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20080221724 | Method For Positioning Reel-To-Reel Flexible Board In Automatic Manufacturing Process - A method for positioning a reel-to-reel flexible board in an automatic manufacturing process uses an optical sensor to detect a first edge and a second edge of the reel-to-reel flexible board and obtain first x-coordinate data, second x-coordinate data and y-coordinate data. A set of positioning holes is precisely formed using the obtained coordinate data. The positioning holes are used to define a starting point of a next work area to prevent the gap between the two work areas from being larger or smaller than a predetermined value. Because micro-via forming and image transfer procedures are applied on the reel-to-reel flexible board using the coordination data, shift and offset can be prevented. | 09-11-2008 |
20080234852 | Measuring Method and System for CNC Machine - This invention discloses a method and system for measuring a CNC machine. The system comprises a platform, a driving module, a set of optical scales, and a detection module. The platform is driven by the driving module. In addition, the driving module further comprises a set of encoders. As the driving module drives the platform to move to a position by a first displacement, the encoders indicate the first displacement. The optical scales indicate a second displacement by which the platform is driven by the driving module. The detection module detects the difference between the first displacement and the second displacement. | 09-25-2008 |
20080306622 | Machine and Method for Pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical-Like Product Assembly - A method and apparatus for assembling a plurality of independently formed solid components is provided thereby forming a single delivery vehicle for a pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical-like product. The solid components can be held and fed to the apparatus via a plurality of magazines. Pusher rods and the like can be used for positioning each of the solid components. Where the components are connected via a bonding liquid, a sprayer is provided and compression pins or the like press the components with the bonding liquid together to form the final product. A rivet or other connection structure can also be used and driven through holes in each of the solid components to form the final product. | 12-11-2008 |
20090018689 | MANUFACTURE OF LARGE PARTS ON SMALL MACHINES - The present invention provides a method for machining a part from a workpiece. The workpiece is divided into a plurality of sectors and a plurality of fiducials are disposed within each sector. The separation distance between each fiducial is then calibrated to a workpiece distance unit. The present invention then includes the steps of a) positioning the workpiece into the desired position relative to a cutting machine; b) calibrating the cutting machine to the workpiece distance units of one sector; c) cutting one sector with the calibrated cutting machine; d) repeating steps a-c until the part is completed. | 01-15-2009 |
20090024242 | METHOD OF DETERMINING PICKUP ORDER OF COMPONENTS - To provide a method for determining a component pickup order used by a component mounting apparatus which has plural mounting heads, and which causes the mounting heads to alternately pick up components from a component supplying unit and mount the components onto boards. The component pickup order determining method includes pickup order determining steps (S | 01-22-2009 |
20090069924 | COMBINATORIAL PROCESS SYSTEM - A combinatorial processing chamber is provided. The combinatorial processing chamber is configured to isolate a radial portion of a rotatable substrate support, which in turn is configured to support a substrate. The chamber includes a plurality of clusters process heads in one embodiment. An insert having a base plate disposed between the substrate support and the process heads defines a confinement region for a deposition process in one embodiment. The base plate has an opening to enable access of the deposition material to the substrate. Through rotation of the substrate and movement of the opening, multiple regions of the substrate are accessible for performing combinatorial processing on a single substrate. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069925 | RFID SYSTEM AND METHOD - An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product container. The at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container. | 03-12-2009 |
20090088886 | Milling head in tricepts with electro-mechanical depth control - It comprises a nozzle ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090088887 | OFFSET CORRECTION TECHNIQUES FOR POSITIONING SUBSTRATES WITHIN A PROCESSING CHAMBER - A method for aligning a substrate to a process center of a support mechanism is provided. The method includes determining substrate thickness after substrate processing at a plurality of orientations and at a plurality of radial distances from a geometric center of the substrate. The method also includes deriving a set of process rate values from substrate thickness and process duration. The method further includes creating for a process rate an off-centered plot which represents a substantially concentric circle whose points are a circumference of the off-centered plot having substantially the first process rate. The method yet also includes applying a curve-fitting equation to the off-centered plot to determine a set of parameters. The method yet further includes teaching a set of robot arms the set of parameters, thereby enabling the set of robot arms to align another substrate that is supported by the support mechanism with the process center. | 04-02-2009 |
20090112348 | System, method, and computer program product for computing jack locations to align parts for assembly - Illustrative computer-executable methods, systems, and computer software program products compute assembly jack locations to align parts for assembly. Initial locations of at least one component to be moved and a desired final location for the at least one component to be moved are determined from initial position measurement data for the at least one component to be moved and the final location. Motion to align the at least one component to be moved with the final location is automatically determined. Optimal displacements of assembly jacks to produce the determined motion are automatically determined. After movement, location of the at least one moved part at a final assembled position is automatically determined. If applicable, data regarding additional assembly jack displacement can be inputted, the determined optimal location for the at least one part to be moved can be adjusted, and additional motion due to additional assembly jack displacement can be determined. | 04-30-2009 |
20090112349 | SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT - A system automatically moves large scale components of a vehicle such as an airplane, into final assembly alignment. A noncontact measurement system determines the locations of aerodynamically significant features on each of the components. The measured locations of the components are used to control an automated jacking system that includes assembly jacks for individually moving the components into assembly alignment. A system is provided for calculating the cruise configuration of the vehicle “as-built” and for transferring the cruise configuration into the vehicle where it is recorded in the form of a physical monument. | 04-30-2009 |
20090248191 | HUB POSTURE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Distance meters measure distances from a reference position to a first area including an upper pitch circle portion and a second area including a lower pitch circle portion. Center coordinates of the hub is calculated based on respective center coordinates of two hub bolts included within the first and second areas. Coordinates of three points defining apexes of a triangle are acquired. Inclination angle of the hub relative to a vertical plane is calculated based on the coordinates of the three points, and an orientation of each of the hub bolts is calculated based on the center coordinates of the hub and the center coordinates of the hub bolt. | 10-01-2009 |
20100057242 | Automated Apparatus for Constructing Assemblies of Building Components - A device for constructing an assembly of building components includes an articulating arm unit and a gripper/nailer mounted on an end of the articulating arm unit. The gripper/nailer includes a gripping unit for grasping building components and positioning them in a predetermined arrangement and a nailing unit for inserting a fastener to secure the building components together. | 03-04-2010 |
20100070067 | APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION OF ELECTRONIC PARTS - An apparatus for recognizing and processing information of electronic parts includes a seating unit on which electronic parts are seated and aligned and a part information processing unit disposed adjacent to the seating unit. The part information processing unit is configured to align the electronic parts using the seating unit, recognize a recognition surface of the electronic parts, obtaining part information of the recognized surface, and store the obtained part information. | 03-18-2010 |
20100125359 | VERTICALLY SEPARATED PASS THROUGH CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD IN SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY PROCESS EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is method of operating a piece of surface mount technology manufacturing equipment. The method comprises providing a piece of surface mount technology manufacturing equipment having a first substrate transport track disposed in a first position and a second substrate transport track disposed in a second position, moving the first substrate transport track from the first position to a third position, and moving the second substrate transport track from the second position to the first position. | 05-20-2010 |
