfer the edge band 4 or the cassette 4a to a free storage space 7 of the storage unit 3 of the device 1. Of course, this can also be done the other way around, in order to feed edge bands 4 or cassettes 4a out of the device 1 to the storage arrangement 11.

FIG. 5 illustrates the structure of a further expansion stage, which additionally includes a transfer device 12. It can be seen that the transfer device 12 is arranged on the device 1, where it corresponds to a machine bearing 13. The machine bearing 13 is not closer As shown above or directly on the edging machine 9. In this arrangement, the storage arrangement 11 serves as a buffer for edgebands 4 or cassettes 4a, while the transfer device 12 feeds and removes new edgebands 4 or cassettes 4a, preferably fully automatically. In other words, edging strips 4 or cassettes 4a which can be stored in the machine store 13 provided here by way of example near the machine can be transferred to the manipulator 10 individually or at least in pairs. In contrast, edge tapes 4 or cassettes 4a arranged in storage unit 3 and / or storage arrangement 11 can be transferred individually or at least in pairs by manipulator 10 to transfer device 12.

FIG. 6 shows an expansion stage which comprises a duplication of the structure already shown in FIG. 4. Specifically, two devices 1 are provided here, each of which is combined with its own manipulator 10 and a storage arrangement 11 located on the respective manipulator 10. As a result of this structure, the two devices 1 can work alternately, so that correspondingly high cycle rates can be achieved. For this embodiment, the edging machine 9 has two edge feeds 9a, not shown here, in order to be able to process the edgebands 4 of the respective device 1.

FIG. 7 shows a last possible expansion stage which includes a duplication of the structure already shown in FIG. 5. Specifically, two devices 1 are also provided, each of which is combined with its own manipulator 10 and a storage arrangement 11 located on the respective manipulator 10, as well as a transfer device 12 and a machine bearing 13, in particular near the machine. Here too, the two devices 1 can work alternately to to achieve a high cycle rate for edging panels.

In principle, the device 1 of all expansion stages can be equipped with at least one reading module not shown in detail. Specifically, the reading module can be arranged in the area of the storage unit 3. It is also conceivable that each storage space 7 of the storage unit 3 is equipped with such a reading module. The aim is the automated transmission of information about the respective edgebands 4 or cassettes 4a which are currently in the storage unit 3 or which are removed from it or are just being fed. The edge bands 4 or cassettes 4a can thus be equipped with a corresponding transmission module on which the required information is stored. Such a transmission module can preferably contain at least one RFID chip or be designed as such. The reading module or modules are set up to correspond with the transmission modules. This can take place in one direction or in both directions, which means the mere reading out of data or a combination of reading out and writing of data by the reading module on a transmission module.

In an advantageous manner, the device 1 according to the invention can comprise at least one interface, which is not shown in detail here. This interface is then designed to be coupled to at least one further component or machine, in particular mechanically and / or in a data transferring manner. In this way, all components or machines of an edging system 8 can be controlled via a corresponding control.

Fig. 8 and 9 show the one shown in FIG. 1 and also shown only by way of example in the remaining FIGS. 3 to 7 Device 1 in alternative embodiments to this, also in a perspective representation. To avoid repetition and for better clarity, only some of the reference numerals can be seen here, since identical parts correspond to the parts already visible in FIGS. 1 to 7. The essential difference between the variants shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 lies in the respectively different shape of the base frame 2 carrying the storage unit 3.

It can be seen from FIG. 8 that in this embodiment the frames located on one of the two sides 2a, 2b of the base frame 2 are connected to one another via two rectangular tubes extending between them parallel to the horizontal X. In contrast, the base frame 2 visible in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 7 has a total of four of its two frames, each located on one side 2a, 2b, which connect to each other and which are located there between the opposite corners of said frames extend parallel to the horizontal X. In the variant shown in FIG. 8, those rectangular tubes connecting the frames lie one above the other in relation to the vertical Z, so that the base frame 2 is essentially U-shaped in its top view, not shown in detail here.

Fig. 9 shows a variant, the view of the base frame 2 can be designated as L-shaped. It can be seen that the base frame 2 manages with a frame located on only one side 2a, while the opposite side 2b is more or less frameless. As in FIGS. 1 to 7, the lower area of the base frame 2, which is composed of rectangular tubes, is designed to be closed. Specifically, the two rectangular tubes running parallel to the horizontal X each extend from a lower corner of the side 2a away from the frame, these ends being connected to one another via a rectangular tube running parallel to the spacing direction Y. With the inclusion of the frame located on the side 2a, a closed, essentially rectangular shape results.

