665results about "Automatic conveying/guiding stock" patented technology

The invention provides an annular thin-wall article clamping device and a using method of the device. The clamping device comprises an annular chassis; the chassis is provided with a radial regulation mechanism of a locating workpiece; the radial regulation mechanism is divided into an inner radial regulation mechanism and an outer radial mechanism; two radial regulation mechanisms position workpiece respectively from the inner side or the outer side of the workpiece; the chassis is respectively provided with track-directed sliding grooves for the two radial adjustment mechanisms; the inner end of the sliding groove of the inner radial regulation mechanism is provided with a stopping block; the outer end of the sliding groove of the outer radial regulation mechanism is provided with the stopping block; the sliding grooves of the two groups of radial regulation mechanisms are disposed at intervals; one of the two groups of radial regulation mechanisms is provided with an axial compacting mechanism for fixing the workpiece; and the axial compacting mechanism is displaced alternatively between the two groups of radial regulation mechanisms when turning the workpiece. The clamping device can realize the processing of two side walls of the workpiece by clamping the workpiece once, and is fit for the clamping of the workpieces with different specifications. The device has the characteristics of high use rate, strong practical applicability, good generality, time saving and labor saving, light labor intensity, high production efficiency and the like.

A fully-automatic verification system for intelligent electric energy meters comprises a plurality of verification units for automatic verification of the electric energy meters, main transport lines for connecting the verification units, and a verification management system for coordinating the work of the verification units. The main transport lines comprise upper transport lines for transporting boxes carrying electric energy meters to be verified to the verification units and lower transport lines for transporting the boxes carrying the electric energy meters back to the warehouse. The verification system for electric energy meters can implement fully-automatic verification, thus enhancing the efficiency and the verification accuracy.

The invention concerns a laboratory product transport element for a laboratory transport system with an energy receiver and / or energy accumulator to provide drive power, at least one signal receiver to receive control signals, a control unit to generate drive signals as a function of at least one control signal obtained from the at least one signal receiver, movement devices for independent movement of the laboratory product transport element on a transfer path as a function of the drive signals of the control unit, in which the drive devices are driven by the drive power and at least one holder to hold a laboratory product being transported. The invention also concerns a laboratory transport system with at least one laboratory product transport element according to an embodiment of the invention and a transfer path arrangement. The invention also concerns methods for operation of laboratory transport systems according to an embodiment of the invention.

An APC is provided in a five-axis controlling vertical machining center. A spindle head is movable in three mutually transverse axes directions to a workpiece. A table disposed below swings to be positioned and is directed upwardly and indexed. A pallet setup base is provided outside a machining area. A pallet change arm has pallet grip portions for gripping and releasing the pallets. The arm makes a swivel motion and makes an ascending and descending motion. Thus, the pallet is transferred between the table and the pallet setup base and is received and discharged to the table and the pallet setup base.

A removable turret for a pod-based beverage dispenser system. The turret may include a turret frame, a turret plate, and a turret shaft connecting the turret plate to the turret frame for rotation therewith. The turret shaft may include a pair of first connectors attached to the turret frame and a pair of second connectors attached to the turret wheel. The first and the second connectors may releaseably mate with each other.

The present invention discloses a pulling device for a container inspection system including a pulling vehicle (1) arranged inside an inspection passage, a winch (5) and wire tension mechanisms (6,6′). Front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle are connected to a wire rope so as to drive the pulling vehicle to move back and forth inside the inspection passage. The wire rope connected to front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle is wound around a wire tension mechanism arranged at front and rear ends of the inspection passage and is turned around by a swerving pulley (2) which is positioned at the same horizontal plane as that of the wire rope, the pulling vehicle, and the wire tension mechanisms, then the wire rope passes through the vertical pulley block, and finally it is connected to a single winding drum (4) of the winch (5) and wound around the single winding drum (4) respectively. Compared with the prior arts, the present invention is advantageous in reduction in equipment investment and decrease in area occupied by the pulling device. Further, the inspection operation can be carried out more reliably and safely.

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a module that can test and analyze various regions of a solar cell device in an automated or manual fashion after one or more steps have been completed in the solar cell formation process. The module used to perform the automated testing and analysis processes can also be adapted to test a partially formed solar cell at various stages of the solar cell formation process within an automated solar cell production line. The automated solar cell production line is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices.

