Abstract: A robot running axle for the displacement of a robot carriage has two parallel main supports, each of which is delimited on the outside by a metal profile in the form of a hollow profile or C-shaped profile, and each of which supports one guide rail. The main supports are connected to each other by a connection structure made of concrete, and the profiles of the main supports have an inner structure made of concrete. Alternatively, a polymer material or a metal foam can be used instead of concrete.

Abstract: Due to the dynamic mechanical loads to which motor vehicle traction batteries are subjected, housings of battery cells of the traction batteries are covered at least in part by an electrically insulating layer made from a coating material. For this purpose, a method and a coating station for carrying out the method are proposed. The method is performed with a liquid electrically insulating coating material, by applying separately produced individual drops of the coating material using a coating applicator. The drops form coating points on an outer surface of the housing, which coating points are applied sequentially with the coating applicator, adjacently to one another or overlapping, so that together they form coating lines.

Abstract: A method for preserving cavities by applying a protective layer to the interior of a hollow body. The method uses a mixing nozzle unit coupled to a rotor unit. The mixing nozzle unit is rotated about an axis of rotation and has a mixing nozzle. The mixing nozzle unit has two supply channels for the cavity preservative and for gas for atomizing the cavity preservative. The supply channels run in the direction of the axis of rotation and conduct cavity preservative and atomizing gas separately to the mixing nozzle. The mixing nozzle unit is inserted into the hollow body in the direction of the axis of rotation through an opening in the hollow body. The cavity preservative is discharged in atomized form, and the mixing nozzle unit is rotated about the axis of rotation relative to the hollow body during the discharging or between a plurality of discharging phases.

Abstract: A support rail for a robot platform. The support rail is an elongate component having a metal guide rail, provided on an outer side, for guiding the robot platform. The platform has, in a downward-facing subsection, a lower metal connection flange for fastening the support rail on an underlying surface, such as a factory floor, and, in an upward-facing subsection, on an outer side, an upper metal connection flange for mounting the metal guide rail. The support rail has a concrete support structure, on the outer side of which the lower metal connection flange and the upper connection flange or the guide rail are mounted. The upper metal connection flange, the lower metal connection flange and/or the guide rail are secured on the support structure by ties engaging positively in the support structure, and/or via a connecting inner frame surrounded by the support structure.

Abstract: A method for covering inner walls of a cavity with a protective layer made of anti-corrosion wax, in particular for use on vehicle bodies and add-on parts for vehicle bodies. Anti-corrosion wax is brought into an atomized form (protective agent mist) by a mist generator and supplied through an outlet opening to the cavity to be preserved. The protective agent mist is deposited on inner walls of the cavity and forms an anti-corrosion agent layer.

Abstract: Motor vehicle battery modules having an energy content of at least 5 kWh for use as energy storage for electric cars. Such a battery module includes multiple individual batteries, each of which has at least one housing and at least one galvanic cell disposed within the housing. The battery module further includes a joining device, by which the individual batteries are assembled to form a battery module that can be handled as a whole. The battery module has, on its outside, a spray-applied protective layer that includes a wax and surrounds at least sections of the battery module.

Abstract: A support rail for a robotic platform having a support structure of concrete, a lower metallic connection flange and an upper connection flange or a guide rail disposed on an external side of the support structure. The lower connection flange, on the one hand, and the upper connection flange or the guide rail, respectively, on the other hand, are connected by a rigid metallic exoskeleton structure provided on the external side of the support structure and surrounding at least partially or completely the support structure.

Abstract: A support rail for a robot platform displaceable in a translatory manner. This support rail is configured in the manner of an elongate construction element having at least one metallic guide rail for guiding the robot platform, the metallic guide rail being provided on the external side and extending in a main direction of extent. The support rail has at least one lower metallic connection flange for fastening the support rail on a sub-base such as a shed floor or to a gantry base, and on an external side, has at least one upper metallic connection flange for attaching the metallic guide rail and/or directly the at least one metallic guide rail. The support rail is designed having a support structure of concrete, and the support rail has a metallic tension structure embedded in the support structure of concrete and under tensile stress in the main direction of extent.

Abstract: A method for covering inner walls of a cavity with a protective layer made of anti-corrosion wax, in particular for use on vehicle bodies and add-on parts for vehicle bodies. Anti-corrosion wax is brought into an atomized form (protective agent mist by a mist generator and supplied through an outlet opening to the cavity to be preserved. The protective agent mist is deposited on inner walls of the cavity and forms an anti-corrosion agent layer.

