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US 11,213,875 B2Granted
Pressing tool with sensor system for identifying a workpiece
AssigneeVon Arx AG
InventorsMatthias Ruch, Rudolf Kreuzer
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Abstract
A pressing tool, particularly a pipe pressing tool, for plastically deforming a tubular workpiece, particularly a fitting, is described. The pressing tool includes pressing jaws and a motor which is adapted to drive the pressing jaws in order to apply a force to the workpiece. Further, a method of operating such a pressing tool, and pressing jaws as well as a tubular workpiece are described.
Claims21
A pressing tool for plastically deforming a tubular workpiece, the pressing tool comprising:
- pressing jaws;
- a motor adapted to drive the pressing jaws in order to apply a force to the workpiece;
- a sensor system adapted to identify the workpiece and provide sensor data, wherein at least a portion of the sensory system is arranged in a recess of the pressing jaw;
- an element that at least partially covers, protects, or blocks the sensor when the pressing tool is in a first configuration of the pressing tool and the element at least partially exposes the sensor system in a second configuration of the pressing tool;
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- a control which is adapted to control the motor based on the sensor data.
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A pressing tool for plastically deforming a tubular workpiece, the pressing tool comprising:
- pressing jaws;
- a motor adapted to drive the pressing jaws in order to apply a force to the workpiece;
- a sensor system adapted to identify the workpiece and provide sensor data;
- and
- a control which is adapted to control the motor based on the sensor data;
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- wherein at least part of the sensor system is arranged at a housing of the tool between the pressing jaws, wherein the viewing direction of the sensor system is arranged in the longitudinal direction along the pressing jaws, wherein the pressing jaws at least partially cover the sensor system when the pressing jaws are closed and wherein the pressing jaws expose the sensor system when the pressing jaws are spread apart for gripping the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.