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US 10,093,037 B2Granted
Manufacturing system in which workpiece is transferred
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorMasahiro Miura
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Abstract
A manufacturing system includes a plurality of manufacturing process stations for processing a workpiece, and at least one drone for transferring the workpiece among the manufacturing process stations. It is preferable that the manufacturing system includes a detecting station for detecting contamination or corrosion of the at least one drone, and a washing station for washing the at least one drone.
Claims11
A manufacturing system comprising:
- a plurality of manufacturing process stations for processing a workpiece;
- and
- at least one drone for transferring the workpiece among the plurality of manufacturing process stations,
- at least one of the plurality of manufacturing process stations is disposed on a lower floor,
- the remaining manufacturing process stations are disposed on an upper floor, which is located upper than the lower floor, and
- the drone transfers the workpiece via an open ceiling space between the lower floor and the upper floor.
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A manufacturing system comprising:
- a plurality of manufacturing process stations for processing a workpiece;
- and
- at least one drone for transferring the workpiece among the plurality of manufacturing process stations;
- a server for intensively managing a flight route of the at least one drone, the server transmits a command to the at least one drone by wireless communication;
- a detecting station for detecting contamination or corrosion of the at least one drone;
- and
- a washing station for washing the at least one drone when the detecting station detects contamination or corrosion of the at least one drone or when a certain period of time elapses after the at least one drone is washed, wherein
- the at least one drone moves to the detecting station in response to a command from the server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.