ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,299, issued on May 26, was assigned to BAVIUS TECHNOLOGIE GMBH (Baienfurt, Germany).
"Method and system for switching a workpiece" was invented by Robert Bednar (Ravensburg, Germany), Alexander Fitz (Bad Waldsee, Germany), Werner Zell (Muhlhausen, Germany) and Armin Walther (Kaufbeuren, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for switching a workpiece, which is fixed on a pallet, after one workpiece side has been machined in a horizontal machine tool, the pallet is brought into a transfer position in which the machined side of the workpiece faces in a direction toward a pallet support, an additional pallet is provided there...