Abstract:
The present invention relates to a selecting device to be disposed downstream of a springs forming device of a springs forming machine. The selecting device may include an inlet adapted to receive springs formed in the springs forming device, outlets adapted to eject each of the springs from the selecting device, means for selectively conveying each of the springs entering the selecting device through the inlet towards the outlets, and means to form conduits to connect the inlet to the outlets. The selecting device may include means for generating a depression in at least one of the conduits and means for generating a compressed air flow directly inside the selecting device at one of the conduits.
Abstract:
Embodiments relate generally to milling machines and milling techniques, and more particularly, to devices, integrated circuits, computer readable media, apparatuses, milling machines and methods to automatically load and/or unload work pieces in relation to the adverse milling machine environments. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a loader member configured to impart a loading force unto a work piece to position the work piece in a milling region. The apparatus can also include an effector configured to transfer the loading force from the loader member to the work piece and is configured further to apply a cleaning force to a path that the work piece traverses to the milling region. In some cases, the apparatus can include an ejector configured to remove a milled work piece from the milling region.
Abstract:
There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting input of a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and separating them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder inserted within a separating container, and a fluid supplying means arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder, and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container due to a flow current generated within the separating container, and such that the level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder, but is maintained substantially in a resting state and at a level above the level of the upper end of the separating container.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board processing apparatus includes: a plurality of printed circuit board processing machines (A) arranged side by side, in each of which a printed circuit board (W) placed on a table (4) and a tool held by a single spindle (13) are caused to make a relative movement in the X-, Y- and Z-directions of the machine to process the printed circuit board (W); tipping devices (B) respectively mounted on the tables (4) in such a manner as to be swingable and adapted to perform the delivery of printed circuit boards (W); conveying devices (C) arranged along the beds (1) of the printed circuit board processing machines (A) and each equipped with a feeding path (C1) and a discharging path (C2) which are adapted to convey printed circuit boards (W) in an inclined posture; loading/unloading devices (D) arranged at a delivery position on the printed-circuit-board-processing-machine side of the feeding and discharging paths of the conveying devices (C) and adapted to effect the delivery of printed circuit boards between the tipping device (B) and the paths; a printed-circuit-board feeder (E) connected to one end of each feeding path (C1); a printed circuit board collecting device (F) connected to one end of each discharging path (C2); and detectors (G) allocated to the respective spindles (13) of the printed circuit board processing machines (A) and each adapted to read the kind of a printed circuit boards (W) fed onto the associated table (4).
Abstract:
A workpiece storing and handling apparatus particularly adapted for loading parts in a multiple spindle chucking machine wherein the spindles and chucks are indexible successively to a transfer station. A rotary part table has a circumaxial series of part receiving rests and is indexed to move the parts to a transfer station in succession. A gripper on a transfer arm engages a part at the transfer station and swings the same in a composite arcuate motion to a ready position in horizontal alignment with a chuck at the machine transfer station. The arm and gripper then move the part linearly in a horizontal plane to the open chuck and return to the ready position for arcuate return movement to the table transfer station. A transfer arm support shaft is swingable through an arc in a vertical plane by a fluid operable cylinder and is simultaneously rotated about its axis by a bevel gear arrangement to provide the required composite arcuate motion of the arm. A housing mounting the shaft and bevel gears is translatable by a second fluid cylinder along a horizontal slide rod arrangement to provide the required linear movement of the arm and gripper from the ready position to the load position adjacent the chuck. A discharge chute has a hinged end section beneath the chuck for receiving parts from the chuck and the hinged section is swingable downwardly for chuck clearance during indexing of the chucks.
Abstract:
An automatic device for gently recovering parts upon completion of machining operations as in an automatic lathe. Automatic lathes and other cutting machines generally drop finished parts from the machining area in the absence of custom-designed recovery devices, exposing the parts to damage by falling onto hard surfaces such as other completed parts. The present invention is useful without custom adaptation to a variety of automatic cutting machines. A cushioned shovel extends from a double-acting pneumatic or hydraulic piston beneath the part as its cutting is completed and before the part is dropped from the cutting machine. The shovel retracts and turns on the piston's axis to deposit the part onto a conveyor located away from the cutting machine. Fluid controls govern motion of the piston according to the position of a cam driven by or controlling the operation of the cutting machine.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a parts gager which is made up of a vibratory bowl feeder which delivers parts to a rotating gage wheel having a wedge face and a slotted interior portion. The gage wheel receives those parts which are oversized, bent, doubled, or otherwise unacceptable and carries the same to a reject chute; failing to accept those parts which are considered usable and drop into a discharge chute. The accepted parts are fed on to a conveyor belt with cleated members for delivery for further assembly. The rejected parts are dropped into a reject receptacle for further processing or scrapping.
Abstract:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO AN IMPROVED CENTERLESS TURNING MACHINE IN WHICH A BAR IS TIGHTLY GRIPPED IN A ROTATING CHUCK AND IS SUPPORTED NEAR THE FREE END OF THE BAR, NEAR THE SHAPING TOOL, BY MEANS OF A SLIP CHUCK WHICH ALLOWS THE BAR TO BE TURNED OR ROTATED THEREIN. NOVEL FEATURES OF THIS INVENTION ARE AUTOMATIC REGULATION OF THE CLAMPING FORCE OF THE SLIP CHUCK, MEANS FOR BREAKING AND DIRECTING CHIPS FROM THE BAR, AND MOVABLE TROUGH-LIKE MEANS FOR CATCHING AND MOVING SEVERED PIECES OF THE BAR.