The invention relates to a device for refining workpieces, which preferably consist at least partially of wood, wood materials or the like, having an ink-jet printing means having a plurality of nozzles from which drops of ink can be expelled, a workpiece carrier means for carrying the workpiece to be patterned, a conveyor device for bringing about a relative movement between the workpiece to be refined and the printing means. The device according to the invention is characterised in that it further has at least one machining means for machining the workpiece.

A processing apparatus for processing a substrate chucked by a chuck installed on a stage includes: a conveying unit configured to convey the substrate to the chuck; a robot configured to selectively convey, to the stage, a pressing member capable of pressing the substrate to reduce a warp of the substrate chucked by the chuck and a cleaning member capable of cleaning a chuck surface; and a controller configured to cause the robot holding the pressing member to execute pressing processing for correcting the warp of the substrate and cause the robot holding the cleaning member to execute cleaning processing of the chuck surface.

A manufacturing plant (1) is provided for vehicle body parts (2, 3). The manufacturing plant includes a number of processing stations (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), which are situated one behind the other along a transfer line (22), and of a number of multiaxial robots (18, 19). In at least one processing station (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), one or more handling robots (18) for transporting parts is / are arranged on at least one axis of travel (20, 21). Next to the handling robot (18), one or more processing robots (19) is / are displaceably arranged on the same axis of travel (20). Working locations (11, 12) are arranged on both sides of a common axis of travel (20), whereby another common axis of travel can be provided on the rear side of the working locations.

The automatic feeder of machine tool includes one frame; one material storage bin comprising side frame and bottom feeding board on the frame and capable of reciprocating relatively to the side frame; one radial feeding mechanism including radial feeding cylinder with piston rod connected to the feeding board; and one axial feeding mechanism including axial feeding cylinder, supporting board fixed on the feeding board. The automatic feeder of machine tool can realize automatic feeding for the machine tool and has the advantages of reasonable simple structure and stable automatic feeding.

Embodiments of a vacuum conveyor system are provided herein. In one embodiment a vacuum conveyor system includes a first vacuum sleeve having a plurality of rollers that support and move substrates through the first vacuum sleeve. A port is provided for sealably coupling the first vacuum sleeve to a process chamber. A first substrate handler is disposed proximate the port. Multiple ports may be provided for sealably coupling the first vacuum sleeve to a plurality of process chambers. A dedicated substrate handler is provided for each process chamber. A second vacuum sleeve may be sealably coupled to an opposing side of the process chambers. The vacuum conveyor system may be modular with independent modules linked via load lock chambers. The plurality of rollers may compensate for any sag of the leading edge of a substrate being transported thereupon.

The invention relates to a mechanical transmission device, in particular to an automatic feeding device of a sliding table mechanical arm. The automatic feeding device of the sliding table mechanical arm comprises a machine tool body, an electronic sliding table and the sliding table mechanical arm. A spindle headstock is arranged on the inner wall of the machine tool body. A spindle fixing plate is arranged on the spindle headstock. A spindle sliding table support is arranged on the spindle fixing plate. A sliding table fixing plate is arranged on the upper portion of the spindle sliding table support. The right portion of the electronic sliding table is arranged on a sliding table support plate. A sliding table dragging plate connected with the electronic sliding table is arranged on the outer wall of the electronic sliding table. A sliding table mechanical arm is arranged on the sliding table dragging plate and comprises a mechanical arm moving plate, a rodless cylinder and a rodless cylinder fixing plate. The automatic feeding device of the sliding table mechanical arm has the beneficial effects that a rotation mode is novel and exquisite, work is precise, and efficiency is high; mechanical operation is adopted, and product uniformity is high and stable

A machine tool includes: a main spindle adapted to be rotatable with a workpiece chucked thereby; a tool spindle capable of moving in directions of three axes perpendicular to each other and capable of pivoting about one of the axes, the axis being perpendicular to the main spindle; an automatic tool changer adapted to detachably attach a first tool and a chucking unit to the tool spindle, the first tool being used for machining the workpiece chucked by the main spindle, the chucking unit being used for chucking the workpiece; and a tool post having a second tool mounted thereon, the second tool being used for machining the workpiece chucked by the chucking unit attached to the tool spindle.

