41 |
MACHINE TOOL |
US15726532 |
2017-10-06 |
US20180099419A1 |
2018-04-12 |
Yoshinori Hoshino |
A machine tool includes: an exterior cover covering a machining area where a workpiece on a worktable is machined by a machining tool; an articulated robot arranged inside the exterior cover and configured to replace the workpiece; a controller configured to control the posture of the articulated robot and the coordinate point at which a hand of the articulated robot is positioned; and a protective cover arranged inside the exterior cover and configured to protect at least the hand from scattered matter arising due to machining of the workpiece when the articulated robot is set at a predetermined posture or when the hand is moved to a predetermined coordinate point. |
42 |
Operation system of robot arm |
US15179419 |
2016-06-10 |
US09925666B2 |
2018-03-27 |
Koji Kamiya |
An operation system of a robot arm includes the robot arm disposed in a work box which is sealed, an operation apparatus disposed outside the work box and including an operation device which is operated by an operator to input an operation command of the robot arm, a control apparatus moving the robot arm based on the operation command from the operation apparatus, and a reaction force controller. Based on movable region information which indicates a movable region of the robot arm in the work box, as the robot arm approaches the limit of the movable region, the reaction force controller increases a reaction force which is against a force of moving the operation device by the operator in a direction approaching the limit of the movable region. |
43 |
WORKPIECE CLEANING |
US15687851 |
2017-08-28 |
US20170354997A1 |
2017-12-14 |
Timothy Ronald Brown; Grant Nicholas Hester; Dennis Quinto Cruz; David Maxwell Harrold; Hans John Geittmann |
Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses and methods which autonomously decontaminate parts. Parts to be cleaned are identified, and based on the identification of the part, a part specific cleaning program is initiated. During the cleaning, the part is manipulated about a gas supply in such a way that the drag force on the contamination particles attached to the part exceeds the contamination particles' surface adhesion force and accordingly is removed from the surface of the part. The removed contamination is then evacuated from the atmospheric environment near the part by a low pressure zone of a second gaseous material near the part. |
44 |
FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION CELL FOR PERFORMING SECONDARY OPERATIONS IN CONCERT WITH A MACHINING CENTER AND ROLL CHECK OPERATIONS |
US15592306 |
2017-05-11 |
US20170254724A1 |
2017-09-07 |
Predrag Lazic; Chris Mackey; Steve Moore |
An automation cell for performing a plurality of secondary operations on manufactured parts is for use with a manufacturing machine operable to perform primary manufacturing of the parts. The automation cell includes a cell housing, a robot with a gripper mechanism capable of loading and unloading a part between the manufacturing machine and the automation cell, a gauging station being a secondary operation device and operable to gauge a parameter of a manufactured part, a marking device for marking the manufactured part, and a vision system for verifying the marking of the manufactured part. |
45 |
Workpiece cleaning |
US14168823 |
2014-01-30 |
US09744567B2 |
2017-08-29 |
Timothy Ronald Brown; Grant Nicholas Hester; Dennis Quinto Cruz; David Maxwell Harrold; Hans John Geittmann |
Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses and methods which autonomously decontaminate parts. Parts to be cleaned are identified, and based on the identification of the part, a part specific cleaning program is initiated. During the cleaning, the part is manipulated about a gas supply in such a way that the drag force on the contamination particles attached to the part exceeds the contamination particles' surface adhesion force and accordingly is removed from the surface of the part. The removed contamination is then evacuated from the atmospheric environment near the part by a low pressure zone of a second gaseous material near the part. |
46 |
Painting Facility |
US15313780 |
2015-04-07 |
US20170189927A1 |
2017-07-06 |
Tomotaka Miwa |
By setting a robot installing area at a higher pressure than an adjacent painting area, there is formed an air flow which flows from the robot installing area into the painting area. With this, in a painting facility in which a painting object is painted by paint spraying from a sprayer while displacing the painting object held to an arm leading end portion of a painting robot relative to the sprayer by an action of the painting robot, adhesion of paint to the painting robot and to a painting area lateral wall is prevented. |
47 |
Systems and methods for treating workpieces |
US14856835 |
2015-09-17 |
US09636719B2 |
2017-05-02 |
Michael Förster |
Example systems and methods for treating workpieces are disclosed. In some examples, the system includes a treatment station positioned in a process chamber for treating the workpiece with fluid. The example system includes a handling device positioned in the process chamber. The example handling device includes a base positioned in the process chamber, a supporting arm coupled to the base and pivotable relative to the base about a first pivot axis, a pivoting arm coupled to the supporting arm and pivotable relative to the supporting arm about a second pivot axis, and a receptacle coupled to the pivoting arm and including a workpiece holder capable of picking up the workpiece from a workpiece feeder positioned outside of the process chamber. The example handling device is capable of moving the workpiece through an opening of the process chamber and into a treatment position at the treatment station. |
