Transfer device and method for controlling transfer device
AssigneeAida Engineering, Ltd.
InventorsKen Fujita, Sotoyuki Kaneko
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Abstract
A transfer device transfers a workpiece by a transfer motion which is based on a transfer individual phase signal synchronized with a master phase signal, and includes: a setting unit that sets a point on a trajectory of a transfer bar as a switching point of a timing switch, the point on the trajectory being separated from a reference point on the trajectory by a designated distance designated by a user, and the trajectory being based on the transfer motion; and a signal output unit that outputs a timing signal to an external device at a timing when the transfer bar reaches the switching point.
Claims6
A transfer device that transfers a workpiece by a transfer motion which is based on a transfer individual phase signal synchronized with a master phase signal, the transfer device comprising:
- a setting unit that sets a point on a trajectory of a transfer bar as a switching point of a timing switch, the point on the trajectory being separated from a reference point on the trajectory by a designated distance designated by a user, and the trajectory being based on the transfer motion;
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- a signal output unit that outputs a timing signal to an external device at a timing when the transfer bar reaches the switching point.
A method for controlling a transfer device that transfers a workpiece by a transfer motion which is based on a transfer individual phase signal synchronized with a master phase signal, the method comprising:
- a setting step that sets a point on a trajectory of a transfer bar as a switching point of a timing switch, the point on the trajectory being separated from a reference point on the trajectory by a designated distance designated by a user, and the trajectory being based on the transfer motion;
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- a signal output step that outputs a timing signal to an external device at a timing when the transfer bar reaches the switching point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.