Device and method for feeding and fixing compensating elements for balancing, in particular in a balancing machine

摘要

A device for supplying and attaching compensation elements for unbalance compensation to cardan shafts in a balancing machine (1) has a fastening device (9) that can be positioned along the rotor axis and has a receptacle for a compensation element that can be attached to the outer circumference of the rotor. A supply unit (15) is assigned to the balancing machine, which makes available compensating elements for the respective unbalance compensation. Provided compensation elements are fed to the fastening device (9) with a feed device (16), the feed device (16) having a transport carriage (18) which is arranged on a guide path (17) parallel to the rotor axis with the aid of a controllable movement drive between the preparation unit (15). and the fastening device (9) can be moved back and forth. The transport carriage (18) has a loading device which is set up to move a compensating element from an accommodation of the transport carriage (18) into the accommodation of the fastening device (9) by means of an active loading process, the drive of the loading device using the controllable movement drive of the Transport carriage (18) takes place.