20100174398 | POSITION MEASURING APPARATUS AND COATING APPARATUS - A position measuring apparatus includes a distance measuring part which obtains at least three pieces of distance information between at least three measurement points on a measured plane of an object and a displacement sensor, an imaging part which images a projection image on the measured plane of the object, and a calculating part which obtains tilt information of the measured plane based on the at least three distance information pieces and obtains position information of the object based on the tilt information and the projection image. | 07-08-2010 |
20100191362 | Coating and developing apparatus - A coating and developing apparatus includes: a delivery mounting unit on which a carrier housing a plurality of substrates is to be mounted and the carrier being accessed by a delivery mechanism; a plurality of retreat mounting units on which the carriers are to be mounted; a carrier carry mechanism moving and mounting the carriers between the retreat mounting units and the delivery mounting unit; a collection schedule creating function determining a collection order for collecting the substrates placed in modules into original carriers in which the substrates were housed, when a trouble occurs; and a carry control unit controlling to carry the substrates to the carriers in which the substrates were housed according to the determined collection order. | 07-29-2010 |
20100211206 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND INTERFEROMETER - A measurement system that includes an industrial machine and an interferometer can detect when abnormality has occurred in measurement targeted at a reflector attached to a movable body, for example, in a case where the movable body has moved too close to the interferometer. A judging section of the interferometer judges that there is abnormality in measurement targeted at the reflector on the basis of a received-light signal. Upon such an abnormality judgment, a stop command outputting section of the interferometer outputs a stop command to the industrial machine. A stopping section of the industrial machine stops the driving operation of a moving mechanism upon receiving an input of the stop command, thereby stopping the movement of the movable body. The measurement system makes it possible to prevent the industrial machine, which includes the movable body and the moving mechanism, from colliding with the interferometer. | 08-19-2010 |
20100228379 | Exposure mask manufacturing method, drawing apparatus, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and mask blanks product - A method of manufacturing an exposure mask includes generating or preparing flatness variation data relating to a mask blanks substrate to be processed into an exposure mask, the flatness variation data being data relating to change of flatness of the mask blank substrate caused when the mask blank substrate is chucked by a chuck unit of an exposure apparatus, generating position correction, data of a pattern to be drawn on the mask blanks substrate based on the flatness variation data such that a mask pattern of the exposure mask comes to a predetermined position in a state that the exposure mask is chucked by the chuck unit, and drawing a pattern on the mask blanks substrate, the drawing the pattern including drawing the pattern with correcting a drawing position of the pattern and inputting drawing data corresponding to the pattern and the position correction data into a drawing apparatus. | 09-09-2010 |
20100268371 | MACHINING TOOL - The invention provides a machining tool capable of improving work production efficiency and downsizing the whole machine. In the machining tool having a plurality of spindles | 10-21-2010 |
20100292828 | BATCH CREATION - Apparatus, method, and system for combining a plurality of items into a batch having a set number of items. Number of items are put together onto a production line to form a batch along with non-batch items which are not suitable for inclusion within the batch onto the production line. The batch is advanced on the production line as a partial batch without the non-batch item being added to it when a batch is not complete. A reminder batch is created after the non-batch items have been added to the production line and the remainder batch includes the number of items that must be added to the partial batch to make a full batch. | 11-18-2010 |
20100298966 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE DETECTING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE DETECTING METHOD - A substrate processing system | 11-25-2010 |
20110022216 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for calibration of an industrial robot system including at least one robot ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110022217 | WORK MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOUNTING - This object aims to provide a work mounting system which has an improved usability and can be miniaturized. A work mounting system ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110022218 | WORK MEASURING METHOD, METHOD FOR ATTACHING SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY - Provided is a work measuring method by which a deviation quantity of a work measuring point from a reference position can be measured in a short time. A work surface is set as a reference point when the measuring point is positioned at the reference position, and a distance from a photographing device to a reference surface is set as a reference distance. A deviation quantity of the measurement point in a direction intersecting a photographing direction on the reference surface is measured by the photographing device, and a deviation quantity of the measuring point in the photographing direction is measured by a laser distance sensor. Then, based on the deviation quantity measured by the photographing device, the deviation quantity measured by the laser distance sensor, and the reference distance, a deviation quantity of the measuring point in a direction intersecting the photographing direction is calculated. | 01-27-2011 |
20110046771 | Computer Controlled Flow Manipulation For Vacuum Infusion Processes - Methods and apparatus for vacuum infusing resin into a fabric preform within a mold. The methods comprise increasing permeability in a selected region, such as by deploying a VIPR chamber in a location corresponding to the resin injection port corresponding to the resin flow front furthest from the mold vent or a location identified by predictive modeling as best to achieve a desired flow front geometry. Suitable apparatus comprise a VIPR chamber, an image detector for detecting resin flow fronts, a processor programmed to identify a desired location to deploy the VIPR chamber, and an automatic positioner for moving the VIPR chamber to the identified location. | 02-24-2011 |
20110054662 | LAMINATED SUBSTRATE SEPARATING AND ACCOMMODATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATES - A stacked substrate separation loading apparatus includes: a stacked substrate holding holder configured to hold a stacked glass substrate; a cassette configured to load each sheet of glass substrates separated from the stacked glass substrate; a liquid tank in which the stacked substrate holding holder and the cassette are inserted in liquid; a stacked substrate drive unit configured to drive the stacked substrate holding holder; a stacked substrate positioning unit which positions a height position of the uppermost sheet of the stacked glass substrate; a cassette drive unit configured to drive the cassette; a substrate sliding mechanism configured to push out and separate the glass substrates which are the top sheets of the stacked glass substrate; and a cassette position control unit configured to control the cassette drive unit so that a height position of a loading position of the cassette becomes a height position of the glass substrate. | 03-03-2011 |
20110071662 | Manufacturing Method of Semiconductor Device - A management method is able to quickly investigate the cause of a defect generated in a semiconductor product manufacturing process. Manufacturing conditions in various QFP manufacturing steps are stored in a main server while correlating them with an identification number of the QFP, and a two-dimensional bar code corresponding to the identification number is stamped to the surface of the QFP. In the event of occurrence of a defect of the QFP, the manufacturing conditions for the QFP stored in the main server can be traced in an instant by reading the two-dimensional bar code of the QFP and thereby specifying the identification number. | 03-24-2011 |
20110071663 | POSITION CONTROL DEVICE, POSITION CONTROL METHOD, DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - A position control device | 03-24-2011 |
20110087360 | ROBOT PARTS ASSEMBLY ON A WORKPIECE MOVING ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE - An industrial robot is used to assemble a part to a predetermined location on a randomly moving workpiece. The workpiece may be an automobile on an assembly line and the part may be a wheel (a tire mounted on a rim) to be assembled on one of the wheel hubs of the automobile. The robot has mounted on it a camera, a force sensor and a gripper to grip the part. After the robot grips the part, signals from both the force sensor and vision are used by a computing device to move the robot to a position where the robot can assemble the part to the predetermined location on the workpiece. The computing device can be the robot controller or a separate device such as a PC that is connected to the controller. | 04-14-2011 |