Abstract: A needle gripper for handling workpieces with needle grippers. The needle grippers have a base and at least two gripping needles movable with respect to the base between a release position and a gripping position, a movable first gripping needle arranged in a first orientation and a second movable gripping needle arranged in a second orientation which is different from the first orientation. A needle guide device is attached to the base and has guide channels for guiding the gripping needles. The needle gripper includes a rinsing device having a feed channel for a rinsing fluid and leading to a guide channel. The needle guide device is associated with a heating device by which the guide channels are heated, thereby heating the gripping needles.

Abstract: A support rail for a robot platform. The support rail is an elongate component having a metal guide rail, provided on an outer side, for guiding the robot platform. The platform has, in a downward-facing subsection, a lower metal connection flange for fastening the support rail on an underlying surface, such as a factory floor, and, in an upward-facing subsection, on an outer side, an upper metal connection flange for mounting the metal guide rail. The support rail has a concrete support structure, on the outer side of which the lower metal connection flange and the upper connection flange or the guide rail are mounted. The upper metal connection flange, the lower metal connection flange and/or the guide rail are secured on the support structure by ties engaging positively in the support structure, and/or via a connecting inner frame surrounded by the support structure.

Abstract: In order to preserve vehicle bodies, a common plant is used, which plant is configured both for flooding and for spraying. The plant makes use of a common feed system and is operated with the same preservative for the spraying and the flooding.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a robot system comprising a rail track and a robot, which is designed to be displaceable in a direction of movement, guided by the rail track. According to the invention, the rail track consists of a plurality of rail track segments disposed in the direction of movement, and the robot is designed to handle such rail track segments and to extend the rail track by attaching further rail track segments to a respective last rail track segment of the existing rail track. Furthermore, according to the invention, a tension member that is attached to the robot, in particular a tension cable, is provided, which runs along the rail track, wherein a winding device for receiving the tension member is provided in order to introduce a tractive force, preferably in the region of an end of the rail track.

Abstract: A robot gripper for grasping, transporting, and depositing goods in transit including a gripper base having a coupling device for attachment to a robot arm, a carrying device and a displacement device. The carrying device extends in the longitudinal direction of the gripper and a carrying surface serves to carry the object being transported and extends substantially in the longitudinal and transverse direction of the gripper. The displacement device is disposed above the carrying device in an upward vertical direction of the gripper and serves to apply force, in the longitudinal direction of the gripper, to the object being transported. The displacement device and the carrying device are each capable of being moved relative to the gripper base in the longitudinal direction of the gripper and of being moved concurrently and in opposite directions relative to the gripper base.

Abstract: A robot gripper for grasping, transporting, and depositing goods in transit including a gripper base having a coupling device for attachment to a robot arm, a carrying device extending in the longitudinal direction of the gripper and having a carrying surface which carries the object in transit and extends substantially in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the gripper, and a displacement device disposed above the carrying device and serving to apply force to the object in transit in the longitudinal direction. The carrying device and the displacement device are capable of being moved relative to each other in the longitudinal direction. A holding device is provided on the displacement device, by means of which holding device a holding force can be generated in order to prevent an object in transit resting against the holding device from losing contact therewith.

Abstract: Tool-changing system, storage device for this purpose and method for coupling a tool to a robot arm. The invention relates to a tool-changing system for an industrial robot, with a robot-side coupling device (100) provided in a robot arm, with at least one tool (70a, 70b) couplable to the robot-side coupling device (100) and having a tool-side coupling device (76a, 76b), and with a storage device (10) for receiving the at least one tool (76a, 76b) in the non-coupled state. The invention relates, furthermore, to a storage device suitable for this purpose and to a coupling method which can be carried out by means of the tool-changing system. According to the invention, the storage device comprises a base (12), securing means (32a, 32b) for securing the robot-side coupling device (100) and feeding means (50a, 50b) which are designed for generating a relative movement of the robot-side coupling device (100) and of the tool-side coupling device (76a, 76b) with respect to one another in a coupling direction (2).

Abstract: A spray head assembly for attaching to an industrial robot having an overload protection device coupled to a changer with an attached spray head body with a common nozzle supply and a plurality of nozzles selectively attached to the common nozzle supply. Each of the plurality of nozzles is selectively rotated into position and may provide a different spray pattern depending upon the application. The spray head assembly is compact and suited to working in tight spaces, and in particular spraying the interior of cavities. The present invention is particularly applicable to applying an anticorrosion wax to the inside of automobile or car body cavities.

Abstract: A spray head assembly for attaching to an industrial robot having an overload protection device coupled to a changer with an attached spray head body with a common nozzle supply and a plurality of nozzles selectively attached to the common nozzle supply. Each of the plurality of nozzles is selectively rotated into position and may provide a different spray pattern depending upon the application. The spray head assembly is compact and suited to working in tight spaces, and in particular spraying the interior of cavities. The present invention is particularly applicable to applying an anticorrosion wax to the inside of automobile or car body cavities.