An integrated reconfigurable multi-stage manufacturing system and associated methods. The system may include a plurality of manufacturing cells, each cell associated with at least one stage of a manufacturing process. The plurality of cells may include a first cell comprising at least one flexible manufacturing station, a second cell comprising at least one reconfigurable manufacturing station, and a third cell comprising at least one reconfigurable inspection machine. The system may also include a plurality of loop conveyors and a plurality of cell gantries. Each loop conveyor may connect at least two neighboring cells and each cell gantry may transport parts from the cell associated with the cell gantry to at least one loop conveyor. In one embodiment, each cell may be hexagonal, and the manufacturing system may have a honeycomb structure.

The present invention relates to a conveyor system that may be used with an agricultural harvester, such as a round baler, waste baler, combine, sugarcane harvester or cotton harvester. More particularly, the conveyor system utilizes at least a first and a second conveyor belt of which at least one of the conveyor belts is independently movable in the forward and backward directions. The speed and direction of the conveyor belts can be controlled to optimize continuous baling of harvested crop in the agricultural baler.

A conveyance system 50A of a film-forming apparatus 20A includes a blowing roller 6 having a function of supplying a cooling gas toward a substrate 21. The blowing roller has the first shell 11 and the internal block 12. The first shell 11 has a plurality of first through holes 13 as a gas supply channel, and is rotatable in synchronization with the substrate 21. The internal block 12 is disposed inside the first shell 11. A manifold 14 is defined by the internal block 12 inside the first shell 11. The manifold 14 is formed so as to introduce the gas toward the plurality of first through holes 13 within the range of a holding angle. A clearance 15 facing the plurality of first through holes 13 outside the range of the holding angle is further formed inside the first shell 11. In the radial direction, the manifold 14 has a relatively large dimension, and the clearance 15 has a relatively small dimension.

An enclosed two-part computer controlled cyclical and sequential through-flow conveying, usage and metering System (200) is disclosed, for use in the electric vehicle motive power provision industries, for said two-part enclosed System to sequentially convey small-volume rechargeable Cell-Modules by sequential conveyor-means in a metered through-flow sequential conveying manner within said two-part System wherein the first part is a Stationary Part that includes a specially manufactured Cell-Module dispensing Bowser and a specially manufactured Cell-Module Charging-Bay and wherein the second part is a Movable Part that includes a specially manufactured or specially adapted Cell-Module powered electric Vehicle having a specially manufactured Cell-Module Chamber installed within.A Nozzle (3) and a Portal (4) respectively provide means for the Stationary Part and the Movable Part to exchange a choosable plurality of small-volume rechargeable Cell-Modules (100) and (500).A System (200) provides a succinct fully enclosed matingly-co-operative interconnection means for the System (200) to sequentially dispense Charged Cell-Modules and remove depleted Cell-Modules. The System also removes faulty Cell-Modules and if necessary extinguishes, and isolates for fire safety purposes, over-heating, deformed, or ignited Cell-Modules.The invention provides means that parallel, mimic or improve upon the metered bowser dispensing manner by which a choosable sequential plurality of small volumes of fossil fuel are sequentially delivered to a conventional fossil fuel vehicle by a dispensing bowser at a conventional fuel Service Station facility. The invention also provides optional means for Cell-Modules to be recharged in situ by use of a specially manufactured charger.

A device for filling containers, comprising: an upper main element, a lower main element and lateral elements connecting the upper main element and the lower main element;support elements arranged at one another without a continuous drive device, which support elements are continuously run through the device along operating stations and along the main elements and whose interconnection with one another due to a support along at least one lateral element is disengaged, wherein the interconnection of the support elements with one another in the upper main element and / or in the lower main element is maintained over the entire movement path along the top main element and the bottom main element, and wherein the movement of the support elements in the upper main element and / or in the lower main element is acceleratable and deceleratable in a controlled manner with the interconnection of the support elements being maintained.