20110098839 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A DECORATIVE LAMINATE PROVIDED WITH AN ALIGNED SURFACE STRUCTURE - A process for the manufacture of a decorative board, which board includes at least one thermosetting resin impregnated paper layer. A decor paper in the form of a web or a sheet, provided with a plurality of decor sections, each decor section being intended to constitute a décor of a decorative panel, is placed as a surface layer on a base layer and bonded thereto by pressing under elevated pressure. A plurality of press plates or press foils, each press plate or press foil being provided with a surface structure intended to match at least one decor section of the decor paper, are accurately positioned on top of the thermosetting impregnated paper layer before the pressing and is after the pressing separated from the laminate achieved. The laminate will hereby be provided with a décor surface with a matching surface structure which is in register with the décor of the decor paper. | 04-28-2011 |
20110098840 | PARTS MOUNTING RELATED WORK DEVICE - A problem that the present invention is to solve is to provide a parts mounting related work device which can prevent the occurrence of an unexpected operation failure and an erroneous stopping of the whole system which are attributed to an error in combination of working head and working equipment. | 04-28-2011 |
20110218663 | PRE-ALIGNER APPARATUS - The apparatus includes a rotary mechanism for holding a semiconductor wafer and rotating the same, a detection mechanism for detecting a positioning cutout portion formed in the wafer, and a wafer transfer mechanism for lifting the wafer from a wafer mounting portion of the rotary mechanism or mounting the wafer on the same. The wafer transfer mechanism has a movable holding portion for holding the wafer at a position just above the wafer mounting portion and is constituted such that the movable holding portion moves up or down while avoiding the wafer held by the rotary mechanism. | 09-08-2011 |
20110231003 | Method of Producing Constituent Parts of a Product and Product Made Therefrom - A method of producing a set of parts from a panel of material mountable on the worktable of a CNC machine suitably programmable to perform prescribed machining functions on such panel, generally consisting of programming the machine to perform a first set of machining functions on a first side of the panel and a second set of machining functions on an inverted side of the panel, mounting the panel on the worktable, operating the machine to perform the first set of machining functions on a first side of the panel, inverting the panel on the worktable and operating the machine to perform the second set of machine functions on the second, inverted side of the panel. | 09-22-2011 |
20110245957 | ADVANCED PLATFORM FOR PROCESSING CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS - The present invention generally provides a batch substrate processing system for in-situ processing of a film stack used to form regions of a solar cell device. The batch processing system is configured to process an array of substrates positioned on a substrate carrier. The batch processing system includes a substrate transport interface that provides loading an unloading of the array of substrates in a production line environment. The substrate transport interface may include one or more of a substrate carrier cleaning module, a substrate carrier cooling module, and a substrate carrier buffer module. | 10-06-2011 |
20110245958 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using an SOI substrate, by which mobility can be improved. A plurality of semiconductor films formed using a plurality of bond substrates (semiconductor substrates) are bonded to one base substrate (support substrate). At least one of the plurality of bond substrates has a crystal plane orientation different from that of the other bond substrates. Accordingly, at least one of the plurality of semiconductor films formed over one base substrate has a crystal plane orientation different from that of the other semiconductor films. The crystal plane orientation of the semiconductor film is determined in accordance with the polarity of a semiconductor element formed using the semiconductor film. For example, an n-channel element in which electrons are majority carriers is formed using a semiconductor film having a face {100}, and a p-channel element in which holes are majority carriers is formed using a semiconductor film having a face {110}. | 10-06-2011 |
20110276171 | METHOD FOR MACHINING TUBES - The invention relates to a method for computer controlled machining of tubes, in particular laser cutting tubes, the method comprising the steps of: providing a length of tube; arranging the provided tube in a computer controlled machining station; executing a program for controlling the machining station in order to machine the provided tube; and measuring the dimensions of the provided length of tube prior to arranging the tube in the computer controlled machining station. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276172 | SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT - A system automatically moves large scale components of a vehicle such as an airplane, into final assembly alignment. A noncontact measurement system determines the locations of aerodynamically significant features on each of the components. The measured locations of the components are used to control an automated jacking system that includes assembly jacks for individually moving the components into assembly alignment. A system is provided for calculating the cruise configuration of the vehicle “as-built” and for transferring the cruise configuration into the vehicle where it is recorded in the form of a physical monument. | 11-10-2011 |
20110282483 | Automated Positioning and Alignment Method and System for Aircraft Structures Using Robots - Automated positioning and alignment methods and systems for aircraft structures use anthropomorphous robots with six degrees of freedom to carry the aero structure parts during the positioning and alignment. The parts and structures (if any) supporting the parts are treated as robot tools. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282484 | SUBSTRATE POSITIONING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING A PROGRAM STORED THEREON - Disclosed is a substrate positioning apparatus capable of accurately performing positioning of a center of a circular-shape substrate with respect to a rotating shaft. The substrate positioning apparatus includes: a substrate disposing part; a first positioning mechanism including a first reference part contacting a side of the substrate; a second positioning mechanism including a second reference part contacting the side of the substrate; a first driver configured to drive the first positioning mechanism; a controller configured to control the drive of the first positioning mechanism. In particular, the second reference part contacts the substrate at a contact part and includes an elastic part that applies force in a moving direction of the first driver to the contact part and a detector that detects position information of the second positioning mechanism. | 11-17-2011 |
20110295408 | PROCESS FOR POSITIONING A WORKPIECE - A process for accurately determining a workpiece position in relation to a reference coordinate system is provided. The process includes providing a machine having a table and a machine coordinate system, determining locations of three reference geometric aspects of the table, providing a workpiece, and attaching the workpiece to the table. Thereafter, locations of three geometrical aspects of the workpiece are determined using photogrammetry followed by calculation of any offset between the three reference geometrical aspects of the table and the three geometrical aspects of the workpiece. Any offset that has been determined can then be used to accurately determine the workpiece position in relation to the reference coordinate system. | 12-01-2011 |
20110301741 | AIRCRAFT COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing in which a robot arm is used to pick up a workpiece which is subsequently scanned by a scanner and positioned relative to a manufacturing system for manufacturing in order to eliminate the use of a bespoke jig. | 12-08-2011 |
20120041585 | ADJUSTABLE LOCATOR FOR A WORKPIECE FIXTURE - An adjustable locator includes a locator element for contact with a workpiece supported on a fixture. The locator comprises a support element in which a ramp element is slidable. The ramp element has a ramp surface which is contacted by a plunger which carries the locator element. Displacement of the ramp element causes displacement of the plunger to adjust the position of the locator element with respect to the support element. A ratchet mechanism permits displacement of the ramp element in one direction, but prevents such movement in the opposite direction. The adjustable locator can be used in a workpiece fixture to achieve an optimum orientation of a workpiece prior to machining. | 02-16-2012 |
20120072005 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PLACING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate placing position adjusting method which acquires data on a substrate placing position where a substrate carrying unit is required to place a substrate on a substrate holding device capable of rotating about a vertical axis and included in a processing unit for processing a substrate substantially horizontally held by the substrate holding device, said substrate placing position adjusting method comprising the steps of: transferring a jig from the substrate carrying unit to the substrate holding device; measuring centrifugal acceleration imparted to a measuring position in the jig when the substrate holding device holding the jig is rotated at a fixed angular velocity; and calculating an eccentricity of the measuring position from a rotation center of the substrate holding device on the basis of a centrifugal acceleration. | 03-22-2012 |
