公开(公告)号：WO2022251840A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：PCT/US2022/072552

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: SOFTWEAR AUTOMATION, INC.

Inventor： BAKER, Michael, J. ,  HUTCHESON, Dylan ,  JACKSON, Andrew ,  LLOYD III, Luther ,  RUDERMAN, Stephen ,  SAAB, Wael

IPC: D05B21/00 ,  D05B35/04 ,  D05B39/00 ,  B41F17/00

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to processing and handling of products. In one example, among others, a material product holding system (120) includes a product holding assembly (122) and a structure supporting the product holding assembly, the structure coupled to a positioning assembly (204). The product holding assembly (122) includes support arms (202) and a positioning assembly (204) that can adjust positioning of the support arms with respect to each other to engage with at least a portion of a product supported by the support arms. In another example, a method includes engaging support arms (202) with a surface of at least a portion of a product, the support arms tensioning the product, positioning the support arms (202) to load the product on a workstation, contracting the support arms to remove the tension, processing the product, re-engaging the support arms (202) after completion of the processing, and unloading the product from the workstation.