摘要:
A method and apparatus nondestructively remove a cut segment of predetermined shape from a limp material sheet workpiece and transport the cut workpiece segment to a staging area for further processing. Such removal and transporting is accomplished without distorting the shape of the cut segment. An apparatus (10) includes a cutting table (12), a dispensing and cutting gantry (14), a picker gantry (16), and a sheet material dispenser assembly (18), all under the control of a controller (20). Picker gantry (16) includes a cover segment picking mechanism (16A) that removes a cover sheet segment off a workpiece material sheet. The picker gantry further includes a workpiece segment picking mechanism (16B) for removing a workpiece segment from the workpiece material sheet.
摘要:
A micromechanical tuning fork gyroscope comprises an input axis (38) which is out-of-plane of the structure, parallel capacitor strips (42, 43) beneath a pair of apertured, planar proof masses (10) suspended from a substrate (22) by a support structure (16), wherein the proof masses are set in opposed vibrational motion by an electrostatic comb drive (12, 14), whereby in response to an input angular rate, the proof masses (10) translate with respect to the striped capacitors (42, 43), thereby varying the capacitance between the strips and the proof masses as a function of the input rate.