In a vertical machining center, a spindle head is movable in three mutually transverse axes directions relative to a workpiece and a table is arranged below. A vertical stocker is disposed in the vicinity of a machining area and stocks the bar workpiece in a vertical direction. A hand portion which grips and releases the bar workpiece is provided on the spindle head. The spindle head moves between the stocker and the table so that the hand portion transfers the bar workpiece and performs putting and removing the bar workpiece to the stocker and a chuck of the table, respectively.

The invention relates to a machine arrangement (1) for machining bar-like workpieces, particularly pipes, comprising a machining device (20) for workpiece machining, a workpiece moving device (6) for moving workpieces (2) relative to the machining device (20), and a device (11) for workpiece support in the direction of gravity. The device (11) for workpiece support comprises at least one supporting roller (13) forming a workpiece contact surface on the outer circumference thereof. The workpiece contact surface on the outer circumference of the supporting roller (13) runs about a roller rotary axis (14) of the supporting roller (13) at a varying axis distance. The supporting roller (13) is controllably rotatably about the roller rotary axis (14) and thus is adjustable to various rotary settings.

In a work transfer method in a machine tool with a movable spindle, a machined work transfer portion for laying a machined work on a first pallet and for transferring the work is disposed in an upper stage or a lower stage of a non-machined work transfer portion for laying a non-machined work on a second pallet and for transferring the work. Then, the non-machined work pallet is moved between a non-machined work receiving position and a work loading position. The machined work pallet is moved between a machined work sending position and a work unloading position. Thus, the work is received or sent between a chuck and a work transfer apparatus.

A method for machining particularly spectacle lenses by means of a machine which comprises at least one cutting unit and at least one turning unit in a common working space, wherein at least two spectacle lenses are machined at the same time in the working space, one of said spectacle lenses being cut while the other is turned. The machine frames of the cutting unit and of the turning unit are essentially decoupled from one another in terms of vibration and / or at least two machining units of the machine comprise workpiece spindle units for generating a transverse movement of the spectacle lens to be machined with respect to the respective tool, the workpiece spindle units being arranged essentially perpendicular to one another. As a result, it is possible for spectacle lenses to be machined in an extremely short time with high machining performance and with high surface precision and quality.

In order to improve a multispindle lathe comprising a machine frame, a rotatably mounted spindle drum, at least two workpiece spindles arranged in the spindle drum with their workpiece receiving means rotatable about a respective spindle axis, a plurality of spindle stations provided stationarily on the machine frame, into which the workpiece spindles are adapted to be brought, such that removal of workpieces in the workpiece removal station, which can take place very quickly, is possible with simple means, it is proposed that a rotatable workpiece receiving means be allocated to the workpiece removal station, the workpiece receiving means being movable by means of a carrier device relative to the workpiece spindle located in a workpiece removal station between a workpiece take-over position, in which the axis of the workpiece receiving means extends coaxially with the spindle axis of the workpiece spindle located in the workpiece removal station, and a workpiece delivery position, and the workpiece receiving means being movable by means of the carrier device in a Z direction.

In order to improve a machine tool comprising a machine frame with a machine bed, machining units mounted on the machine bed, of which at least one is a work spindle for a workpiece to be machined and at least one is a tool carrier, displacement units, by which the at least one work spindle and the at least one tool carrier can be moved relative to one another within a working space for machining the workpiece, and a handling device, by which workpieces can be inserted into and removed from the work spindle, in such a way that the time during which the tools are in the working space can be optimized, and consequently the times for machining each of the workpieces can also be optimized, it is proposed that a wall defining the working space being provided with an opening, by the handling device being disposed on a side of the opening that is remote from the working space and by it being possible to use the handling device to insert workpieces into the work spindle and / or remove them from it through the opening.

A multi-axis turning center for turning operations includes a machine body, a tool rest means for holding a tool, a first headstock for holding a workpiece, and a second headstock disposed in confronting relation to the first headstock, for holding a workpiece. The second headstock has a front chuck and a rear chuck for gripping respective workpieces. The second headstock performs a workpiece changing function by swiveling about a central axis. The multi-axis turning center is capable of automatically changing the workpieces by itself while it is carrying out a machining process, without the need for a workpiece changer. The multi-axis turning center does not need to stop its machining process for changing workpieces, resulting in an increase in the utilization ratio thereof.