20120130528 | DEVICE FOR SPATIALLY ORIENTING AT LEAST TWO SUBGROUP COMPONENTS AND METHOD - The invention relates to a device for spatially aligning at least two large-format subassembly components, in particular at least one side shell | 05-24-2012 |
20120130529 | SUBSTRATE POSITION DETERMINING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE COLLECTING METHOD - Even in case that a wafer is so greatly deviated that a peripheral portion of the wafer cannot be detected, position determination of the wafer can be performed without inflicting a damage on the wafer. The wafer peripheral portion, which is a target, is detected based on output images from a plurality of imaging units disposed along a peripheral portion shape of the wafer (step S210), and a wafer position deviation correcting step (step S220) or a rough correcting step (step 230) is performed according to the number of the imaging units capable of detecting the wafer peripheral portion. In case that the wafer peripheral portion cannot be detected by all the imaging units, a wafer position adjusting step (step 240) for moving the wafer is performed in a position adjusting direction acquired by a combination of the output images by each imaging unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136472 | DUAL-ARM TYPE ROBOTIC ARM AND ITS METHOD OF TRANSPORTING PANELS - The present invention provides a dual-arm type robotic arm and its method of transporting panels, and mainly has a first robotic arm and a second robotic arm which simultaneously extend into a processing equipment. When the second robotic arm takes out a second panel from the processing equipment, the first robotic arm simultaneously executes a stabilization operation and executes a fastening-suction release operation of a carried first panel. Then, the first robotic arm is lowered for placing the first panel in the processing equipment. Thus, the present invention can prevent from occurring a breakage risk of the first panel during being placed, and save the operation time during the first robotic arm waits to be stable and then release the fastening-suction. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143367 | CONTROLLER FOR A POSITIONING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING DEVICE, AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH A POSITIONING DEVICE - A controller for a positioning device is constructed and arranged to receive a position signal indicative of a position of the positioning device, compare the position signal to a set-point signal indicative of a desired position of the positioning device to obtain an error signal, selectively modify the error signal based on the amplitude and the frequency content of the error signal to obtain a modified error signal, generate a control signal for controlling the positioning device on the basis of the modified error signal. The controller may be applied to control a positioning device in a lithographic apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
20120197427 | Apparatus For Cutting Amd/or Etching Articles Comprising A Flat Surface On Which Designs And/or Writings Are Reproduced And A method For Actuating The Apparatus - An apparatus ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120232686 | WAFER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A system for performing alignment of two wafers is disclosed. The system comprises an optical coherence tomography system and a wafer alignment system. The wafer alignment system is configured and disposed to control the relative position of a first wafer and a second wafer. The optical coherence tomography system is configured and disposed to compute coordinate data for a plurality of alignment marks on the first wafer and second wafer, and send that coordinate data to the wafer alignment system | 09-13-2012 |
20120271448 | Assembly Task Verification System and Method - A method for verifying completion of a task. Location coordinates of at least one location sensor within a work cell are obtained. At least one sensor is affixed to a tool used to operate on a feature of a structure to be assembled, fabricated or inspected. A virtual object locus is generated based on the location coordinates of the at least one location sensor. The virtual object locus corresponds to a computerized schematic of the structure to be assembled and represents of all possible locations of an object end of the tool within the work cell. One of a plurality of candidate features is identified as the most likely to be the feature operated on by the tool. The identification is based on a probability calculation for each of the candidate features that each respective candidate feature is the feature operated on by the tool. | 10-25-2012 |
20120277898 | PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed are a processing system and a processing method such that the production cost in a workpiece processing line is reduced and that a workpiece is processed efficiently. A robot | 11-01-2012 |
20120296463 | AUTOMATICALLY GUIDED TOOLS - A position correcting system, method and tool for guiding a tool during its use based on its location relative to the material being worked on. Provided is a system and tool which uses its auto correcting technology to precisely rout or cut material. The invention provides a camera which is used to track the visual features of the surface of the material being cut to build a map and locate an image on that map used to reference the location of the tool for auto-correction of the cutting path. | 11-22-2012 |
20130060373 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER WITH WORKPIECE SETTING ERROR COMPENSATION UNIT FOR MULTI-AXIS MACHINE TOOL - A numerical controller for controlling a multi-axis machine tool for machining with three linear axes and three rotating axes has a function for compensating a setting error that arises when a workpiece is set. This numerical controller determines compensated linear axis positions of the three linear axes and compensated rotating axis positions of the three rotating axes by calculating compensated tool position and direction depending on the setting error such that the tool position and direction on the workpiece setting coordinate system are maintained on the workpiece having such a setting error, and drives and controls the axes according to the compensated linear axis positions and compensated rotating axis positions. | 03-07-2013 |
20130079914 | SUBSTRATE TREATING SYSTEM - A substrate treating apparatus having a substrate treating unit, a load port for receiving pods for storing the substrates, and transferring the pods to and from the substrate treating unit, and a buffer between the substrate treating unit and the load port for transferring the substrates to and from the substrate treating unit and the load port, and temporarily storing the pods; a carrier transport system for transferring the pods to and from the load port; and a host computer for transporting the pods in response to conditions. A transport-related control unit, when the load port is being used by one of the pods and a vehicle of the carrier transport system approaches to transfer another of the pods to the load port, suspends a notice of transfer disapproval until completion of the use by the one of the pods. | 03-28-2013 |
20130103180 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING AN UNWANTED COLLISION BETWEEN A TOOL AND A WORKPIECE IN A MACHINE TOOL - A method for avoiding an unwanted collision between a tool and a workpiece in a machine tool is disclosed, wherein when a parts program starts to run, the determination of setpoint movement values for controlling a relative movement between tool and workpiece is started based on the parts program and a determination of the material removal at the workpiece by the tool is started based on the determined setpoint movement values. It is then checked whether a tool model overlaps with a workpiece model. When an overlap is detected, the relative movement between tool and workpiece is slowed down until the relative movement stops. A related facility employing the method for controlling a machine tool is also disclosed. Unwanted collisions between a tool and a workpiece in a machine tool can thus be avoided, while attaining short machining times for the workpiece. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110275 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WORKPIECE | 05-02-2013 |
20130131853 | Automated Identification Of Shoe Parts - Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by automated placement of shoe parts. For example, a part-recognition system analyzes an image of a shoe part to identify the part and determine a location of the part. Once the part is identified and located, the part can be manipulated in an automated manner. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131854 | Automated Identification And Assembly Of Shoe Parts - Manufacturing and assembly of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by automated placement and assembly of shoe parts. For example, a part-recognition system analyzes an image of a shoe part to identify the part and determine a location of the part. Once the part is identified and located, the part can be manipulated by an automated manufacturing tool. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138238 | WAFER CENTERING HARDWARE DESIGN AND PROCESS - An apparatus, system, or method for positioning a wafer on a support of a rotatable chuck may improve the accuracy and precision of various wafer edge cuts and wafer profiling at a variety of stages of wafer manufacturing. The apparatus, system, or and/or method may employ one or more of a wafer position calculator to calculate a desired wafer position and to provide desired wafer position information to a wafer arm controller; and a wafer arm controller in communication with the wafer position calculator to provide instructions to adjust a wafer arm to position the wafer on the support according to the desired wafer position. Various sensor detectors and sensor lights or other mechanisms for sensing the position of a wafer may also be used. | 05-30-2013 |
