APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED FEED OF CONNECTING ELEMENTS TO A PROCESSING UNIT AND FEED HOSE FOR THE CONNECTING ELEMENTS

摘要

According to the invention, an apparatus, in particular an industrial robot (2), is provided, in order to ensure a reliable and automatic supply of connection elements to a processing unit, the apparatus having a hose pack (10) 28 are included as feed lines. To ensure reliable operation of the supply hose and to prevent warping, the supply hose is formed of an inner hose 24 that is embedded in the molded hose casing 22. This action allows the integration of the supply hose 14 into the hose pack 10 without any problems. In addition, the risk of distortion of supply hose 14 is kept small.