The invention relates to a parts transfer system (1) for a workshop, comprising: work stations (3) designed for working parts (10); a platform (4) extending above the work stations (3) and in which openings (8) are made; and at least one autonomous vehicle (5) that can circulate on the platform (4) and transfer the parts (10), to or from at least one work station (3), through at least one of said openings (8).
B23P 19/00 - Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformationTools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes
B23P 21/00 - Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
B65G 37/02 - Flow sheets for conveyor combinations in warehouses, magazines or workshops
B23Q 7/14 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting co-ordinated in production lines
The invention relates to a rotary carousel for angularly moving a platform, depending in particular on the equipment placed on this carousel, on the environment in which it is used, and on the employed methods in which it is used. A particular application of the invention is in the field of casting, in which carousels are used in which the platform sections are equipped with moulds that receive a liquid metal for manufacturing moulded parts. The carousel has a central axis (10) and comprises a platform (1) and means (4, 4a) for driving the platform in rotation about the central axis. This platform (1) comprises a plurality of radial sections (2) that form separate satellites (2) that are at least partially free from one another in terms of roll, pitch and ascension. The means (4, 4a) for driving the platform comprise at least one off-centre driving means (4, 4a) connected to a single satellite (2) and able to directly drive this satellite (2) in rotation about the central axis (10).
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