48 |
Flexible automation cell for performing secondary operations in concert with a machining center and roll check operations |
US14673932 |
2015-03-31 |
US09551628B2 |
2017-01-24 |
Predrag Lazic; Chris Mackey; Steve Moore |
An automation cell incorporating elements for performing secondary operations on a machined part is adapted to be disposed adjacent to a machining center for performing the primary operations on the part. The cell incorporates a robotic arm capable of being moved into position with respect to the machining center so as to load machined parts into the machining center and unload primarily machined parts for the performance of secondary operations in the cell. In a preferred embodiment the automation cell performs roll check operations on the primarily machined gear by bringing it into meshed engagement with a master gear and rotating the meshed gears and employing a sensor to monitor the roll-out of the machined gear. |
49 |
OPERATION SYSTEM OF ROBOT ARM |
US15179419 |
2016-06-10 |
US20170001301A1 |
2017-01-05 |
Koji KAMIYA |
An operation system of a robot arm includes the robot arm disposed in a work box which is sealed, an operation apparatus disposed outside the work box and including an operation device which is operated by an operator to input an operation command of the robot arm, a control apparatus moving the robot arm based on the operation command from the operation apparatus, and a reaction force controller. Based on movable region information which indicates a movable region of the robot arm in the work box, as the robot arm approaches the limit of the movable region, the reaction force controller increases a reaction force which is against a force of moving the operation device by the operator in a direction approaching the limit of the movable region. |
50 |
ROBOT, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD |
US15183978 |
2016-06-16 |
US20160368150A1 |
2016-12-22 |
Kenichi MARUYAMA; Takashi NAMMOTO; Tomoki HARADA |
A robot, wherein the robot operates on the basis of a picked-up image of at least a part of a work space of the robot picked up by an image pickup section, and a transparent member is disposed between the robot and the work space of the robot. |
51 |
INTEGRATED FLUIDJET SYSTEM FOR STRIPPING, PREPPING AND COATING A PART |
US15192226 |
2016-06-24 |
US20160339460A1 |
2016-11-24 |
Mohan M. Vijay; Meisheng M. Xu; Emilio Panarella; Wenzhuo Yan; Andrew Hung Tieu; Bruce R. Daniels |
A method of stripping, prepping and coating a surface comprises first stripping the exiting coating from a surface, using continuous or pulsed fluid jet, followed by prepping the surface by the same fluid jet. The method also provides entraining particles into a fluid stream, if desired to generate a particle-entrained fluid stream that is directed at the surface to be stripped and prepped. The particles act as abrasive particles for prepping the surface to a prescribed surface roughness required for subsequent application of a coating to the surface. The method then entails coating the surface by electrically charging particles having the same chemical composition as the particles used to prep the surface. Finally, a charged-particle-entrained fluid stream is directed at high speed at the charged surface to coat the surface. The particles form both mechanical and electronic bonds with the surface. |
52 |
WORKPIECE REVERSE SUPPORT DEVICE AND ROBOT CELL INCLUDING THE SAME DEVICE |
US15103537 |
2014-12-09 |
US20160318191A1 |
2016-11-03 |
Junichi MURAKAMI; Kenji BANDO; Shuhei KURAOKA; Yukio IWASAKI; Takayuki YOSHIMURA |
A workpiece reverse support device has a pair of workpiece pinching members for abutting on their respective opposing side portions of the workpiece held by the robot hand so as to pinch the workpiece and a pinching state switching unit for switching the pair of workpiece pinching members between a pinching state of pinching the workpiece and a releasing state of releasing the workpiece. In a workpiece reverse support device for supporting a face/back reverse of a workpiece in a robot hand, flexibility of its installation state, namely installation location, installation posture, or the like can be enhanced. |
53 |
ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM |
US15080923 |
2016-03-25 |
US20160288335A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Kazushige AKAHA; Kazuto YOSHIMURA |
A robot includes: a base which is provided on a first surface; and a robot arm which is provided on the base, in which the robot arm includes an n-th arm and an (n+1)th arm, in which the n-th arm rotates around an n-th rotating axis, in which the (n+1)th arm is provided to rotate around an (n+1)th rotating axis which is an axial direction different from an axial direction of the n-th rotating axis, in the n-th arm, in which the length of the n-th arm is longer than the length of the (n+1)th arm, and, when viewed from the axial direction of the (n+1)th rotating axis, the n-th arm and the (n+1)th arm overlap each other, and in which a connection part between the base and the robot arm is positioned above the first surface in a vertical direction. |
54 |
ARTICULATED ARM APPARATUS AND SYSTEM |
US14377696 |
2013-02-08 |
US20160184986A1 |
2016-06-30 |
Christopher PROCYSHYN; Ross M. GOLD; Jeroen IMMERZEEL; Steve Sang JOON |