20130158697 | Autonomous Carrier System for Moving Aircraft Structures - A method and apparatus for manufacturing a structure. A part for the structure may be supported on a plurality of mobile fixtures configured to control an orientation of the part. The part for the structure may be moved using the plurality of mobile fixtures to a number of stations for performing a number of operations for manufacturing the structure using the part. The plurality of mobile fixtures may be configured to move in a coordinated manner and substantially maintain a desired orientation for the part while moving the part to a station in the number of stations. The number of operations for manufacturing the structure may be performed at the number of stations while the plurality of mobile fixtures supports the part. | 06-20-2013 |
20130238112 | ALIGNMENT CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A system and method is provided for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool including at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact. | 09-12-2013 |
20130289758 | ELECTRIC WIRE END TREATMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRIC WIRE END TREATMENT METHOD - An end treatment portion | 10-31-2013 |
20130325159 | METHODS FOR USING AN AUTOMATED GUIDED CART - An automated guided cart (AGC) that is configured to travel along a cart path according to generally non-precision movements is implemented to support a build process requiring precise positioning of vehicle build devices. In an example of a method of use, a vehicle build device for the build process is engaged with the AGC. When the AGC travels proximate a build operation area, the AGC can be secured in a dimensionally fixed position, with the result that both the AGC and a vehicle build device engaged with the AGC are located in precise positions. Based on the precise location of the vehicle build device, the vehicle build device can be interfaced with robots or other automated equipment according to preprogrammed and/or precise movements to carry out a build process. | 12-05-2013 |
20130345848 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FITTING - In this robot system, a control portion includes a workpiece supporting operation command portion, a workpiece positioning operation command portion causing a second robot arm to move a workpiece toward a workpiece fitted portion while causing an end effector of the second robot arm to support the workpiece, and a fitting operation command portion causing a first robot arm to fit the workpiece into the workpiece fitted portion. | 12-26-2013 |
20140148936 | COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL ASSEMBLY OR PROCESSING OF COMPONENTS - The invention relates to an automated method of assembling or processing components using computer numerical controlled drives to decouple the stages of delivering components to a tool, into a series of separately programmable stages, namely, a component loading stage, a component separating stage, an accelerating stage and a delivery stage, wherein the timing, position, speed, velocity, and acceleration of each component during each stage is selected through programming of the computer numerical controls. | 05-29-2014 |
20140163715 | LINE TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR AIRPLANE - A method is provided for establishing a physical reference inside an airplane representing the airplane's optimized line of flight based on the as-built orientation of aerodynamically significant features of the airplane. Values generated for aerodynamic pitch, roll and yaw representing the optimized line of flight are used to orient a tool reference surface outside the airplane. The orientation of the tool reference surface is recorded using an inertial reference unit placed on the tool reference surface. The tool reference surface and inertial reference unit are moved into the airplane where they are used to establish the physical reference on the airframe. | 06-12-2014 |
20140207268 | Operating Arrangement - An operator control device includes an operator control element configured to provide haptic feedback to an operator. The operator control element is activatable by an input member of the operator and has: a first planar component; and a second planar component oriented in parallel with the first planar component, the first and second planar components being movable relative to one another. The first and second planar components are guidable between a position of rest and an activation position while maintaining their parallel orientation with respect to one another. In the activation position the distance between the first and second planar components is smaller than in the position of rest. The first and second planar components are spring loaded in the position of rest. | 07-24-2014 |
20140222186 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE - Provided are a control method and a control device that can make the range of periodic activity (amplitude of reciprocal movement) of an object of control, such as an industrial robot, the same as a case in which the reduction device has no backlash or the same as the amplitude of a position instruction signal. A control device ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140244022 | DIGITAL CONTROL PROCESSING DEVICE - A digital control processing device used for processing work pieces includes a base, a rough adjusting module, at least one micro adjusting module, and a processing head module. The rough adjusting module includes a first slider board, a base board slidably mounted on the first slider board along a first direction, a second slider board; and an third slider board slidably mounted on the second slider board along a second direction. The micro adjusting module is mounted on the base board. The processing head module is slidably mounted on the third slider board along a third direction. The processing head module includes at least two processing heads. The rough adjusting module and the micro adjusting module adjust the work pieces to desired positions for the processing heads to process the work pieces. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277675 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL MACHINE CONFIGURATIONS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling machine configurations. An example method disclosed herein includes identifying a machine configuration, the machine configuration comprising a host machine connected to an auxiliary machine; determining a desired trajectory based on at least one of the host machine turning, a desired work path, or an alignment of the host machine and the auxiliary machine; and controlling steering of the auxiliary machine based on a desired trajectory of the host machine. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277676 | IMPLEMENT AND BOOM HEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based control system is provided for positioning a working component relative to a work surface. Inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, are mounted on the working component and provide positioning signals to a control compute engine. A method of positioning a working component relative to a work surface using GNSS-based positioning signals is also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277677 | PRODUCTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE FOR PRODUCTION PROCESSING, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRODUCTION PROCESSING AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A production processing system includes a plurality of processing tools configured to process workpieces, an equipment which can be shared by the plurality of processing tools, a transfer device configured to transfer the workpieces to the plurality of processing tools, a host computer configured to create a transfer plan including information on timings for the workpieces to be carried in and carried out of the plurality of processing tools by the transfer device, a group controller configured to generate a use plan for the equipment based on acquired information, and a shared controller configured to control processing timings of the equipment and each of the plurality of processing tools based on the use plan, an operational state of the equipment, and use information including at least one of use reservation, inquiry, execution, and release information for the equipment by each of the plurality of processing tools. | 09-18-2014 |
20140309762 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A JOINED PIECE - A manufacturing method for joining first and second members to create a joined piece using a robot with pre-inputted instruction data. The method includes operating the robot to hold the second member for joining to the first member and photographing the second member to obtain an image of the second member at the holding position; comparing the image to a reference image of a joining position of a reference second member joined to a reference first member; determining a deviation amount by which the holding position of the second member deviates from the joining position in the reference image; determining a correction amount for correcting the holding position of the second member is to be corrected in order to reduce the deviation amount of the holding position of the second member; correcting the holding position of the second member according to the correction amount, and then subsequently joining the first and second members. | 10-16-2014 |
