FLEXIBLE PUNCH AND WELD SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230047883A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17797251

    申请日:2021-02-04

    发明人: Hideki Yamamoto

    IPC分类号: B23Q15/22 B23Q7/04

    摘要: A flexible assembling system incorporating at least one manufacturing cell including at least one universal fixture, at least one position monitoring device (e,g., monitoring system, 3D vision system, 3D vision system/scanner, artificial intelligence position determination and monitoring, artificial intelligence vision system to locate part or a feature(s) of the part, and combinations thereof), and at least one programmable robot or machine (e.g., punch, weld, etc.). The at least one universal fixture is a non-dedicated fixture such that the fixture is usable with various products and not dedicated to only one specific part being manufactured.

    GRIPPER TRUCK ASSEMBLY, MACHINING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MOVING A WORKPIECE WITH RESPECT TO A MACHINING STATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230002172A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17856424

    申请日:2022-07-01

    IPC分类号: B65G47/90 B23Q7/04

    摘要: A gripper truck assembly for moving a workpiece with respect to a machining station includes a gripper truck; a gripper arm extending from a proximal end connected to the gripper truck to an opposite distal end; a gripper including at least one jaw moveable between a closed position for gripping the workpiece and an open position for releasing the workpiece, wherein the gripper is connected to the distal end of the gripper arm by a joint configured to permit a rotation of the gripper; a hydraulic gripper actuator accommodated in the gripper arm and operatively connected to the gripper for actuating the at least one jaw of the gripper between the open position and the closed position; a gripper rotation actuator for actuating the rotation of the gripper with respect to the gripper arm about the gripper rotation axis.

    MANUFACTURING CELL COMPRISING A TOOL CARRIER

    公开(公告)号:US20220395942A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17775474

    申请日:2020-11-08

    摘要: A manufacturing cell comprises a machine tool that has a tool carrier carrying a tool unit and has two adjacent workpiece paths oriented in a longitudinal direction. The tool unit can be displaced relative to a machine bed of the machine tool in a transverse direction and in a vertical direction. At least one workpiece carriage per workpiece path can be displaced in the longitudinal direction along the machine tool. The tool unit can be displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to the machine bed and/or relative to the workpiece carriages. The tool carrier overhangs or projects beyond the workpiece paths. The individual workpiece carriage can also be displaced in the longitudinal direction along the workpiece supply. Furthermore, the workpiece supply has at least one lowerable or tiltable stop device per workpiece path.

    Gantry type conveying device and processing line

    公开(公告)号:US11504820B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US15761087

    申请日:2016-09-01

    申请人: KOMATSU NTC LTD.

    摘要: This gantry type conveying device is provided with: a beam which is horizontally installed; a runner traveling along the beam; an elevator supported to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the runner; and a loading part which is supported by the lower portion of the elevator and on which a workpiece is loaded. This processing line has the gantry type conveying device and a machine tool. The machine tool is provided with: a base; and a workpiece supporting device provided movable with respect to the base in a forward and backward direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the beam when viewed in a plane.

    ROBOT CELL FOR MACHINE TOOL OR ASSEMBLY MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20220234213A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17615676

    申请日:2020-07-03

    摘要: The invention relates to a robot cell (1) provided for use on machine tools and/or assembly machines. The robot cell (1) includes a handling device, e.g. an industrial robot (2). By means of the robot cell (1), a workpiece (4) to be processed on the machine tool or the assembly machine can be removed from an incoming transport container, pre-processed, orientated, inserted into the machine tool or assembly machine, removed from the machine tool or the assembly machine, measured and placed or stacked in an outgoing transport container. The robot cell (1) can be used on different machine tools or assembly machines. In order to facilitate operation of a robot cell (1) of this kind, the robot cell (1) can be used on the machine tool or the assembly machine without being linked or connected to the machine tool or the assembly machine, the robot cell (1) has an optics device (5), by means of which, in conjunction with reference markings on the machine tool or assembly machine, the robot cell (1) can be positioned in its operating position on the machine tool or the assembly machine, wherein by means of a control apparatus (6) and the handling device connected thereto or the industrial robot (2) connected thereto of the robot cell (1), operating elements on the machine tool or assembly machine can be contacted, operated and controlled.

    METHOD AND PROCESSING ASSEMBLY FOR PROCESSING PROFILE BEAM PARTS EACH EXTENDING ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS

    公开(公告)号:US20220226950A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17431546

    申请日:2020-03-09

    发明人: Paul HENTSCHKE

    IPC分类号: B23Q7/04 B23D47/04

    摘要: A method for processing profile beam parts includes providing a machining station, an in-feed transport system, and an out-feed transport system. The method further includes transporting and in-feeding a first profile beam part together with a second profile beam part to the machining station, machining at least the first profile beam part in the machining station, out-feeding the first profile beam part with the out-feed transport system from the machining station to an intermediate position which is at a variable distance X from a discharge position between the machining station and the discharge position, and in-feeding the second profile beam part in the machining station with the in-feed transport system over a distance Y and simultaneously out-feeding the first profile beam part over the distance X from the intermediate position to the discharge position. The capacity of the system is improved with the method.

    Material Processing System and Method for Utilizing the Same

    公开(公告)号:US20220193843A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17125625

    申请日:2020-12-17

    申请人: Edw. C. Levy Co.

    摘要: A system includes a vehicle and at least one rail dividing a field into an unprocessed material field and a processed material field. The vehicle is supported upon at least one rail and (a) at least one primary material-containing bay configured for receiving the quantity of unprocessed material, and (b) a secondary material-containing bay configured for receiving a portion of one or more of a first portion of processed material and a partially processed material from the at least one primary material containing bay. The vehicle is configured for movement upon the at least one rail for transporting one or more of the first portion of processed material and a partially processed material from the at least one primary material containing bay to the secondary material containing bay.

    Conveying mechanism
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11289354B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US17195995

    申请日:2021-03-09

    申请人: DISCO CORPORATION

    摘要: A conveying mechanism includes a suction part that has a suction pad and sucks and holds a target object by the suction pad, a bracket connected to the suction part through a joint that is swingable, an elastic component in which one end part is fixed to the suction part and the other end part is fixed to the bracket, a negative pressure control unit that controls generation of a negative pressure at the suction part, and a movement unit that moves the bracket. The elastic component permits a swing of the suction part according to tilt or deformation of the target object that is sucked and held and, when suction holding of the target object is released, the elastic component returns the orientation of the suction pad to a predetermined orientation when the suction pad is not sucking and holding the target object.