Further variants, not shown in detail here, for the base frame 2 are also conceivable, for example in the form of a central lifting column below the storage unit 3.

Of course, the profiles referred to as rectangular tubes in the context of the description can also - unlike in FIGS. 1 to 9 - have a different cross-sectional shape, such as a U, C or L shape. A design as a round tube is also conceivable here. Combinations of the above are also possible as well as variants thereof within a basic gesture 2.

Claims

1. Device (1) for providing edgebands (4), comprising a storage unit (3) with individual storage spaces (7) which are designed for at least indirect loading with edgebands (4), in particular at least in sections, each forming an edge roll , characterized in that the storage unit (3) is arranged in or on a base frame (2) so as to be linearly displaceable.

2. Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the storage spaces (7) is designed to receive at least one edge band (4) and / or at least one cassette (4a) at least partially containing the edge band.

3. Device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the storage unit (3) has two opposite sides (3a, 3b), with at least one of the storage spaces (7) at least partially between these sides ( 3a, 3b) extending bottom element and / or at least one support element (6a, 6b) arranged in the region of each side (3a, 3b).

4. Device (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the bottom element and / or the support elements (6a, 6b) of at least one storage space (7) are / is mounted on the storage unit (3) so as to be linearly displaceable.

5. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage unit (3) or each storage space (7) of the storage unit (3) is equipped with at least one reading module, which is set up with a transmission module, in particular RFID -Chip, an edge band (4) or a cassette (4a) containing the edge band (4) to correspond.

6. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage unit (3) can be displaced by an, in particular automated, drive and / or manually relative to the base frame (2).

7. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one interface which can be coupled to at least one further component or machine, in particular mechanically and / or in a data transferring manner.

8. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a drive unit via which an edge band (4), in particular at least partially arranged within a cassette (4a), can be actively driven at least in sections.

9. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a braking unit by means of which an edge band (4) arranged, in particular at least partially within a cassette (4a), can be braked and / or fixed with respect to its mobility.

10. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a cutting arrangement by means of which a section of an edge band (4), in particular unwound from an edge roll, can be separated.

11. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage unit (3) can be linearly displaced parallel to a vertical (Z) or parallel to a horizontal (X) relative to the base frame (2).

12. Device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a manipulator (10) through which each storage space (7) can be equipped and emptied with an edge band (4) or a cassette (4a) at least partially containing the edge band (4) is.

13. Device (1) according to claim 12, characterized by a storage arrangement (11) from which edgebands (4) which can be stored therein can be removed individually or at least in pairs by the manipulator (10) and for equipping the storage unit (3) Storage spaces (7) can be transferred, with edge bands (4) which can be arranged in the storage unit (3) individually or at least in pairs being removable by the manipulator (10) and transferable to the storage arrangement (11).

14. Device (1) according to claim 12 or 13, characterized by a transfer device (12), through which edgebands (4) which can be stored in a machine store (13) individually or at least two can be transferred to the manipulator (10), with edge bands (4) which can be arranged in the storage unit (3) and / or the storage arrangement (11) individually or at least in pairs by the manipulator (10) to the transfer device (12) are transferable.

15. Edging system (8), comprising an edging machine (9) and at least one device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one device (1) is arranged in the area of the edging machine (8) such that at least an edgeband (4) which can be arranged in the device (1) can be fed directly from the storage unit (3) of the device (1) to the edging machine (9) at least in sections.

16. Edging system (8) according to claim 15, characterized in that the storage spaces (7) of the device (1) which can be at least indirectly equipped with one edge band (4) each by a linear displacement of the storage unit (3) relative to the base frame (2 ) can be arranged in the plane of an edge feeder (9a) of the edging machine (9).

17. Edging system (8) according to one of claims 12 to 16, characterized in that the manipulator (10) has at least one vertical axis of rotation and / or at least one vertical axis of stroke.

18. Edging system (8) according to claim 17, characterized in that at least two storage arrangements (11) are arranged in the region of the manipulator (10).

19. Use of a device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 14 or an edging system (8) according to one of claims 15 to 18 for providing edge bands (4), wherein the respective edge band (4) consists of one of these at least partially contained and through one of the

Storage spaces (7) recorded cassette (4a) is removed.