20140350709 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING FEED SPEED - A numerical controller obtains a necessary moving distance for the completion of movement in each interpolation period, based on a moving distance for each block and the input ratio of a distance by which movement is completed in each interpolation period to the moving distance for each block. If the obtained moving distance is shorter than the moving distance for each interpolation period based on an initially set feed speed, the feed speed is changed to a speed for moving the moving distance in each interpolation period. | 11-27-2014 |
20150018999 | JOINT GUARANTEE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly is applied to a vehicle assembly line that assembles an assembling object to a vehicle carried through on a conveyer line as an assembling element, and includes a vehicle detector that detects the vehicle entering the conveyer line, tool detectors disposed along the conveyer line that detect a position of an assembling tool on the conveyer line, an inertial sensor module installed in the assembling tool that detects an angle and a displacement of the assembling tool for an assembling point of the vehicle and the assembling object, a tool controller that applies control signals corresponding to a predetermined assembling point of the vehicle and the assembling object, a kind of assembling element, and assembling torque of the assembling tool, to the assembling tool, and a main controller that processes and stores the above information. | 01-15-2015 |
20150025670 | Substrate Processing Including Correction for Deposition Location - Substrate processing including correction for deposition location is described, including a combinatorial processing chamber that incorporates the correction. The combinatorial processing chamber can be used to process multiple regions of a substrate using different processing parameters on different regions. For example, one region can have one material deposited on it and another region can have a different material deposited on it, although other combinations and variations are possible. The combinatorial processing chamber uses a rotating and revolving substrate pedestal to be able to deposit on all locations or positions on a substrate. The combinatorial processing chamber uses a correction factor that accounts for variations in alignment and/or configuration of the processing chamber so that the actual location of deposition of a region is approximately the same as a desired location of deposition. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039119 | METHOD FOR SETTING UP WORK PIECE BASED ON VISION - According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of setting up a work piece based on a vision is present. The method of setting up a work piece based on a vision comprises: calculating a start point of a work piece from the image of a work piece within a vision screen formed by a camera; capturing an image when a tool is captured in the vision screen; and calculating an offset value of the tool from the captured image. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045929 | JOINT GUARANTEE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A fastening guarantee system for vehicle assembly is used in a vehicle assembly line for assembling a fastening object to a vehicle body conveyed on a conveyer line with fastening members. The system may include i) a vehicle body sensing unit that senses a vehicle body entering the conveyer line and the distance to the vehicle body, ii) a plurality of tool sensing units at predetermined intervals along the conveyer line that senses the position of a fastening tool, iii) an inertia sensor module that senses the angle and the displacement of the fastening tool, iv) a tool controller, and v) the fastening tool. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045930 | TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING WHETHER A WORKPIECE IS POSITIONED CORRECTLY - A test device includes a base, a locating component installed on the base, a platform disposed on the base, an operating component, a driving component installed on the platform, at least one light emitting component, at least one sensing component and a control unit. The driving component is for driving the operating component. The at least one light emitting component is disposed on at least one track of the platform for emitting light. The at least one sensing component is for sensing the light emitted from the at least one light emitting component and reflected from the workpiece. The control unit determines whether to control the driving component to drive the operating component to move to the workpiece according a sensing result of the at least one sensing component sensing the light emitted from the at least one light emitting component and reflected from the workpiece. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045931 | MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, MOTION CONTROLLER, AND CONNECTION DEVICE - Each of a plurality of connection devices in a machine control system includes: a motion program storage unit for storing a motion program to be executed by a motion controller to control the connection device; and a motion program transmission unit for transmitting the motion program stored in the motion program storage unit to the motion controller. The motion controller includes: a motion program acquisition unit for acquiring the motion program for controlling each of the plurality of connection devices connected for communication to the motion controller from the connection devices; and a control unit for controlling each of the connection devices by executing the motion program acquired by the motion program acquisition unit. | 02-12-2015 |
20150073579 | GAUGE SYSTEM FOR WORKPIECE PROCESSING - Gauge system, including methods and apparatus, for positioning workpieces according to entered and/or calculated target dimensions and processing the workpieces with a tool to generate products having the target dimensions. | 03-12-2015 |
20150081078 | NUMERIC CONTROL MACHINE TOOL - A numeric control machine tool of the type comprising: a basement; a substantially rectilinear main supporting crossmember which extends above the basement and has two axial ends structured so as to rest stably and in an axially sliding manner on two reciprocally parallel rectilinear guides present on the basement; a movable slide which is fixed protruding onto a side of the main supporting crossmember, with the possibility of moving along the body of the main supporting crossmember; a substantially rectilinear vertical movable tower, which is fixed on the movable slide in a substantially vertical position and with the possibility of translating with respect to the movable slide in a vertical direction; and a tool-hold head which is fixed on the lower end of said vertical movable tower; the main supporting crossmember being structured so as stably to support the weight of the movable slide, the vertical movable tower and the tool-holder head, and the numeric control machine tool also comprising a substantially rectilinear auxiliary supporting crossmember, which extends beside the main supporting crossmember so as to be locally facing and distanced from the side of the crossmember which supports the movable slide; and on which the movable slide rests by means of interposition of a reaction member which is structured so as to vary its height, simultaneously exercising an upward thrust on the projecting arm. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081079 | CALCULATION DEVICE, PARTS INSTALLATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A technology is provided to enable lowering the fault generation rate related to a parts installation device. A parts installation device ( | 03-19-2015 |
20150112471 | Database Event Driven Motion Systems - A data collection system for distributing data from at least one target asset to at least one software application, comprising a machine platform and a data routing system. The machine platform stores data associated with the at least one target asset. The data routing system collects data from the machine platform. The data routing system operates in a pass through mode and a data processing mode. In the pass through mode, data is passed from the at least one target asset to the at least one software application without modification. In the data processing mode, the data routing system generates modified data based on the data stored by the machine platform and sends the modified data to the at least one software application. | 04-23-2015 |
20150134099 | WORKPIECE MACHINING DEVICE WITH CALIBRATION FUNCTION AND WORKPIECE MACHINING DEVICE - A workpiece machining device with a calibration function, which is capable of correcting for positioning such that zero points of an industrial robot and a workpiece coincide with each other, is capable of: simplifying a configuration of a workpiece support as compared to when movement of the work support holding the workpiece is controlled for correction to reduce size and cost of the workpiece machining device, and automating positioning work of making the zero points of the workpiece and the industrial robot coincide with each other to achieve labor-saving of work machining work. Three-dimensional machining data is calibrated based on displacement data in X-, Y-, and Z-axis directions computed by a comparison unit to make the zero points of the industrial robot and the workpiece. The industrial robot is then driven and controlled based on the calibrated three-dimensional machining data to perform machining for the workpiece. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142157 | AUTOMATED BENDER AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DATA TO OPERATE AN AUTOMATED BENDER - An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided. | 05-21-2015 |