A hermetically sealed multi-axis articulated arm apparatus for use within a sealable isolator chamber is disclosed. In one general aspect, it comprises a rotational shaft that passes through an opening in the chamber, a sealing member disposed within the chamber for sealing the shaft to an inner surface of the chamber, interconnected hermetically sealed arm segments operably attached to the linear motion shaft; an end effector operably attached to a terminal arm segment among the arm segments, and at least one fully enclosed drive system for driving and controlling the shaft and the arm segments. The rotational shaft can further be a linear motion shaft for which the sealing member is a bellows. The materials for the parts of the apparatus exposed to the atmosphere of the chamber can be compatible with an aseptic and cleanable environment and the surfaces of the arm segments can be shaped to avoid pooling of contaminants. |
55 |
CLEANING APPARATUS |
US14477245 |
2014-09-04 |
US20160023251A1 |
2016-01-28 |
Toyoaki MITSUE; Yoshiteru KAWAMORI; Toru SUMIYOSHI |
To provide a cleaning apparatus which is flexibly adaptable to a wide variety of workpieces so as to improve productivity while being suitably adaptable to high-pressure cleaning so as to improve cleaning work efficiency. The cleaning apparatus for cleaning a workpiece by jetting cleaning liquid from nozzles disposed in a cleaning region includes: a feeding device that is disposed facing the cleaning region to hold and move the workpiece; a holding device that is disposed on the feeding device to hold the workpiece; a moving device that movably supports the feeding device; and a cover device that shields the moving device from the cleaning region E and allows the feeding device to pass therethrough. The feeding device moves the workpiece W to the cleaning region E for cleaning. |
56 |
ROBOT MODULE |
US14728526 |
2015-06-02 |
US20150343638A1 |
2015-12-03 |
Thomas Mattern; David Haenschke; Berhard Riedmiller |
The present disclosure shows a robot module having a cell frame and a robot, wherein the cell frame has a base plate at which the robot is mounted and has at least one cell wall connected to the base plate, and wherein the robot module is equipped with a control module for the robot. The present disclosure furthermore comprises a feed module which is connectable to the robot module. |
57 |
Robot system and method for producing to-be-worked material |
US14191431 |
2014-02-27 |
US09158299B2 |
2015-10-13 |
Dai Kouno; Tamio Nakamura; Tetsuro Izumi; Ryoichi Nagai |
A robot system includes a first cell and a second cell. The first cell includes a first robot, a first controller, and a first casing. The first robot performs work on a to-be-worked material. The first controller controls the first robot. The first casing accommodates the first robot and the first controller. The second cell includes a second robot, a second controller, and a second casing. The second robot performs work on a to-be-worked material. The second controller controls the second robot. The second casing accommodates the second robot and the second controller. When the first casing and the second casing are connected to each other, the first controller and the second controller respectively control the first robot and the second robot to work in a common operation area, where a first movable area and a second movable area overlap. |
58 |
Robot system, calibration method, and method for producing to-be-processed material |
US14201931 |
2014-03-10 |
US09156160B2 |
2015-10-13 |
Ryoichi Nagai; Tamio Nakamura; Dai Kouno; Tetsuro Izumi |
A robot system includes a plurality of robots, a control device, a common work table, and a calibration device. The control device is configured to control the plurality of robots. On the common work table, the plurality of robots are configured to work. Based on a position of a first robot having a calibrated coordinate relative to a position of a second robot among the plurality of robots, the calibration device is configured to calibrate a coordinate of the second robot. |
59 |
FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION CELL FOR PERFORMING SECONDARY OPERATIONS IN CONCERT WITH A MACHINING CENTER AND ROLL CHECK OPERATIONS |
US14673932 |
2015-03-31 |
US20150276549A1 |
2015-10-01 |
Predrag Lazic; Chris Mackey; Steve Moore |
An automation cell incorporating elements for performing secondary operations on a machined part is adapted to be disposed adjacent to a machining center for performing the primary operations on the part. The cell incorporates a robotic arm capable of being moved into position with respect to the machining center so as to load machined parts into the machining center and unload primarily machined parts for the performance of secondary operations in the cell. In a preferred embodiment the automation cell performs roll check operations on the primarily machined gear by bringing it into meshed engagement with a master gear and rotating the meshed gears and employing a sensor to monitor the roll-out of the machined gear. |
60 |
ROBOT-ACTUATED DOOR-OPENING DEVICE FOR A DRAFT SHIELD ENCLOSURE OF AN ANALYTICAL BALANCE |
US14661727 |
2015-03-18 |
US20150276471A1 |
2015-10-01 |
René Weber |
A device (14) allows a door of a balance draft shield enclosure (12) to be activated by a carrier fork (4) of a robot (5). The vertically movable draft shield door (13) sets open an access opening in a raised position and closes the opening in a lowered position. A door-lifter with a force-application element (41) is connected to the draft shield door for application of an upward-directed vertical force. A transmitting mechanism (15), standing clear of the balance (11) includes a force-receiving element (20, 21, 26, 27) that is moved vertically by the carrier fork, between upper and lower end positions. It further includes at least one direction-reversing element (22, 23, 24, 25, 29), coupled to the force-receiving element for coupling to the force-application element, a return spring (28), and a spring-biased locking latch (30). |