TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT FOR A PRESS OR PRESS LINE WITH AN AXIAL DRIVE AND INTERCHANGEABLE BASE SUPPORT

The invention relates to a transfer arrangement for transporting and/or positioning and/or aligning a workpiece and is used, in particular, in presses or press lines. A crossmember (16) can be moved and/or pivoted in a number of directions in space. The movement of the crossmember (16) is controlled or regulated by a control unit (21) and an appropriate number of axial drives. A servomotor (53) is seated on the crossmember (16), and is likewise activated by the control unit (21). A coupling arrangement (27) can be used to couple a base support (28) to the crossmember (16). A driveable shaft (45) is arranged on the base support. The coupling arrangement (27) of the crossmember (16) has a connecting means (35), which interacts with a mating connecting means on the base support in order to establish the mechanical fastening. The coupling arrangement (27) also has a coupling means (36), which interacts with a mating coupling means (52) on the rotatable shaft (45) in order to establish a rotary connection between the servomotor (53) and the driveable shaft (45). The control unit (21) is set up in order to bring about automatic coupling and removal of a base support (28) by way of controlled movement of the crossmember (16) and activation of the servomotor (53). A workpiece-gripping arrangement (29), for retaining the workpiece, is present on the base support (28). This makes it possible for different workpiece-gripping arrangements (29) or different types of base support (28) to be connected to the crossmember (16). La invención se relaciona a un arreglo de transferencia para transportar y/o posicionar y/o alinear una pieza de trabajo y se utiliza en particular en prensas o líneas de prensado; un miembro transversal (16) puede ser movido y/o girado en una pluralidad de direcciones en el espacio; el movimiento del miembro transversal (16) se controla o regula por medio de una unidad de control (21) y por medio de un correspondiente número de impulsores axiales; un servomotor (53), que también es activado por medio de la unidad de control (21), se sitúa en el miembro transversal (16); un soporte de base (28) puede ser acoplado al miembro transversal (16) con la ayuda de un arreglo de acoplamiento (27); una flecha dirigible (45) está dispuesta en el soporte de base; el arreglo de acoplamiento (27) del miembro transversal (16) abarca un medio de conexión (35), que interactúa con un medio de conexión coincidente en el soporte de base para establecer la fijación mecá