20150292854 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A RADIUS OF A CUTTING END OF A TOOL FOR A TURNING MACHINE - A method of determining a radius of a cutting end of a tool for a turning machine using a touch probe is provided. One of the cutting end and the touch probe is movable relative to a reference frame having a first axis and a second axis and having a reference point trackable in the reference frame. The method comprises establishing a first contact point and recording a first coordinate of the reference point on the first axis; establishing a second contact point and recording a second coordinate of the reference point on the second axis; establishing a third contact point and recording a third coordinate of the reference point on the first axis and a fourth coordinate of the reference point on the second axis upon contact; and determining a radius of the cutting end based on the first, second, third and fourth coordinates. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293521 | ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING SYSTEM WITH BATCH PROCESSING OF HOLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An electro discharge machining system, and manufacturing method therefor, including: providing an electro discharge machining unit and control; providing a workpiece holder; providing a tool holder for a tool having an electrode array; and operatively connecting the workpiece holder and the tool holder to the electro discharge machining unit and control for batch electro-discharge machining of a workpiece to a configuration compatible with the electrode array. | 10-15-2015 |
20150307146 | FLEXIBLE HEADLINER ASSEMBLY TABLE - A headliner assembly apparatus includes an input delivery device attempting to deliver an input related to a predetermined headliner to a controller that is in communication with the input delivery device. An indexing assembly is in communication with the controller, wherein the indexing assembly positions at least one headliner detail in an installation position in response to the input related to the predetermined headliner. A headliner support is adapted to position the predetermined headliner, wherein the predetermined headliner is placed on the indexing assembly, and wherein the headliner is placed to engage the at least one headliner detail in the installation position. A detail installing assembly couples the at least one headliner detail in the installation position to the predetermined headliner. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316920 | POSITIONING APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning apparatus is provided that starts positioning control according to output of a positioning command in accordance with input of an external input signal from an external sensor. The positioning apparatus includes an external input unit, a timer unit that counts a period of time that starts when the external input signal is input to the external input unit, a memory that stores a setting timer value that is set, using a positioning control program, as delay time for delaying the start of the positioning control and positioning command data calculated by an arithmetic processing unit, and a positioning command output unit that output the positioning command on the basis of the positioning command data stored in the memory to a target to be controlled. The positioning command output unit outputs the positioning command when a count value of the timer unit agrees with the setting timer value retained in the memory. The setting timer value stored in the memory is changeable in accordance with setting in the positioning control program. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASUREMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL LIFTING PRODUCTS USING REMOTE MONITORING - A system and method of measurement, identification and analysis of material lifting products using remote monitoring. The method includes designing a lift plan for a load including various equipment and a plurality of legs. A lift sensing and monitoring device is selected for each of the legs and connected thereto. Load data is transmitted from each of the lift sensing and monitoring devices during the lift to a mobile receiving and transmitting device. An alert is generated if any tension value from the load data is greater than capacity. | 11-05-2015 |
20150331408 | ADJUSTABLE KNOCKDOWN ROLLERS FOR SUGARCANE HARVESTER - A method and control system are disclosed for adjusting orientations of knockdown rollers for sugarcane harvesters. An upper knockdown roller may be moved along a first adjustment path using a first actuator. A lower knockdown roller may be moved along a second adjustment path using a second actuator. A substantially tangential alignment may be maintained for an outer diameter of the upper knockdown roller and an outer diameter of the lower knockdown roller with respect to a reference point along a cutting path of the base cutter assembly, during or after movement of the upper and lower knockdown rollers. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331409 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER OF LASER BEAM MACHINE - When positioning operation control is carried out from a machining end point to the next machining start point in laser beam machining using gap control of a nozzle, if positioning extends over a plurality of consecutive blocks, instead of allowing a gap control axis to automatically retreat or return by positioning of each block, the movement of the nozzle is controlled such that the gap control axis is allowed to automatically retreat by positioning of the first block and allowed to automatically return by positioning of the last block. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331411 | AUTOMATED CONFLICT RESOLUTION MANAGEMENT - A system, a method of performing conflict management in a system, and a conflict manager in a system are described. The system includes two or more controllers to issue corresponding two or more commands to one or more actors to accomplish a respective activity, the actor being one of a tool to be controlled based on the command, an application to be executed based on the command, or an operator to be instructed based on the command. The system also includes a conflict manager, implemented by a processor, to resolve a conflict with one of the two or more commands or between the two or more commands. | 11-19-2015 |
20150346708 | APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED REMOVAL OF WORKPIECES ARRANGED IN A CONTAINER - The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container, having an object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and a gripper for gripping and removing the workpiece from the container and having a control for evaluating the data of the object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the gripper. In this respect, the apparatus is set up in a modular manner by a handling module and a feed module, wherein the handling module has the gripper kinematics, in particular a robot or an area gantry, and the feed module has an arrangement for providing a container having workpieces. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346711 | INTELLIGENT CONSTRAINT SELECTION FOR POSITIONING TASKS - A method for editing a position of a selected design element in a constraint network. The method includes receiving the selected design element in a geometric model from a user, searching a database for a positioning group related to the selected design element, and adding the selected design element and the positioning group related to the selected design element into a work collection. The method then includes searching the database a second time for reference positioning groups and reference design elements referenced by constraints of the positioning group and design elements in the work collection and adding the reference positioning groups and the reference design elements discovered by the second searching into a context collection. The method then further includes loading all the constraints for the positioning groups and the design elements which were added to the work collection. | 12-03-2015 |
20150355624 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER HAVING FUNCTION OF CONTROLLING SPEED BY SUPERIMPOSED CONTROL - A numerical controller has a first axis (reference axis) and a second axis (superimposed axis), and performs superimposed control which superimposes a movement amount of the reference axis on a movement amount of the superimposed axis, and thereby controls the movement of the superimposed axis. The numerical controller controls an acceleration start time of the axis to be accelerated, in a superimposition interval in which the reference axis is accelerated and the superimposed axis is decelerated (or reference axis is decelerated and superimposed axis is accelerated). After the axis to be decelerated is sufficiently decelerated, the axis to be accelerated is accelerated, and a moving speed of the superimposed axis does not exceed a speed limit of a machine in an acceleration/deceleration interval. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355626 | WORKING MACHINE AND POSITIONAL DEVIATION DATA ACQUISITION METHOD - In a work machine which includes a working head including a lifting and lowering unit including a working device and a first lifting and lowering device which lifts and lowers the working device, and a second lifting and lowering device which lifts and lowers the lifting and lowering unit, a positional deviation (Δx, Δy) of the working device in a direction which is perpendicular to a lifting and lowering direction is eliminated. Since the positional deviation is caused by both an inclination of a lifting and lowering axis line L | 12-10-2015 |
20150355627 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD WHICH PROTECT TOOL AND WORKPIECE AT TIME OF POWER OUTAGE - A motor control system which makes a tool motor and a workpiece motor rotate in synchronization in a machine tool equipped with a tool motor, a workpiece motor, and a tool shaft movement motor which drives a linear shaft to change an intershaft distance between the tool shaft and the workpiece shaft, wherein when the power outage detector detects a power outage of the power supply during synchronous rotation of the tool motor and the workpiece motor, the operation of the forced deceleration circuit for causing forced deceleration of either one of the tool motor and workpiece motor is made to be delayed by a predetermined time and during that time the tool shaft movement motor is used to drive the linear shaft and separate the tool and workpiece as a retraction operation to thereby prevent damage to the tool and the workpiece at the time of a power outage. | 12-10-2015 |
20150360307 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE FACE-SIDE CHAMFERING OF GEAR TEETH OF A WORKPIECE - Method for the face-side chamfering of gear teeth of a workpiece ( | 12-17-2015 |
20150362906 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR PERFORMING CONTROL AXIS SWITCH - In a numerical control device for performing a control axis switch, each of a plurality of control axis units includes an axis movement amount conversion unit configured to convert a movement amount of a servo motor into a movement amount corresponding to each of the control axis units of the plurality of control axis units, an axis position data storage unit, and a control object axis position data storage unit configured to store an axis position of a control object at a time when the control object is separated from a single drive unit, and an axis position stored in the axis position data storage unit is configured to be updated by using the movement amount of the servo motor, regardless of whether or not the control object is connected by a control axis switch unit to the control axis unit. | 12-17-2015 |
20150367431 | Power Tool, Such as a Saw Device, with Detection System - A power tool includes a swing arm movable along a swing arm path, an actuating assembly configured to transfer a force to the swing arm, a control system configured to control the actuating assembly to transfer a force to the swing arm, and a detection system configured to detect the operability of the actuating assembly. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370238 | MOVEABLE SLIDER FOR USE IN A DEVICE ASSEMBLY PROCESS - A system for use in a device assembly process to aid in performing at least one device assembly operation is disclosed. The system may comprise: a moveable slider moveably coupled to a slider base to move components of the device in the assembly process; and an electronics module coupled to an end portion of the slider base. The electronics module may comprise: a driver to provide driver output to the moveable slider; and a controller that includes the driver to transmit control signals through the driver to control movement of the moveable slider. The moveable slider may move components of the device in the assembly process in which at least one device assembly operation is performed. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370240 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING A STRIP OF LABELS - A method for aligning a strip of labels, which contains a plurality of labels, relative to a cutting device, wherein the strip of labels is cut into labels by the cutting device that are subsequently applied to containers. In a learning mode, the strip of labels is automatically transported by a transport device and the position of the strip of labels relative to the cutting device is detected by a position sensor disposed as a first camera, and, in an aligning mode, an operator can then enter a desired cutting parameter in a machine control unit of an input unit. Information indicated of the desired cutting parameter relative to the strip of labels is then displayed to the operator on a screen, and the machine control unit controls the cutting device on the basis of the desired cutting parameter. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370244 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING AN IMAGING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF AT LEAST ONE HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS - Disclosed is an apparatus for handling electronic components. The apparatus comprises: i) a rotary device and a plurality of pick heads arranged circumferentially around the rotary device, each pick head being operable to hold an electronic component; ii) a position-determining device for determining an arrangement of the electronic components as held by the respective pick heads; iii) a fiducial mark arranged in a position that is indicative of the arrangement of the electronic components, as determined by the position-determining device; iv) a first imaging device arranged relative to the fiducial mark; and v) at least one handling device for handling the electronic components. Specifically, the first imaging device is operable to capture at least one image comprising the fiducial mark and the at least one handling device so that a position of the at least one handling device is adjustable to align the at least one handling device with respect to the arrangement of the electronic components, based on an offset between the fiducial mark and the at least one handling device as derived from the at least one image captured by the first imaging device. A method of adjusting the position of at least one handling device of an apparatus for handling electronic components is also disclosed. | 12-24-2015 |
20160005590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes obtaining first raw data by measuring an overlay of a semiconductor wafer of a first lot and generating a regression equation based on the first raw data. A semiconductor wafer of a second lot is aligned based on a coefficient of the regression equation, second raw data is obtained by measuring an overlay of the aligned semiconductor wafer of the second lot, and the regression equation is corrected based on the second raw data. Correction of the regression equation includes dividing the regression equation into an initial equation and a residual equation excluding the initial equation from the regression equation, correcting a coefficient of the initial equation; and correcting a coefficient of the residual equation. | 01-07-2016 |
20160018812 | WORK PIECE CONDITION DETECTION USING FLAME ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN OXY-FUEL THERMAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - An automated oxy-fuel thermal processing system including an oxy-fuel torch, an automated machine tool operatively coupled to the torch for moving the torch relative to a work piece, and a circuit including a voltage source or a current electrically connected to the torch and configured to be electrically connected to the work piece. The automated oxy-fuel thermal processing system may further include a processor that is operatively connected to the torch, the automated machine tool, the circuit, and the voltage source or current source, wherein the processor is configured to control the operation of the torch, the automated machine tool and the voltage source or current source, and to monitor a current or voltage in the circuit in a predefined manner. | 01-21-2016 |
20160025597 | POSITION ALIGNING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A position aligning apparatus of a vehicle installed at a bottom surface of a vehicle inspection line to respectively correspond to both sides of a front wheel and both sides of a rear wheel of the vehicle so as to target-position the vehicle at an inspection position includes: a front aligning unit regulating a front movement of the vehicle having entered into the vehicle inspection line and aligning a front right/left position of the vehicle while pressing a front wheel of the vehicle in a right/left direction according to operation of a first actuator; a rear aligning unit aligning a rear right/left position of the vehicle while pressing a rear wheel of the vehicle in the right/left direction according to operation of a second actuator; and a controller controlling the operation of the first and second actuators. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026168 | Electronic Cutting Machine - An electronic cutting machine includes at least one housing to which a drive roller is coupled for moving a sheet to be cut in a first direction and a cutter assembly coupled to the housing and moveable in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. | 01-28-2016 |
20160048122 | Arrangement and Method for Monitoring a Position of a Hand-Held Tool - The disclosure relates to an arrangement for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool within a work region, comprising the hand-held tool for use within the work region; means that are designed to generate a virtual image of the work region; means that are designed to determine an actual position of the hand-held tool within the image; the hand-held tool having display means that are designed to display the actual position, and to a method for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool. | 02-18-2016 |
20160059419 | ROBOT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT APPARATUS - A robot system includes a fixed camera that obtains first measurement data by detecting a plurality of features positioned within a detection range, the detection range including at least part of a range in which a robot arm is movable, a hand camera movable with the robot arm, and a control apparatus that controls the robot arm. A calibration function that relates a value obtained as part of the first measurement data to a command value provided to the robot arm at each of a plurality of positions and orientations at which the hand camera obtains second measurement data by detecting each mark. | 03-03-2016 |
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